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Field Activity Details for field activity 99SCE01

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Other ID: G-1-99-SR

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bob Morton

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterization of the geologic framework.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Charleston Harbor

End Port/Location: Murrells Inlet

Start Date: 1999-06-08

End Date: 1999-06-16

Equipment Used: GPS , ITI ST-5 streamer, Huntec ESU-PSU, Chirp 424, Sidescan Sonar

Information to be Derived: Imaging surficial and near surface features.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Hi-res seismic, chirp, and sidescan sonar data collected. Characterized geological framework.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: These facs sheets were generated by Gina M. Brewer in April 2001,
using the observer's handwritten logbooks and
from personal accounts of the chief scientist and crew.

Location:

Nearshore Region between Little River Inlet and Winyah Bay, South Carolina

Boundaries
North: 33.84278 South: 33.18861 West: -79.1767 East: -78.55361

Platform(s):

photo of G.K. Gilbert
G.K. Gilbert

Publications

Brewer, G.M., Morton, R.A., Wiese, D.S., 2001, Archive of boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruise 99SCE01, Little River Inlet to the entrance of Winyah Bay, South Carolina, 8 June - 16 June, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-326, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01326.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Nav data
ITI ST-5 streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
Boomer seismic data
Huntec ESU-PSU --- Boomer
Sub Bottom Profiler
Chirp 424 --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sidescan Sonar --- Sidescan

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