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Field Activity 1997-051-FA

Identifier 1997-051-FA
Purpose Sidescan sonar survey, Bogue and Shackleford Banks shoreface and inner shelf.
Location north Onslow Bay, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Information from Foghorn: Gear from NC State: DF-1000 towfish; Trimble DGPS navigation; EG&G 380 tape unit; DOS ELICS acquisition; EG&G 360 thermal recorder
Platform
Elusive
46 feet
Itinerary
Start Beaufort, NC 1997-05-26
End Beaufort, NC 1997-05-31
Bounds
West -77.9987
East -76.40991
North 34.74056
South 33.9707

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators E. Robert Thieler
Crew members
E. Robert Thieler
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Heinz ?? - North Carolina State Univ. - Tech; Megan McQuarrie - Duke Univ. - Student tech

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity