1999-045-FA (Compass activity #1551)

Field Activity 1999-045-FA

Identifier

1999-045-FA

Purpose

High-resolution mapping of surface and nearsurface geology in nearshore environment.

Location

northern North Carolina inner shelf, Little Creek, Duck, Cape Hatteras, Hatteras Inlet, Shackleford Bank, Cape Lookout, Wrightsville Beach, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Lost much time to bad weather, including Tropical Storm Irene. Weather also forced surveys to be conducted in the lee (south sides) of Capes Hatteras and Lookout, which were not part of the originally-planned survey area.

Info derived

Sea floor map; Morphology;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Rob Thieler (PI), Chris Polloni (Watch Leader), Dave Foster (data processing), VeeAnn Cross (data processing), Tom O'Brien (Marine Technology), Dave Nichols (Marine Technology), Barry Irwin (Marine Technology), Glynn Williams (data processing), Bill Danforth (ship mobilization). Information from Foghorn: SIS-1000 sea floor mapper, GeoPulse boomer, mini-sparker, fathometer, Van Veen grab sampler, DGPS navigation, seismic/sidescan processing/archival system, plotter, geophysical data acquisition van, data processing van;

Platform

Atlantic Surveyor

Length 110 feet; beam 26 feet; draft 9 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Norfolk, VA	1999-10-07
End	Wrightsville Beach, NC	1999-10-27
Days in the field	19

Bounds

West	-76.99
East	-74.76745605
North	36.57
South	34.55834603

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

E. Robert Thieler

Crew members

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
E. Robert Thieler	Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols	Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff
VeeAnn Atnipp Cross	Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.	Scientist, Staff
Williams, Glynn	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

VeeAnn Atnipp Cross

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Seismics, Sonar, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:	Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Single Beam, Navigation, Sidescan, Boomer, Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Cruise log

Name	Cruise log
Description	Watchstander's log containing navigation, sidescan sonar and subbottom system notes including configuration, performance, acquisition problems, file names, start and end times. Some rows of information prematurely terminated.
Digital location	https://cotuit.er.usgs.gov/Data/1999-045-FA/NL/001/99045log.pdf
Format	PDF
Media type	Paper

Equipment and datasets

Equipment or measuring device

Echosounder

Single Beam

(no data)

Single-beam Furuno.

(No data records have been reported for this equipment)

Description and usage history of this equipment

Single channel hydrophone

Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler

1999-045-FA_Boomer_images(38772)
Description	JPEG images of boomer seismic data from inner shelf of northern North Carolina.
Data types	Boomer
Format	JPEG
Amount	56 MB
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/isb1999045_seismics.xml
Contact	E. Robert Thieler

isb1999045_shot(38775)
Description	Boomer shot point navigation.
Data types	Boomer
Format	shapefile
Amount	3 MB
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/isb1999045_shots.xml
Contact	David S Foster

isb1999045_tracklines(38770)
Description	Boomer seismic trackline data from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.
Data types	Boomer
Format	shapefile
Amount	<1 MB
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/isb1999045_seismics.xml
Contact	E. Robert Thieler

Description and usage history of this equipment

GeoPulse uniboom

Boomer

(no data)

(No data records have been reported for this equipment)

Description and usage history of this equipment

Van Veen grab sampler

Geology

(no data)

(No data records have been reported for this equipment)

Description and usage history of this equipment

SIS1000 Sidescan sonar

Sidescan

iss1999045_tracklines(38774)
Description	Published sidescan navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.
Data types	Sidescan
Format	shapefile
Amount	<1 MB
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/iss1999045_tracklines.xml
Contact	E. Robert Thieler

Description and usage history of this equipment

Sparker

(no data)

(No data records have been reported for this equipment)

Description and usage history of this equipment

DGPS

Navigation

(no data)

(No data records have been reported for this equipment)

Description and usage history of this equipment

SIS1000 Chirp Sonar

Sub Bottom Profiler

1999-045-FA_Chirp_images(38773)
Description	JPEG images of Chirp seismic data from inner shelf of northern North Carolina.
Data types	Sub Bottom Profiler
Format	JPEG
Amount	32 MB
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/isc1999045_seismics.xml
Contact	E. Robert Thieler

1999-045-FA-SE-001(34994)
Description	Field chirp subbottom data for lines 1-114, OFR02-215.
Format	SEG-Y
Amount	1
Physical location	WHSC Data Library Digital storage area
SD physical location	Data Library
SD digital location	http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/cdrom_detail.php?fa=99045,http://cotuit.er.usgs.gov/data/1999-045-FA/NL/001/99045log.pdf
Supported?	Yes
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	No
Process?	No
Contact	E. Robert Thieler

isc1999045_shots(38776)
Description	Chirp shot point navigation.
Data types	Sub Bottom Profiler
Format	shapefile
Amount	2
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/isc1999045_shots.xml
Contact	David S Foster

isc1999045_tracklines(38771)
Description	Chirp navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.
Data types	Sub Bottom Profiler
Format	shapefile
Amount	<1 MB
Version	1
Public?	Yes
Reviewed?	Yes
Public URL	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/isc1999045_tracklines.xml
Contact	David S Foster

Description and usage history of this equipment

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

Similar field activities carried out by this science center

By data category:: Seismics, Sonar, Location-Elevation, Sampling
By data type:: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Single Beam, Navigation, Sidescan, Boomer, Geology