1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2003-003-FA

Identifier 2003-003-FA
Purpose Map inner shelf.
Location Raleigh Bay, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Sea floor mapping cruise; data on DVD.
Info derived Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Rob Thieler (CS); Tom O'Brien (acq.); Lawrence Kooker (acq.); William Danforth (acq.); Erika Hammar-Klose (seismic); Emily Himmelstoss (sidescan); Dave Nichols, Barry Irwin (mob.). Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies Information from Foghorn: acquisition and processing vans, Submetrix, boomer, SIS-1000, DGPS, HYPACK, Van Veen sampler, EdgeTech 512i, DF-1000;
Related activities
1999-045-FA: Project
Platform
Atlantic Surveyor
Length 110 feet; beam 26 feet; draft 9 feet.
Itinerary
Start Atlantic Beach, NC 2003-06-17
End Atlantic Beach, NC 2003-07-01
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -76.75
East -75.38
North 35.36
South 34.48

Personnel

Organization
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
Emily Himmelstoss
Scientist, Staff
E. Robert Thieler
Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Hammar-Klose, Erika
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hammar-Klose, Erika
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Lawrence Kooker - USGS (acq.); Courtney Schupp - VIMS (acq.)

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Interferometric, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Klein 3000 Sidescan 3
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology (no data reported)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Sub Bottom Profiler 11
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Interferometric 1
Digital camera Photo 1
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
iss2003003_tracklines Klein 3000 Sidescan sonar navigation from USGS cruise 2003-003-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
isc2003003_seismic_images Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i JPEG images of chirp seismic data along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
isc2003003_shots Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Chirp shotpoint navigation from USGS cruise 2003-003-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina David S Foster
isc2003003_tracklines Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Tracklines of chirp subbottom data acquisition. David S Foster
2003-003-FA-PH-001 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Charles R Worley

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
composite_sHatteras_backscatter Klein 3000 4 meter sidescan-sonar GeoTIFF image of inner shelf from Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC (composite_shatt.tif, UTM, Zone 18N, WGS84) E. Robert Thieler
composite_sHatteras_backscatter_enhanced Klein 3000 4 meter sidescan-sonar GeoTIFF image of inner shelf with stretched histogram, from Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC (composite_shatt_str.tif, UTM, Zone 18N, WGS84) E. Robert Thieler
isopach_modsand_NC_innershelf Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Isopach grid of the modern marine sand above the top of Pleistocene surface along the inner shelf from Virginia border to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (modsand, ESRI binary grid, 100 m cellsize, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pliocene_surface_Q0 Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Structure grid of the depth to the Pliocene surface (Q0), inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q0depth,ESRI binary grid, 200 m cell size, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_QuaterneraryIsopach_q0thick Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Isopach grid of the Quaternary sediment thickness, inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q0thick, ESRI binary grid, 200 m cell size, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pleistocene_surface_Q30 Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Structure grid of the depth to the Pleistocene surface (Q30), inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q30depth, ESRI binary grid, 200 m cell size, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pleistocene_thick_q30thick Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Grid of the thickness of sediment above the Pleistocene surface Q30, inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q30thick, ESRI binary grid, 200 m cell size, UTM, Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pleistocene_surface_Q50 Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Structure grid of the depth to the Pleistocene surface (Q50), inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q50depth, ESRI binary grid, 200 m cell size, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pleistocene_thickness_Q50 Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Grid of the thickness of sediment above the Pleistocene surface Q50, inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q50thick, ESRI binary grid, 200 m cell size, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pleistocene_depth_Q99 Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Structure grid of the depth to the top of Pleistocene (Q99), inner shelf and back-barrier from Virginia border to Cape Lookout, North Carolina (q99depth, ESRI binary grid, 400 m cell size, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) E. Robert Thieler
composite_sHatteras_bathymetry SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz 40 meter Esri binary grid of swath bathymetry of inner continental shelf south of Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC (shatt, UTM Zone 18N, WGS84) E. Robert Thieler

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity