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

Field Activity 2003-005-FA

Identifier 2003-005-FA
Purpose Map backbarrier estuary.
Location Pamlico Sound, Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Dayboat ops; seismic data on DVD.
Comments Nichols and Irwin on RAFAEL; Wiese and ECU on pontoon boat. Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies
Related activities
1999-045-FA: Project
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Hatteras, NC 2003-07-20
End Hatteras, NC 2003-08-10
Days in the field 20
Bounds
West -76.7
East -75.39583
North 35.76667
South 34.94583

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators E. Robert Thieler
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Hammar-Klose, Erika
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hammar-Klose, Erika
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Stan Riggs, David Mallinson, ECU
Affiliate staff Dana Wiese (USGS-St. Pete); Stan Riggs, David Mallinson, ECU

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Boomer, Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
ISIS log ISIS log describing Elics Geopulse and Knudsen Chirp line and file names, and start and end times.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R Sub Bottom Profiler 10
Single channel hydrophone Streamer for the boomer system. Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 10
GeoPulse uniboom Data attached to the single channel hydrophone streamer. Boomer (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
bbc2003005_seismic_images Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R JPEG images of chirp seismic data from back-barrier, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
bbc2003005_shots Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R Chirp shotpoint navigation from USGS cruise 2003-005-FA from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
bbc2003005_tracks Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R Chirp trackline navigation data from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
bbb2003005_seismic_images Single channel hydrophone JPEG images of boomer seismic data from back-barrier, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
bbb2003005_shots Single channel hydrophone Boomer shotpoint navigation from from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. E. Robert Thieler
bbb2003005_tracks Single channel hydrophone Boomer seismic tracklines from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. E. Robert Thieler

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
NC_Pliocene_surface_Q0 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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 Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R 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
NC_Pliocene_surface_Q0 Single channel hydrophone 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 Single channel hydrophone 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 Single channel hydrophone 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 Single channel hydrophone 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 Single channel hydrophone 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 Single channel hydrophone 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 Single channel hydrophone 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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity