Field Activity 2011-027-FA

Identifier 2011-027-FA
Purpose Map the shelf-edge offshore Virginia and Maryland in support of BOEMRE studies of the area
Location Shelf edge, Mid-Atlantic states, United States, North Atlantic
Summary Approximately 2,500 km of high resolution multibeam bathymetry data were collected covering Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk canyons and areas of the shelf and shelf-edge in between them. Additional data was collected off Cape Hatteras and during the transit legs from and to Charleston, SC.
Info derived Sea floor map;Bathymetric maps;
Comments Project = NRC/Tsunami Landslide,
Platform
Nancy Foster
Length 187 feet; beam 40 feet; draft 12.8 feet.
Itinerary
Start Charleston, SC 2011-06-04
End Charleston, SC 2011-06-17
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -73.938
East -72.55371
North 38.47939
South 36.43896

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jason Chaytor
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Jason Chaytor
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Amanda Demopoulos, USGS, Southeast Ecological Science Center
Affiliate staff Dr Sandra Brooke (co-chief Scientist) Marine Conservation Biology Institute Steve W. Ross (co-chief Scientist) UNC-W, Center for Marine Science Rod Mather Department of History, URI

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Multibeam, Sound Velocity, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Simrad EM1002 Multibeam (no data reported)
Reson 7125 Multibeam (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity