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

Field Activity 1995-016-FA

Identifier 1995-016-FA
Purpose Sidescan sonar mosaic to map hard bottom.
Location Little River to Murrells Inlet surf zone, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols - ET. Project = Myrtle Beach Renourishment, Myrtle Beach Renourishment Information from Foghorn: Q-MIPS system, Klein 500 kHz, 200 kHz Bathymetry;P-code GPS;
Platform
Hooligan
45 feet
Itinerary
Start Myrtle Beach, SC 1995-03-26
End Myrtle Beach, SC 1995-04-14
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -79.4421
East -77.90405
North 34.00714
South 33.14675

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David R Nichols
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Paul Gayes - Corpus Christi Univ.
Affiliate staff Paul Gayes, Pat Ealy - CC Univ.

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Technician's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information.
Sidescan log Sidescan sonar log containing line and file names, start and end times, navigation, and equipment performance notes. Includes brief summary of survey work.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Sidescan (no data reported)
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan (no data reported)
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder Single Beam (no data reported)
P-code GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity