1996-039-FA (CMHRP activity #1385)

Field Activity 1996-039-FA

Identifier

1996-039-FA

Purpose

Assess changes to shoreface/inner shelf due to Hurricane Bertha. Resurveyed study area using high-resolution sidescan sonar.

Location

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Reconnaissance sidescan indicates there were only minor changes to nearshore sediment distribution.

Comments

Project = Wrightsville Beach Shoreface, Wrightsville Beach Shoreface

URL

http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/

Platform

Elusive

46 feet

Itinerary

Start	Wrightsville Beach, NC	1996-07-29
End	Wrightsville Beach, NC	1996-08-03
Days in the field	5

Bounds

West	-78.2666
East	-77.2998
North	34.33436
South	33.78828

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

William C Schwab

Crew members

Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

William C Schwab

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Rob Thieler; Orrin Pilkey - Duke University

Affiliate staff

Rob Thieler - Duke

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Sidescan log	Sidescan sonar log containing lines numbers, start and end times, equipment configuration and performance, data acquisition notes

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Klein 400 sidescan sonar	Sidescan	(no data reported)
Echosounder	Single Beam	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Edgetech Sidescan sonar	Sidescan	3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1996-039-FA-SO-001	Edgetech Sidescan sonar	Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines	Nancy K. Soderberg
1996-039-FA-SO-002	Edgetech Sidescan sonar	Digital tape(s) of SSS-EG&G LINE 1-2, SSS-EG&G LINE 3, SSS-KLEIN LINE 5A-7, SSS-KLEIN LINE 8-18, SSS-KLEIN LINE 19,ST1-ST7, SSS-KLEIN LINE ST8-ST10, SSS-EG&G LINE 20-23, SSS-EG&G LINE 24, SSS-EG&G LINE 25-27, SSS DF-1000 L1-2, SSS DF-1000 L3-5, SSS KLEIN L5-7, SSS KLEIN L9-18, SSS KLEIN L19, STL1-STL7, SSS KLEIN LSTL8-STL10, SSS KLEIN L20-23, SSS KLEIN L24, SSS KLEIN L25-29,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1996-039-FA-SO-003	Edgetech Sidescan sonar	CD ROM disk of INDEX, RAW QMIPS LEGG1, 1-4, RAW QMIPS L5-7,9-14, RAW QMIPS L15-17,19-21, RAW QMIPS L22-23, RAW QMIPS L24-26, RAW QMIPS L27,ST1-ST3, RAW QMIPS LST4-ST10,	Nancy K. Soderberg