1999-044-FA (CMHRP activity #1550)

Field Activity 1999-044-FA

Identifier

1999-044-FA

Purpose

High-resolution mapping of the surface and shallow sub-bottom geology in the nearshore environment.

Location

northern South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab (PI), Bill Danforth (Marine Technology), Jenna Hill (Data Processing), Shawn Dadisman (Data Processing), Tom O'Brien (Marine Technology), Ken Parolski (Marine Technology), Jane Denny (Data Processing). Project = South Carolina Coastal Erosion, South Carolina Coastal Erosion Information from Foghorn: SIS-1000 sea-floor mapping system, GeoPulse boomer, fathometer, 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler, DGPS navigation, geophysical acquisition van, data processing van; Selected a generic single channel hydrophone for the streamer.

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2009/12/research2.html

Platform

Atlantic Surveyor

Length 110 feet; beam 26 feet; draft 9 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Wrightsville Beach, NC	1999-10-29
End	Charleston, SC	1999-11-12
Days in the field	15

Bounds

West	-79.11743758
East	-78.63358581
North	33.80882019
South	33.41068221

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

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
William C Schwab	Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
Jane F Denny	Scientist, Staff
Hill, Jenna	Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

William W Danforth

Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

Shawn Dadisman (Data Processing); Paul Byham (Submetrix, Inc. Field Technician)

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Sidescan, Boomer, Interferometric

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Sub Bottom Profiler	2
Single channel hydrophone	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	2
GeoPulse uniboom	Boomer	(no data reported)
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz	Interferometric	(no data reported)
Echosounder	Single Beam	1
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	2
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar	Sidescan	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1999-044-FA Chirp seismic data	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Lines 1-121, plus tie lines 1-28.	David S Foster
1999-044-FA-SE-001	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	CHIRP Subbottom Seismic Data - SEG-Y data files for Lines 1-121, plus tie lines 1-28.	William W Danforth
1999-044-FA-SE-002	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer seismic data	David S Foster
Boomer seismic data	Single channel hydrophone		Linda P McCarthy
Bathymetry GIS data	Echosounder		Linda P McCarthy
1999-044-FA-LN-001	DGPS	Shotpoint Navigation Data (txt files) GPS navigation data.	William W Danforth
Nav data	DGPS		Linda P McCarthy
Sidescan mosaic	SIS1000 Sidescan sonar		Linda P McCarthy