1999-045-FA (CMHRP activity #1551)

Field Activity 1999-045-FA

Identifier

1999-045-FA

Purpose

High-resolution mapping of surface and nearsurface geology in nearshore environment.

Location

northern North Carolina inner shelf, Little Creek, Duck, Cape Hatteras, Hatteras Inlet, Shackleford Bank, Cape Lookout, Wrightsville Beach, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Lost much time to bad weather, including Tropical Storm Irene. Weather also forced surveys to be conducted in the lee (south sides) of Capes Hatteras and Lookout, which were not part of the originally-planned survey area.

Info derived

Sea floor map; Morphology;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Rob Thieler (PI), Chris Polloni (Watch Leader), Dave Foster (data processing), VeeAnn Cross (data processing), Tom O'Brien (Marine Technology), Dave Nichols (Marine Technology), Barry Irwin (Marine Technology), Glynn Williams (data processing), Bill Danforth (ship mobilization). Information from Foghorn: SIS-1000 sea floor mapper, GeoPulse boomer, mini-sparker, fathometer, Van Veen grab sampler, DGPS navigation, seismic/sidescan processing/archival system, plotter, geophysical data acquisition van, data processing van;

Related activities

2001-005-FA: Project

2001-013-FA: Project

2002-012-FA: Project

2002-013-FA: Project

2002-015-FA: Project

2003-003-FA: Project

2003-005-FA: Project

2003-042-FA: Project

2004-003-FA: Project

2004-005-FA: Project

2004-006-FA: Project

Platform

Atlantic Surveyor

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

Itinerary

Start	Norfolk, VA	1999-10-07
End	Wrightsville Beach, NC	1999-10-27
Days in the field	19

Bounds

West	-76.99
East	-74.76745605
North	36.57
South	34.55834603

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

E. Robert Thieler

Crew members

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
E. Robert Thieler	Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols	Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff
VeeAnn A. Cross	Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.	Scientist, Staff
Williams, Glynn	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

VeeAnn A. Cross

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise log	Watchstander's log containing navigation, sidescan sonar and subbottom system notes including configuration, performance, acquisition problems, file names, start and end times. Some rows of information prematurely terminated.

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Echosounder	Single-beam Furuno.	Single Beam	1
Single channel hydrophone		Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	10
GeoPulse uniboom		Boomer	(no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler		Geology	1
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar		Sidescan	2
Sparker		Sparker	(no data reported)
DGPS		Navigation	(no data reported)
SIS1000 Chirp Sonar		Sub Bottom Profiler	12

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1999-045-FA_Boomer_images	Single channel hydrophone	JPEG images of boomer seismic data from inner shelf of northern North Carolina.	E. Robert Thieler
isb1999045_shot	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer shot point navigation.	David S Foster
isb1999045_tracklines	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer seismic trackline data from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.	E. Robert Thieler
iss1999045_tracklines	SIS1000 Sidescan sonar	Published sidescan navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.	E. Robert Thieler
1999-045-FA_Chirp_images	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	JPEG images of Chirp seismic data from inner shelf of northern North Carolina.	E. Robert Thieler
1999-045-FA-SE-001	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Field chirp subbottom data for lines 1-114, OFR02-215.	E. Robert Thieler
isc1999045_shots	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Chirp shot point navigation.	David S Foster
isc1999045_tracklines	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Chirp navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.	David S Foster

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
composite_nHatteras_bathymetry	Echosounder	40 meter Esri binary grid of single beam and swath bathymetry of inner continental shelf north of Cape Hatteras, NC to Virginia border (nhatt, 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
NorthCarolina_grabsamples	Van Veen grab sampler	Location and analysis information for grab samples from inner continental shelf of North Carolina during U.S. Geological Survey research cruises 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-013-FA, 2004-003-FA.	E. Robert Thieler
composite_nHatteras_backscatter	SIS1000 Sidescan sonar	4 meter sidescan-sonar GeoTIFF image of inner shelf from Virginia border to Cape Hatteras, NC (composite_nhatt.tif, UTM, Zone 18N, WGS84)	E. Robert Thieler
isopach_modsand_NC_innershelf	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Isopach grid of the modern marine sand above the top of Pleistocene surface along the inner shelf from Virginia border to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (modsand, ESRI binary grid, 100 m cellsize, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84)	E. Robert Thieler
NC_Pliocene_surface_Q0	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	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

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name	Description	Dataset contact
composite_nHatteras_backscatter_enhanced	4 meter sidescan-sonar GeoTIFF image of inner shelf with stretched histogram, from Virginia border to Cape Hatteras, NC (composite_nhatt_str.tif, UTM, Zone 18N, WGS84)	E. Robert Thieler