2001-008-FA (CMHRP activity #1667)

Field Activity 2001-008-FA

Identifier

2001-008-FA

Alternate names

IB C-8-01-NR

Purpose

Map shoreface off northern South Carolina.

Location

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Bill Danforth (data processing); Jane Denny (data processing); Dave Nichols (technologist, data acquisition); Chuck Worley (technologist, data acquisition); Walter Barnhardt (watch stander); Bill Schwab (co-PI). Project = South Carolina Coastal Erosion, South Carolina Coastal Erosion Information from Foghorn: Submetrix sidescan sonar, SF1000 sidescan sonar, DGPS navigation, sub-bottom and sidescan processing systems; Also: EdgeTech 516 CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler (WHOI)

URL

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

Platform

Coastal II

Length: 43 feet

Itinerary

Start	Myrtle Beach, SC	2001-05-01
End	Myrtle Beach, SC	2001-05-15
Days in the field	15

Bounds

West	-79.14703603
East	-78.54851317
North	33.81870854
South	33.41106561

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
Walter Barnhardt	Scientist, Staff
Jane F Denny	Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

William C Schwab

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Paul Gayes (CCU)

Affiliate staff

Paul Gayes (Coastal Carolina University), Neal Driscoll (Scripps)

Data types and categories

Data category:	Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Single Beam, Interferometric

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar	Sidescan	1
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz	Interferometric	1
EdgeTech 516 CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Echosounder	Single Beam	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
Sidescan mosaic	Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar		Linda P McCarthy
Bathymetry GIS data	SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz		Linda P McCarthy