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

Field Activity 2004-006-FA

Identifier 2004-006-FA
Purpose Conduct shallow-water seismics on Hatteras Flats, western Pamlico Sound and Core Sound.
Location Pamlico Sound, Core Sound, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Completed seismic surveys in study area.
Info derived Sea floor map; seismic stratigraphy;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Chuck Worley (mar tech); Hammar-Klose (data proc). Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies
Related activities
1999-045-FA: Project
Platform
Beeliner
Itinerary
Start Ocracoke, NC 2004-07-18
End Ocracoke, NC 2004-07-31
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -76.60003072
East -75.65918845
North 35.29370698
South 34.60332149

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators E. Robert Thieler
Crew members
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Hammar-Klose, Erika
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hammar-Klose, Erika
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Stan Riggs, ECU; Dave Mallinson, ECU
Affiliate staff Stan Riggs, ECU (scientist); Dave Mallinson, ECU (scientist); Jim Watson, ECU (tech.)

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom Boomer 4
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 10
3.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Digital camera Photo 1
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
bbb2004006_seismic_images Single channel hydrophone JPEG images of boomer seismic data from back-barrier from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
bbb2004006_shots Single channel hydrophone Boomer shotpoint navigation from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
bbb2004006_tracklines Single channel hydrophone Boomer seismic tracklines from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina E. Robert Thieler
2004-006-FA-PH-001 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Charles R Worley

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
NC_Pleistocene_surface_Q30 GeoPulse uniboom 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_surface_Q50 GeoPulse uniboom 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 GeoPulse uniboom 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 GeoPulse uniboom 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
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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity