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

Field Activity 2022-326-FA

Identifier 2022-326-FA
Alternate names DUNEX
Purpose Geophysical data to explore sub-seafloor changes in geology resulting from storms.
Location USACE, Field Research Facility
Summary Successfully acquired 16 sub-bottom profile lines.
Info derived Seafloor morphology (USACE); sub-seafloor geology (USGS)
Projects
Platform
USACE LARC-5
The LARC-5 (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) is an Army amphibious vehicle that is used to deploy instruments, support diving activities, collect data, and tow a variety of sensor and survey "sleds". The LARC-5 survey vehicle is 10.6 m (35 ft) long, 3 m (10.2 ft) wide and 3.3 m (11 ft) tall. It has a maximum land speed of 40 kph (25 mph) and approximately 11 kph in water, with a typical survey speed of 7 kph.
Vehicles
Ford F-250 Stone Grey
Itinerary
Start Duck, NC 2022-07-10
End Duck, NC 2022-07-16
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -75.75321844
East -75.74082832
North 36.19026722
South 36.17650312

Personnel

Organization
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(USACE)
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer L Miselis
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Arnell S Forde
Specialist, Information
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information
Noreen A Buster
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ian Conery, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Chirp 512i Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity