Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a sidescan sonar, bathymetry, and high-resolution sub-bottom survey of an 8 by 6.5 nautical mile area of the shoreface and inner West Florida shelf offshore Sarasota, Florida.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: St. Petersberg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersberg, FL
Start Date: 1995-05-02
End Date: 1995-05-08
Equipment Used: DGPS, Klein 531 sidescan, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, Odom Digitrace 200kHz, 3.5 kHz, Grab sampler
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: VeeAnn Cross, Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
Sean Leathem - USGS-St. Pete; Scott Harrison - USF-St. Pete; Nancy DeWitt - Eckerd College; Jim Edwards - USF-St. Pete; Katie Kowalski - USF-Tampa; Stefan Ioannou - U. Toronto
Notes:
Location:
West Florida inner continental shelf, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.42283 | South: 27.29735 | West: -82.7032 | East: -82.53204 |
Platform(s):
 Bellows |
Twichell, D.C., and Paskevich, V.F., 1999, Bathymetry, sidescan sonar image, surface sediments, and surficial geological map of the inner shelf off Sarasota, Florida; preliminary discussion and GIS database release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-39, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99396.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, cruise summary, seismic and sidescan sonar line list, sample locations, and trackmap. |
| Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise log including seismic and sample information with acquisition notes and observations. |
| Q-Mips log | Klein 531 sidescan | Q-Mips logs containing line and file numbers, times, and data acquisition notes. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | DGPS Navigation printout with handwritten notation of sample locations. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1995-004-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 95004) 1995-004-FA-LN-002 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPSL1-7, NAV-DGPSL7-14, NAV-DGPSL14-16, NAV-DGPSL17-18, NAV-DGPSL18-19, NAV-DGPSL19-27, NAV-DGPSL27-36, NAV-DGPSL36-48, NAV-DGPSL48, NAV-DGPSL48-51, NAV-DGPSL51-60, NAV-DGPSDAMAGED, NAV-DGPSL60-67, NAV-DGPSL67-68, NAV-DGPSL68-77, NAV-EDITD1-6, NAV-EDITD7-10, NAV-EDITD11-14, ) |
| Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1995-004-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) 1995-004-FA-SO-002 (Digital tape(s) of SSS TEST, SSS L1-5, SSS L6-13, SSS L14-23, SSS L24-29, SSS L30-34, SSS L35-39, SSS L40-48, SSS L49-53, SSS L54-58, SSS L59-63, SSS L64-65, SSS L65-69, SSS L70-77, ) |
| Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | |
| Odom Digitrace 200kHz | --- | Single Beam | |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1995-004-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of DIGITAL SSS NOT MICROFILMED) |
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology |
