Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): E. Robert Thieler
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): VeeAnn Cross
Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Boomer, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution mapping of surface and nearsurface geology in nearshore environment.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Norfolk, VA
End Port/Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
Start Date: 1999-10-07
End Date: 1999-10-27
Equipment Used: Echosounder, Single channel hydrophone, GeoPulse uniboom, Van Veen grab sampler, SIS1000 Sidescan sonar, Sparker , DGPS, SIS1000 Chirp Sonar
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 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.
Staff: VeeAnn Cross, William Danforth, David Foster, Barry Irwin, David Nichols, Thomas O'Brien, Christopher F. Polloni, E. Robert Thieler, Glynn Williams
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 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;
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;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.57 | South: 34.55834603 | West: -76.99 | East: -74.76745605 |
Platform(s):
 Atlantic Surveyor |
Capone, M.K., Thieler, E.R., Nichols, D.R., and O'Brien, T.F., 2002, Archive of boomer subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise ATSV99045, northern North Carolina, October 9-27, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-380, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01380.
Capone, M.K., Thieler, E.R., Nichols, D.R., and O'Brien, T.F., 2002, Archive of CHIRP subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise ATSV99045, northern North Carolina, October 9-27, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-215,
Thieler, E.R., Foster, D.S., Mallinson, D.M., Himmelstoss, E.A., McNinch, J.E., List, J.H.,and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2013, Quaternary geophysical framework of the northeastern North Carolina coastal system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1015, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015.
Thieler, E.R, Foster, D.S., Himmelstoss, E.A., and Mallinson, D.J., 2014, Geologic framework of the northern North Carolina, USA inner continental shelf and its influence on coastal evolution: Marine Geology, Vol. 348, 2014, pp. 113-130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.11.011.
Williams, G.F., Thieler, E.R., Cross, V.A., Foster, D.S., Irwin, B.J., Nichols, D.R., O'Brien, T.F., and Polloni, C., 2000, Archive of sidescan-sonar data collected off the North Carolina coast during USGS Cruise ATSV99045, 7-27 October, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-177, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00177.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | 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. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echosounder | Single-beam Furuno. | Single Beam | |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | isb1999045_tracklines (Boomer seismic trackline data from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.) 1999-045-FA_Boomer_images (JPEG images of boomer seismic data from inner shelf of northern North Carolina.) isb1999045_shot (Boomer shot point navigation.) |
| GeoPulse uniboom | --- | Boomer | |
| Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | |
| SIS1000 Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | iss1999045_tracklines (Published sidescan navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.) |
| Sparker | --- | Sparker | |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
| SIS1000 Chirp Sonar | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1999-045-FA-SE-001 (Field chirp subbottom data for lines 1-114, OFR02-215.) isc1999045_tracklines (Chirp navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 1999-045-FA along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina.) 1999-045-FA_Chirp_images (JPEG images of Chirp seismic data from inner shelf of northern North Carolina.) isc1999045_shots (Chirp shot point navigation.) |
