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Field Activity Details for field activity 2001-076-FA

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Other ID: IB S-3-01-NR

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jeffrey List

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher F. Polloni

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Shoreline surveys along 130 km of Cape Hatteras.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2001-11-26

End Date: 2001-11-29

Equipment Used: Swash II ATV, Visual navigation

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Measured shoreline position along 130 km of Cape Hatteras.

Staff: Jeffrey List, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: SWASH-II buggy brought down to swap with SWASH-I buggy. SWASH-II buggy broke down the first day; had to switch to SWASH-I buggy mid-survey, and also for 2nd day's survey. But still leaving SWASH-II buggy in North Carolina for subsequent surveys. Original Center People field contained: Jeff List (buggy), Chuck Worley (base).
Project = North Carolina Coastal Erosion, North Carolina Coastal Erosion

Location:

North Carolina outer banks, Duck survey area (Corolla to Oregon Inlet), Hatteras survey area (Oregon Inlet to Hatteras), North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 36.38886 South: 35.2 West: -75.8333 East: -75.41666

Platform(s):

photo of Swash-II
Swash-II
photo of Swash-II
Swash-II

Publications

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.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Swash II ATV --- Profiles
Transects
Visual navigation --- Navigation

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