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Field Activity Details for field activity 2001-082-FA

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Other ID: IB S-4-01-MA

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): Amy Farris

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2001-12-21

End Date: 2001-12-21

Equipment Used: Swash I ATV

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 45 km of shoreline position collected.

Staff: Amy Farris, Christopher F. Polloni

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Amy Farris (buggy), Chris Polloni (base).
Project = Large-scale shoreline change, Large-scale shoreline change

Location:

Cape Cod National Seashore, Race Point, Provincetown, Nauset Inlet, Eastham, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.1333 South: 41.8333 West: -70.25 East: -69.9333

Platform(s):

photo of Swash-I
Swash-I

Publications

Farris, A.S., Weber, K.M., and List, J.H., 2020, Mean high water shorelines for the Outer Cape of Massachusetts from Nauset Inlet to Race Point (1998-2005): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GWL52F.

Farris, A.S., and List, Jeffrey H., 2007, Shoreline change as a proxy for subaerial beach volume change: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 23 no. 3, doi: 10.2112/05-0442.1.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Swash I ATV --- Profiles
Transects

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