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Field Activity Details for field activity 2002-011-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab

Affiliate Investigator(s): Paul Gayes (Coastal Carolina University)

Information Specialist(s): Jane Denny

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map the shoreface off north Myrtle Beach using sidescan sonar, interferometric bathymetry, and SUBSCAN sub-bottom system.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

End Port/Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

Start Date: 2002-05-01

End Date: 2002-05-22

Equipment Used: DGPS, Digital camera, Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar, Echosounder

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sidescan-sonar, swath bathymetry, and high-resolution chirp sub-bottom data were collected within the nearshore region off the coast of Myrtle Beach, SC (within 1 km of the shoreline).

Staff: Wayne Baldwin, Jane Denny, David Nichols, William Schwab, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:
Paul Gayes (Coastal Carolina University)
Neal Driscoll (Scripps)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab (co-PI), Jane Denny (Data Processing), Dave Nichols (Electronics Technician), Chuck Worley (Electronics Technician), Wayne Baldwin (Watch Stander).

Location:

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 33.85673153 South: 33.42914916 West: -79.11499318 East: -78.53178448

Platform(s):

photo of Coastal II
Coastal II

Publications

Baldwin, W.E., Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R., and Driscoll, N.W., 2007, Geologic framework studies of South Carolina’s Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999–2003: Geospatial Data Release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1346, DVD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051346.

Baldwin, W.E., Morton, R.A., Denny, J.F., Dadisman, S.V., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., and Driscoll, N.W., 2004, Maps showing the stratigraphic framework of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River to Winyah Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1013, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041013.

Barnhardt, W.A. (ed.), 2009, Coastal change along the shore of northeastern South Carolina—the South Carolina coastal erosion study: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1339, 77 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1339.

Denny, J.F., Baldwin, W.E., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R., and Driscoll, N.W., 2007, Morphology and texture of modern sediments on the inner shelf of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1345, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051345.

Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Baldwin, W.E., Barnhardt, W.A., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R.A., Warner, J.C., Driscoll, N.W., and Voulgaris, G., 2013, Holocene sediment distribution on the Long Bay Inner Continental Shelf, between Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay-- Implications to the regional sediment budget and shoreline response: Continental Shelf Research, vol. 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.02.004.

Barnhardt, W.A. (ed.), 2009, Coastal change along the shore of northeastern South Carolina—the South Carolina coastal erosion study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1206, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081206.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DGPS --- Navigation
Digital camera --- Photo
2002-011-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
Sidescan mosaic
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Bathymetry GIS data

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