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Field Activity Details for field activity 2003-005-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): E. Robert Thieler

Affiliate Investigator(s): Stan Riggs, David Mallinson, ECU

Information Specialist(s): Erika Hammar-Klose

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map backbarrier estuary.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Hatteras, NC

End Port/Location: Hatteras, NC

Start Date: 2003-07-20

End Date: 2003-08-10

Equipment Used: Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R, Single channel hydrophone, GeoPulse uniboom, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Dayboat ops; seismic data on DVD.

Staff: Barry Irwin, David Nichols, Erika Hammar-Klose

Affiliate Staff:
Dana Wiese (USGS-St. Pete); Stan Riggs
David Mallinson
ECU

Notes: Nichols and Irwin on RAFAEL; Wiese and ECU on pontoon boat.
Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies

Location:

Pamlico Sound, Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 35.76667 South: 34.94583 West: -76.7 East: -75.39583

Platform(s):

photo of Rafael
Rafael

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.

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.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
ISIS log (document not focused on specific equipment) ISIS log describing Elics Geopulse and Knudsen Chirp line and file names, and start and end times.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R --- Sub Bottom Profiler
bbc2003005_tracks (Chirp trackline navigation data from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbc2003005_seismic_images (JPEG images of chirp seismic data from back-barrier, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbc2003005_shots (Chirp shotpoint navigation from USGS cruise 2003-005-FA from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
Single channel hydrophoneStreamer for the boomer system.Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
bbb2003005_seismic_images (JPEG images of boomer seismic data from back-barrier, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbb2003005_tracks (Boomer seismic tracklines from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina.)
bbb2003005_shots (Boomer shotpoint navigation from from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina.)
GeoPulse uniboomData attached to the single channel hydrophone streamer.Boomer
DGPS --- Navigation

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