Isopach grid of the modern marine sand above the top of Pleistocene surface along the inner shelf from Virginia border to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (modsand, ESRI binary grid, 100 m cellsize, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84)

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2013
• Subjects: isopach; subbottom; chirp; seismic stratigraphy; geologic framework; modern sediment; depth; grid; seafloor mapping; marine geology; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center; WHCMSC; field activity serial number 1999-045-FA; field activity serial number 2001-005-FA; field activity serial number 2002-012-FA; field activity serial number 2002-013-FA; field activity serial number 2003-003-FA; field activity serial number 2004-003-FA; interpretation; oceans; geoscientificInformation; North Carolina; NC; Outer Banks; inner shelf; back barrier; Albemarle Sound; Pamlico Sound; Duck; Cape Hatteras; United States; North America; North Atlantic; Lookout; Van Veen; Knudsen; Cape Lookout; Barrier Islands; Barrier Island; False Cape
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/361b7163-6f76-4b1d-bfe7-5ac0b98ac530

The northeastern North Carolina coastal system, from False Cape, Virginia, to Cape Lookout, North Carolina, has been studied by a cooperative research program that mapped the Quaternary geologic framework of the estuaries, barrier islands, and inner continental shelf. This information provides a bas...