Bathymetry at the head of the Cape Fear Slide, offshore North Carolina
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
2209
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Abstract
The Cape Fear Slide is the largest mass-movement that has been observed on the U.S. Atlantic Margin. It is located off the Carolinas on the continental rise in approximately 1,200-5,500 m water depth and extends downslope for over 300 km (Popenoe, 1982). These maps show the bathymetry at the head of the Cape Fear Slide as interpreted from single-channel 3.5 kHz seismic-reflection profiles and mid-range Sea Marc I sidescan sonar imagery (Popenoe, 1985; Popenoe and others, 1991; Schmuck, 1991). The 3.5 kHz data consist of over 1000 km of profiles that were collected in 1988 for the University of North Carolina, Department of Geology. The UNC 3.5 kHz data were used as the main data set in interpreting the bathymetry. The sidescan sonar data were collected in 1980 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Environmental Studies Program. Only 28 km (5 km swath width) of the sidescan data were used in the interpretation to identify the morphology of the main slump scarp and visible secondary scarps.
Suggested Citation
Schmuck, E.A., Popenoe, P., Paull, C.K., and Brown, C., 1992, Bathymetry at the head of the Cape Fear Slide, offshore North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2209, 1 Plate: 36.76 x 25.93 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/mf2209.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Bathymetry at the head of the Cape Fear Slide, offshore North Carolina |
| Series title | Miscellaneous Field Studies Map |
| Series number | 2209 |
| DOI | 10.3133/mf2209 |
| Year Published | 1992 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 1 Plate: 36.76 x 25.93 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Other Geospatial | Cape Fear Slide |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection |
| Scale | 150000 |