Hardbottom and Cultural Resource Surveys of the Post 45 Charleston Harbor

The Center for Marine and Wetland Studies (CMWS) at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) has conducted geophysical mapping to delineate hardbottom areas and to identify possible cultural resources in the proposed Charleston Harbor entrance channel extension and improvement areas of the navigation channel. Data consisting of side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiles, magnetics, and single beam bathymetry were collected between October and December, 2012. Following initial examination of the geophysical data records, groundtruthing was conducted in late 2012 and early 2013. A combination of geophysical data, sediment grabs, and video tows revealed areas of known, probable, and possible hard bottom throughout the study area.

Data Products

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Cooper River 1 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Cooper River 1 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Cooper River 2 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Cooper River 2 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon cr2_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Cooper River 3 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Cooper River 3 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Entrance Channel 1-A Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Entrance Channel 1-A site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Entrance Channel 1-B Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Entrance Channel 1-B site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon ec1b_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Entrance Channel 1-C Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Entrance Channel 1-C site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon ec1c_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Entrance Channel 2-A Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Entrance Channel 2-A site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon ec2a_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Entrance Channel 2-B Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Entrance Channel 2-B site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon ec2b_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Entrance Channel 2-C Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Entrance Channel 2-C site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Lower Harbor 1 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Lower Harbor 1 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Lower Harbor 2-5 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Lower Harbor 2-5 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Myers Bend Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Myers Bend site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon mb_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS 1 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS 1 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds1_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS 2 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS 2 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds2_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS Hardbottom 1-A Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS Hardbottom 1-A site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds_hb1a_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS Hardbottom 1-B Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS Hardbottom 1-B site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds_hb1b_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS Hardbottom 2 Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS Hardbottom 2 site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds_hb2_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS Hardbottom 3-A Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS Hardbottom 3-A site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds_hb3a_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - ODMDS Hardbottom 3-B Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the ODMDS Hardbottom 3-B site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

Package icon odmds_hb3b_backscatter.zip
Backscatter Intensity (25cm) - Wando River Site

This dataset shows 25cm backscatter intensity imagery for the Wando River site located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains a GeoTIFF.

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Chirp Subbottom Data (depth to top of rock) - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the depth to top of rock, chirp subbottom data for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains GeoTIFFs for the Charleston Harbor.

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Chirp Subbottom Data (depth to transgressive surface) - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the depth to transgressive surface, chirp subbottom data for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains GeoTIFFs for the Charleston Harbor.

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Chirp Subbottom Data (thickness of modern sediment) - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the thickness of modern sediment, chirp subbottom data for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains GeoTIFFs for the Charleston Harbor.

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Chirp Subbottom Data (total sediment thickness above the rock layer) - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the total sediment thickness above the rock layer, chirp subbottom data for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains GeoTIFFs for the Charleston Harbor.

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Magnetometer Surveys (2m) - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows 2m magnetometer data for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina.  The Zip archive contains GeoTIFFs for the Charleston Harbor.

Package icon mag_raster.zip
Aquatic Habitat - Charleston Harbor Phase 2

This dataset shows aquatic habitats for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains an ESRI shapefile.

SDSFIE Release 2.600

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Cultural Survey Site - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the side scan sonar/magnetometer survey footprint for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains an ESRI shapefile.

SDSFIE Release 2.600

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Hydrographic Survey Site - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the side scan sonar survey footprint for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains an ESRI shapefile.

SDSFIE Release 2.600

Package icon POST45_PHASE1_hydrographic_survey_footprint.zip
Magnetometer Detection Point - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the magnetometer detection points for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains an ESRI shapefile.

SDSFIE Release 2.600

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Sediment Sample Points - Charleston Harbor Phase 2

This dataset shows sediment sample locations for the Charleston Harbor sites. The Zip archive contains an ESRI shapefile.

SDSFIE Release 2.600

Package icon POST45_PHASE2_sed_sample.zip
Sounding Point - Charleston Harbor Phase 1

This dataset shows the single beam sonar sounding points for the Charleston Harbor sites located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Zip archive contains an ESRI shapefile.

SDSFIE Release 2.600

Package icon POST45_PHASE1_sounding_point.zip