Archive of Single-Beam Bathymetry Data Collected During USGS Cruise 07CCT01 Nearshore of Fort Massachusetts and within Camille Cut, West and East Ship Islands, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, July 2007
DeWitt N, Flocks J, Reynolds B, Hansen M. 2012. Archive of Single-Beam Bathymetry Data Collected During USGS Cruise 07CCT01 Nearshore of Fort Massachusetts and within Camille Cut, West and East Ship Islands, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, July 2007. 722
The Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) is composed of a series of barrier islands along the Mississippi – Alabama coastline (fig. 1). Historically these islands have undergone long-term shoreline change. The devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 prompted questions about the stability of the barrier islands and their potential response to future storm impacts. Additionally, there was concern from the National Park Service (NPS) about the preservation of the historical Fort Massachusetts, located on West Ship Island (fig. 2). During the early 1900s, Ship Island was an individual island. In 1969 Hurricane Camille breached Ship Island, widening the cut and splitting it into what is now known as West Ship Island and East Ship Island. In July of 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was able to provide the NPS with a small bathymetric survey of Camille Cut using high-resolution single-beam bathymetry. This provided GUIS with a post-Katrina assessment of the bathymetry in Camille Cut and along the northern shoreline directly in front of Fort Massachusetts. Ultimately, this survey became an initial bathymetry dataset toward a larger USGS effort included in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) Ecosystem Change and Hazard Susceptibility Project (http://ngom.usgs.gov/gomsc/mscip/).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- DeWitt, N.T.; Flocks, J.G.; Reynolds, B.J.; Hansen, Mark
- Date of Issue
- 2012
- Units
- GUIS
- Keywords
- Bathymetry, Mississippi District, West and East Ship Island
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Marine Features and Processes