Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman
Affiliate Investigator(s): Diane Carle, MA CZM
Information Specialist(s): PARTNER
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution geologic mapping and characterization of the sea floor offshore of Massachusetts.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
Start Date: 2003-09-22
End Date: 2003-10-15
Equipment Used: Boomer, Real Time Kinematic GPS, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, Single channel hydrophone, Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar
Information to be Derived: Habitat maps; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Completed ~ 73% of survey between 22 Sep. and 15 Oct. 2003. Collected Swath bathymetry (depth and backscatter) with Submetrix, Seismic reflection with Knudsen, and sidescan imagery with DF1000. Plan to complete survey in Spring 2004.
Staff: Brian Andrews, Ilya Buynevich, William Danforth, Jane Denny, David Foster, Barry Irwin, David Nichols, Thomas O'Brien, Charles Worley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Plan to complete survey in April 2004. Original Center People field contained: Barry Irwin (Capt); Dave Nichols (acq); Charles Worley (Capt,acq); Dave Foster (Capt); Thomas O'Brien (acq); Jane Denny (Co-PI, Proc); William Danforth (acq/proc); Ilya Buynevich (co-PI(unicorn)); Brian Andrews (acq/proc).
Project = South Essex Ocean Sanctuary, South Essex Ocean Sanctuary
Location:
South Essex Sanctuary, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.59 | South: 42.391 | West: -70.9 | East: -70.66 |
Platform(s):
 Rafael |
Barnhardt, W.A., Andrews, B.D., and Butman, B., 2006, High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf; Nahant to Gloucester, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051293.
Pendleton, E.A., Baldwin, W.E., Barnhardt, W.A., Ackerman, S.D., Foster, D.S., Andrews, B.D., and Schwab, W.C., 2013, Shallow geology, seafloor texture, and physiographic zones of the Inner Continental Shelf from Nahant to northern Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1157, 53 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121157.
Pendleton, E.A., Barnhardt, W.A., Baldwin, W.E., Foster, D.S., Schwab, W.C., Andrews, B.D., and Ackerman, S.D., 2015, Sea-floor texture and physiographic zones of the inner continental shelf from Salisbury to Nahant, Massachusetts, including the Merrimack Embayment and Western Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1153, 36 p., 1 appendix, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151153.
FAN 2003-007-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=2003-007-FA.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boomer | --- | Boomer | |
| Real Time Kinematic GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz | --- | Interferometric | Bathymetry GIS data |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | Boomer seismic data |
| Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | Sidescan mosaic |
