Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Walter Barnhardt
Affiliate Investigator(s): Tony Wilbur, MA CZM
Information Specialist(s): Seth Ackerman
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geologic mapping of inner shelf to: 1) support management of habitat and ocean resources; 2) clarify the post-glacial history of sea-level change in the region; and 3) reconstruct coastal environments and quantify rates of change over the last few thousand years.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2006-08-01
End Date: 2006-08-24
Equipment Used: Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, Klein 3000, Digital camera, Real Time Kinematic GPS
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: We collected 100% coverage of sea floor with bathymetry and sidescan sonar data (total mapped area 277 km2), and approximately 2340 km of closely spaced seismic reflection profiles. Cruise focused on nearshore areas in water depths of 5-50 m, mostly inside state waters. Intermittent problems with GPS reception caused numerous shutdowns, especially during first 10 days of cruise. Cause is uncertain but we suspect jamming by radar or other external source. Gear snagged many lobster pots, which are VERY thick in the survey area. See cruise log for details.
Staff: Seth Ackerman, Wayne Baldwin, Sandy Baldwin, Walter Barnhardt, Emile Bergeron, William Danforth, David Foster, Maiana Hanshaw, Emily Himmelstoss, Barry Irwin, Thomas O'Brien, Elizabeth Pendleton, Charles Worley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Leg 1 (01-13 Aug.): B. Danforth, E. Bergeron, W. Barnhardt, Wayne Baldwin, M. Hanshaw, E. Pendleton; Leg 2 (13-24 Aug.): D. Foster, C. Worley, Tom O'Brien, S. Ackerman, E. Himmelstoss, S. Baldwin; RTK GPS setup: B. Irwin.
Project = High-resolution geologic mapping of MA inner shelf, High-resolution geologic mapping of MA inner shelf
Location:
South Shore, Hull to Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.34422518 | South: 41.93339864 | West: -70.83896426 | East: -70.37932246 |
Platform(s):
 Megan T Miller |
Andrews, B.D., Ackerman, S.D., Baldwin, W.E., and Barnhardt, W.A., 2010, Geophysical and sampling data from the inner continental shelf—Northern Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1006, 1 DVD-ROM, available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101006.
Barnhardt, W.A., Ackerman, S.D., Andrews, B.D., and Baldwin, W.E., 2010, Geophysical and sampling data from the inner continental shelf—Duxbury to Hull, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1072, 1 DVD-ROM, also available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091072.
de La Beaujardière, J., Beegle-Krause, C.J., Bermudez, Luis, Hankin, Steven, Hazard, Lisa, Howlett, Eoin, Le, Steven, Proctor, Roger, Signell, Richard P., Snowden, Derrick, and Thomas, Julie, 2010, Ocean and coastal data management: , Proceedings of OceanObs�09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306. Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009.
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 2006-012-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=2006-012-FA.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2006-012-FA-SE-001 (Raw SEGY data) SEGY data |
| SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz | --- | Interferometric | Bathymetric data collected offshore of Massachusetts between Duxbury and Hull Grid of bathymetry acquired using interferometric sonar offshore of Massachusetts within northern Cape Cod Bay |
| Klein 3000 | --- | Sidescan | Composite sidescan-sonar mosaic offshore of Massachusetts between Duxbury and Hull Sidescan mosaic 2 |
| Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2006-012-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field activity operations) |
| Real Time Kinematic GPS | --- | Navigation |
