{
    "tag": 16879,
    "title": "Bathymetric depth contours at 5 meter intervals derived from interferometric sonar data collected offshore of Massachusetts within Vineyard Sound by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (VS_5MCNTR_V2, Esri Shapefile, Geographic, WGS84).",
    "pubdate": "2014",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "2012-1006",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/open_file_report\/ofr2012-1006\/VS_5mCntr_V2.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHSC). Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters of coastal Massachusetts, primarily in water depths of 3-30 meters deep. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (http:\/\/woodshole.er.usgs.gov\/project-pages\/coastal_mass\/). The data collected in the study area located in Vineyard Sound Massachusetts includes high-resolution geophysics (bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic reflection). The data were collected during three separate surveys conducted between 2009 and 2011and cover approximately 340 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf. More information about the individual USGS surveys conducted as part of the Vineyard Sound project can be found on the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity webpage: 2009-002-FA: http:\/\/woodshole.er.usgs.gov\/operations\/ia\/public_ds_info.php?fa=2009-002-FA 2010-004-FA: http:\/\/woodshole.er.usgs.gov\/operations\/ia\/public_ds_info.php?fa=2010-004-FA 2011-004-FA: http:\/\/woodshole.er.usgs.gov\/operations\/ia\/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-004-FA",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "U.S. Geological Survey",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Andrews, Brian D.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ackerman, Seth D.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Baldwin, Wayne E.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Foster, David S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Schwab, William C.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "80",
            "name": "bathymetry",
            "scope": "The elevation of the earth's surface beneath a body of water, especially the ocean, typically determined by measurements of depth from the water surface."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2092",
            "name": "contouring",
            "scope": "Derivation of contours, or other lines of constant value, that visually summarize the spatial variation of some characteristic over an area, for example elevation."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "474",
            "name": "geospatial datasets",
            "scope": "Collections of related digital information that are geographically referenced."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1025",
            "name": "sea-floor characteristics",
            "scope": "Geomorphic features and geographic, compositional, and textural variation in the materials composing the ocean floor. Includes both large-scale structures (such as seamounts and rises) and fine-scale variations in rocks and deposits on the sea floor."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "006",
            "name": "elevation",
            "scope": "Height above or below sea level, for example altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, derived products, DEMs, TINs"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        }
    ],
    "place_term": [],
    "image": [
        {
            "name": "https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/2012\/1006\/GIS\/browse_jpg\/VS_5mCntr_V2.jpg",
            "description": "Thumbnail image of depth contours of gridded bathymetry collected in the Vineyard Sound Massachusetts survey area."
        }
    ],
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