Other ID: ABLJ9720
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Auster - NOAA
Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling of sedimentary environments and biological assemblages and habitats for mapping purposes.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
Start Date: 1997-07-25
End Date: 1997-08-01
Equipment Used: ROV, DGPS, Van Veen grab sampler, Osprey camera system
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Christopher F. Polloni, Page Valentine, Jessica Baker, Tanya Unger
Affiliate Staff:
NOAA: Peter Auster
Paul Donaldson
Jenny Maar
Notes: This cruise follows FA 97021 to Georges Bank with the same vessel. Mobilization for both cruises is on July 13; port day on July 24.
Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
Location:
Stellwagen Bank NMS, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.8 | South: 42.0833 | West: -70.6 | East: -70.0333 |
Platform(s):
 Abel J |
Valentine, P.C., Baker, J.L., Unger, T.S., Scully, L.A., and Fuller, S.J., 2005, Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2840, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2840.
Valentine, P.C., Gallea, L.B., Blackwood, D.S., and Twomey, E.R., 2010, Seabed photographs, sediment texture analyses, and sun-illuminated sea floor topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469, available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds469.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROV | --- | Photo Video Biology Geology | |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | 1997-020-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples) |
| Osprey camera system | --- | Photo Video | 1997-020-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD208, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD209, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD210, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD211, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD212, ) |
