Other ID: DLWR9911
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, James Lindholm - NURP/UCONN
Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Photo, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling (video, photo, sediment) and sub-bottom profiling.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1999-03-18
End Date: 1999-03-26
Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, 3.5 kHz, DGPS, SeaBOSS
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Short stop in Boston on Mar. 21 to exchange personnel via small boat. Total stations 104; video and photo 104; sediment samples 82 stations. Sub-bottom profiling 425 km.
Staff: Robert Barton, Dann Blackwood, David Foster, Thomas O'Brien, Nancy K. Soderberg, Page Valentine, Kenneth F. Parolski, Jessica Baker, Joseph S. Newell, Barbara A. Seekins, Tanya Unger
Affiliate Staff:
Peter Auster
James Lindholm
Notes: Original Center People field contained: At sea: Page Valentine, Dann Blackwood, Jessica Baker, Terry Unger, Ken Parolski, Tom O'Brien, Nancy Soderberg, Barbara Seekins, Dave Foster; Mob/demob: Joe Newell, Bob Barton.
Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
Information from Foghorn: video/photo sampling system;big blue winch;P-code navigation w/bridge monitor;geolink;SIS 1000 sub-bottom with winch;small van;at-sea sub-bottom processing;
Location:
Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic,
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.82405759 | South: 42.40700937 | West: -70.64662306 | East: -69.97469705 |
Platform(s):
 Delaware II |
Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2023, Geospatial datasets of seabed topography, sediment mobility, and the distribution of geologic substrates in quadrangle 5 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W9BN3S.
Valentine, P.C., and Gallea, L.B., 2015, Seabed maps showing topography, ruggedness, backscatter intensity, sediment mobility, and the distribution of geologic substrates in quadrangle 6 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3341, 10 sheets, scale 1:25,000, and 21-p. pamphlet, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3341.
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.
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | |
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1999-011-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL) |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 1999-011-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples) |
