Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman, Jane Denny
Affiliate Investigator(s): MA CZM
Information Specialist(s): Brian Andrews
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Phase I - Complete geophysical mapping of the South Essex Sanctuary (Gloucester to Nahant; 40 m to 10 m water depth). Phase II - Conduct ground validation survey of 100 target stations in the survey area.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
Start Date: 2004-04-12
End Date: 2004-05-07
Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Video camera - deep sea, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, Digital camera, Real Time Kinematic GPS, Van Veen grab sampler, Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Habitat maps; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Phase I Geophysical Survey: 8 total survey days with Submetrix, Knudsen, EdgeTech. Lost 5 days to rebuilding starboard engine on RAFAEL. Data collected: Submetrix bathymetry/backscatter, EdgeTech sidescan, Knudsen seismic reflection. Phase II Ground Validation: Occupied 100 target stations in 3 survey days, recovered 56 sediment samples. Data collected: bottom video, bottom stills, sediment samples (grain size).
Staff: Seth Ackerman, Brian Andrews, Dann Blackwood, William Danforth, Jane Denny, Barry Irwin, Katherine McMullen, Charles Worley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Jane Denny (PI), Barry Irwin (captain). Phase I: (Geophysical) Acquisition - Bill Danforth, Chuck Worley, Brian Andrews; Processing - Jane Denny, Brian Andrews. Phase II: Ground Truth - Barry Irwin (captain); Acquisition - Dann Blackwood (mini-SEABOSS), Brian Andrews, Seth Ackerman; Processing - Kate McMullen (sed samples), Brian Andrews (video/stills).
Project = South Essex Ocean Sanctuary Sea Floor Mapping, South Essex Ocean Sanctuary Sea Floor Mapping
Location:
Gloucester to Nahant, South Essex Sanctuary, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.6 | South: 42.4 | West: -70.95 | East: -70.65 |
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 2004-002-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=2004-002-FA.
FAN 2004-002-FA has data viewable in the CMGP Video and Photograph Portal. View the data in this application here. See the instructions for working with this application.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | |
Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | |
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz | --- | Interferometric | Bathymetry GIS data |
Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2004-002-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos: photos of deck operations, personnel, land interest points posted online at field activity web page.) |
Real Time Kinematic GPS | --- | Navigation | |
Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | 2004-002-FA-SC-001 (Van Veen grab samples: 56 sediment samples.) 2004-002-FA-SC-001-01 (Grain size analysis: 56 samples. Lab numbers AU407 to AU462.) |
Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2004-002-FA-SE-001 (Raw SEGY data) Chirp seismic data |