Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Massachusetts Integrated Coastal Studies (LQ00M0Z)
Principal Investigator(s): Laura Brothers
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Seth Ackerman, Brian Andrews
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sound Velocity, Sonar: Multibeam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Video, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map and define the geologic framework of Nantucket Sound.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Mashpee, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2023-05-12
End Date: 2023-06-14
Equipment Used: AML Minos X, Blackfly S 5MP camera , DSPL HD Mulit Seacam, AML-3 LGR, Reson T20-P, Edgetech 3400, SeaBOSS, POS-MV
Information to be Derived: geologic framework
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Approximately 19 sq km of Teledyne T20P multibeam sonar data was collected along 424 km of lines spaced 52 and 40 meters apart during 8 days of survey operations. EdgeTech 3400 seismic profiles were collected along 394 kms of tracklines. In addition, sediment samples, bottom video, and photographs were collected at 60 locations using the mini-SEABOSS Sampler. Ground validation locations covered both 2023-001-FA and 2022-001-FA acoustic data.
Staff: Maeve Munnelly, Patrick Berube, Charles Worley, Alexander Nichols, Eric Moore, Laura Brothers, Brian Andrews, Seth Ackerman
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Ackerman is POC for ALL SEABOSS related items.
Updated this FAN on 4/9/2026) to move up the start date to 05-12-2023 to account for the SEABOSS test survey, which ended up being usable data and will be included in the data release. (SDA)
Location:
Nantucket Sound, MA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.58463401 | South: 41.44684402 | West: -70.54870605 | East: -70.25756836 |
Platform(s):
 Rafael |
Andrews, B.D., Baldwin, W.E., Ackerman, S.D., Worley, C.R., Moore, E.M., Nichols, A.R., Berube, P.J., Huntley, E.C., and Brothers, L.L., 2026, High-resolution geophysical and sampling data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14NWTX8.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| AML Minos X | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| Blackfly S 5MP camera | --- | Photo | |
| DSPL HD Mulit Seacam | --- | Video | 2023-001-FA_videos (Locations and Geotagged sea-floor videos collected in May and June 2023 using the SEABOSS 2.0 in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2023-001-FA (MP4 video files and polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84)) |
| AML-3 LGR | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| Reson T20-P | --- | Multibeam Water column reflectivity | 2023-001-FA_TeledyneSeaBat_T20P_Backscatter_1m (Multibeam backscatter data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-FA using a Teledyne Reson SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83 (2011), 1-m resolution)) 2023-001-FA_TeledyneSeaBat_T20P_Bathymetry_2m (Multibeam bathymetric data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-FA using a Teledyne Reson SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83 (2011), MLLW Datum, 2-m resolution, and Generic Sensor Format.)) 2023-001-FA_TeledyneSeaBat_T20P_Tracklines (Trackline navigation data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-FA using a Teledyne Resonb SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84)) |
| Edgetech 3400 | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2023-001-FA_ET3400 (Chirp seismic reflection data- shotpoints, tracklines, profile images, and SEG-Y traces for EdgeTech 3400 chirp data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal during USGS field activity 2023-001-FA (point and polyline shapefiles, CSV text, PNG Images, and SEGY data, GCS WGS 84). The largest dataset at almost 8 GB are the SEG-Y files.) |
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 2023-001-FA_samples (Locations and grain-size analysis results of sediment samples collected in May and June 2023 using the SEABOSS 2.0 in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2023-001-FA (point shapefile and CSV file, GCS WGS 84)) |
| POS-MV | --- | Navigation |
