1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1994-014-FA

Identifier 1994-014-FA
Alternate names 9401; ARGO9401
Purpose ROV survey, sampling, video observations of sedimentary environments and habitats.
Location Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Sediment samples: 73; Video transects; Bottom photos: 106 images on 1 photo CD.
Info derived Grain size analysis; Habitat maps;
Comments Field activity information derived from pre-cruise report and photo CDs.
Platform
Argo Maine
Length 80 feet; beam 24 feet; draft 10 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1994-09-08
End Gloucester, MA 1994-09-13
Bounds
West -70.39063313
East -70.12711903
North 42.26912306
South 42.14671851

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Schmuck, Eric A.
Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Brenton B.
Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Peter Auster - NURP/UCONN
Affiliate staff Peter Auster, associates - NURP/UCONN

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ROV Photo, Video, Biology, Geology (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology 4
Osprey camera system Photo, Video 8

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1994-014-FA-SC-001 Van Veen grab sampler GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski
1994-014-FA-NL-001 Osprey camera system CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD253, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD253, Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-014-FA-PH-001 Osprey camera system CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD253, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD253, Nancy K. Soderberg

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Stellwagen_sedimentsamples Van Veen grab sampler Geographic locations of seabed sediment samples from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region. Includes sediment analyses. Page C Valentine
SIM3341_stations_geology Van Veen grab sampler Point shapefile of quadrangle 6 station locations in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary offshore of Boston, Massachusetts where video, photographs and sediment samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2004 - includes sediment sample analyses and interpreted geologic substrate. Page C Valentine
SIM3341_geologic_interp Van Veen grab sampler Polygon shapefile of the interpretation of the seabed geologic substrates in quadrangle 6 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts based on data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2004 Page C Valentine
Stellwagen_bottomphotos Osprey camera system USGS collection of sea bottom photographs from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region (JPEG images). Two resolutions are available - a high resolution and medium resolution. Page C Valentine
Stellwagen_bottomphotos_locations Osprey camera system Geographic locations of images in the USGS collection of photographs from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region Page C Valentine
ridges0_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Boulder ridges less than 1 m high on the sea floor of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. The boulder ridges were identified using multibeam topographic imagery and backscatter intensity of the seabed and video and photographic images collected from 1994 to 2003. Page C Valentine
ridges1_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Boulder ridges greater than or equal to 1 m high on the sea floor of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine region. The boulder ridges were identified using multibeam topographic imagery and backscatter intensity of the seabed and video and photographic images collected from 1994 to 2003. Page C Valentine
sbnmsallsta_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Sample and video stations located in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. Stations represent the location of a sediment sample and/or the end of a video transect. Page C Valentine
sbnmsallvid_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Video transects of the sea floor in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. This dataset contains polylines showing extents of video transects documenting seabed characteristics in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts, an area of approximately 1100 nautical square miles. Page C Valentine

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
q5_geologic_interp Interpretation of the seabed geologic substrates in quadrangle 5 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts based on data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2019. Page C Valentine
q5_stations_geology Station locations in quadrangle 5 in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary offshore of Boston, Massachusetts where video, photographs and sediment samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2015 - includes sediment sample analyses and interpreted geologic substrate Page C Valentine

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity