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

Field Activity 1998-029-FA

Identifier 1998-029-FA
Alternate names FERL9829
Purpose High-resolution seismic survey; sampling, video, and photos of sea bed.
Location Stellwagen Bank NMS region, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Collected 300 km of chirp sub-bottom sonar; 98 photo/video stations; and 60 sediment samples. Lost 6.5 days to bad weather.
Comments Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project Information from Foghorn: high-resolution seismics (datasonics chirp sonar);new blue winch w/ video-photo grab;P-code navigation;geolink software;deck van;
Platform
Ferrel
133 feet
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1998-09-30
End Boston, MA 1998-10-18
Days in the field 15
Bounds
West -70.6
East -70.033
North 42.8
South 42.083

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Robinson, Alex
Scientist, Staff
Baker, Jessica
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Scientist, Staff
Unger, Tanya
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal NOAA
Affiliate staff J. Lindholm, NOAA/NURC

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Imagery, Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Photo, Video, Geology, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Datasonics SST 220 sub-bottom 3.5k Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 9
P-code GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1998-029-FA-PH-001 SeaBOSS CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD277, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD278, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD280, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD286, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD287, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD288, Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-029-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Stellwagen_sedimentsamples SeaBOSS Geographic locations of seabed sediment samples from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region. Includes sediment analyses. Page C Valentine
ridges0_SIM2840 SeaBOSS 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 SeaBOSS 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 SeaBOSS 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 SeaBOSS 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
SIM3341_stations_geology SeaBOSS 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 SeaBOSS 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

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