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

Field Activity 2011-004-FA

Identifier 2011-004-FA
Purpose Create regional seabed characterization maps.
Location Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Sidescan sonar, swath bathymetry and Chirp subbottom profiling were collected to complete mapping areas of Massachusetts state waters of Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound and part of Nantucket Sound.
Comments Project = MCZM/B. Bay & Vineyard Sound, MCZM/B. Bay & Vineyard Sound
URL
Platform
Scarlett Isabella
130 ft. offshore supply ship
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2011-05-04
End Woods Hole, MA 2011-05-17
Days in the field 18
Bounds
West -71.131
East -70.35645
North 41.56614
South 41.23238

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William C SchwabDavid S Foster
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Turecek, Aaron
Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Emile Bergeron
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Interferometric, Multibeam, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital camera Photo 1
Real Time Kinematic GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Sub Bottom Profiler 1
Klein 3000 Sidescan 1
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Interferometric (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2011-004-FA-PH-001 Digital camera deck shots of field operations Nancy K. Soderberg

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
MV_ACK_depth2G Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Elevation of the late Wisconsinan to early Holocene regressive unconformity (Ur) offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts Elizabeth P Pendleton
MV_ACK_backscatter_5m Klein 3000 5-m backscatter mosaic from south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket produced from sidescan-sonar and interferometric backscatter datasets Elizabeth P Pendleton

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
BuzzBay_10m Buzzards Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum) Brian Andrews
BuzzBay_Source Buzzards Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83) Brian Andrews
Ntkt_VS_10m Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum) Brian Andrews
Ntkt_VS_Source Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, Southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83) Brian Andrews
MV_ACK_physiozone Physiographic zones of the sea floor offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. Elizabeth P Pendleton
MV_ACK_postGisopach Holocene fluvial and estuarine (Qfe) and nearshore marine (Qmn) sediment thickness offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. Elizabeth P Pendleton
MV_ACK_sedtexture Sediment texture of the sea floor offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts created from geophysical and sample data collected from south of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, and are used to characterize the sea floor in the area. Elizabeth P Pendleton
MV_ACK_surfgeology Interpretation of sea floor geologic units for offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts Elizabeth P Pendleton

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity