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

Field Activity 2016-005-FA

Identifier 2016-005-FA
Purpose To collect ground truth samples to help characterize the seafloor
Location North of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary The mini-SEABOSS was used to collected photos, videos and sediment samples at 55 sampling sites in Nantucket Sound aboard the R/V Rafael between on May 2-7, 2016. Navigation was determined with the Rafael's Hemisphere GPS receiver.
Info derived grain size, seafloor character
Comments Mini Sea Boss operations were conducted North of Nantucket as part of an agreement with MA CZM to map the geology of MA waters.
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Falmouth, MA 2016-05-01
End Falmouth, MA 2016-05-07
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -70.3221
East -69.97301636
North 41.45424225
South 41.30149473

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William C SchwabLaura Brothers
Crew members
William C Schwab
Scientist, Staff
Laura Brothers
Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera Video 1
DGPS Navigation 1
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 1
GoPro camera Photo, Video 1
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2016-005-FA_and_2017-022-FA_videos SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera Sea-floor videos and location of bottom video tracklines collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (MP4 video files and polyline shapefile) Seth Ackerman
2016-005-FA_and_2017-022-FA_photos DGPS Geotagged sea-floor photographs and location of bottom photographs collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file) Seth Ackerman
2016-005-FA_and_2017-022-FA_samples SeaBOSS Location and grain-size analysis results of sediment samples collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (simplified point shapefile and CSV file) Seth Ackerman
2016-005-FA_and_2017-022-FA_photos GoPro camera Geotagged sea-floor photographs and location of bottom photographs collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file) Seth Ackerman

Publications

Huntley, E.C., Ackerman, S.D., Brothers, L.L., Blackwood, D.S., Irwin, B.J., and Pendleton, E.A., 2020, Sea-floor sediment and imagery data collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, 2016 and 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UK5IOF.