Field Activity 1995-015-FA

Identifier 1995-015-FA
Alternate names 9502; ANDR9502
Purpose Acquire sediment samples and video and photographic images of the sea bed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank.
Location Stellwagen Bank, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
Platform
Anderson
165 feet
Itinerary
Start Gloucester, MA 1995-05-05
End Gloucester, MA 1995-05-07
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.3101
East -70.03329
North 42.28542
South 42.11365

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
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Brenton B.
Scientist, Staff
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, video and camera transects, and grab sample locations.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology 3
Camera- deep sea Photo 4
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1995-015-FA-SC-001 Grab sampler GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
SIM3341_stations_geology 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 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
ridges0_SIM2840 Camera- deep sea 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 Camera- deep sea 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 Camera- deep sea 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 Camera- deep sea 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