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

Field Activity 1996-025-FA

Identifier 1996-025-FA
Alternate names DIAN9625
Purpose Acquire sediment samples, video images, and still photos of the sea bed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank NMS.
Location Stellwagen Bank region, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
URL
Platform
Diane G
103 feet
Itinerary
Start Gloucester, MA 1996-05-16
End Gloucester, MA 1996-05-23
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -70.42677202
East -70.02546886
North 42.54105184
South 42.08089743

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
Piccirilli, David
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Peter Auster, NOAA at UCONN, Avery Pt., Groton, CT
Affiliate staff Peter Auster and crew

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

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

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1996-025-FA-SC-001 Grab sampler GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski
1996-025-FA-NL-001 Camera- deep sea CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD137, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD140, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD143, Nancy K. Soderberg
1996-025-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD137, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD140, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD143, Nancy K. Soderberg

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
ridges0_SIM2840 Video 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 Video 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 Video 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 Video 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
Stellwagen_sedimentsamples 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 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
Stellwagen_bottomphotos Camera- deep sea 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 Camera- deep sea Geographic locations of images in the USGS collection of photographs from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region 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