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

Field Activity 1999-011-FA

Identifier 1999-011-FA
Alternate names DLWR9911
Purpose Sampling (video, photo, sediment) and sub-bottom profiling.
Location Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic,
Summary Short stop in Boston on Mar. 21 to exchange personnel via small boat. Total stations 104; video and photo 104; sediment samples 82 stations. Sub-bottom profiling 425 km.
Comments Original Center People field contained: At sea: Page Valentine, Dann Blackwood, Jessica Baker, Terry Unger, Ken Parolski, Tom O'Brien, Nancy Soderberg, Barbara Seekins, Dave Foster; Mob/demob: Joe Newell, Bob Barton. Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project Information from Foghorn: video/photo sampling system;big blue winch;P-code navigation w/bridge monitor;geolink;SIS 1000 sub-bottom with winch;small van;at-sea sub-bottom processing;
Platform
Delaware II
Length: 155 ft (47 m); Beam: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m).
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1999-03-18
End Woods Hole, MA 1999-03-26
Days in the field 9
Bounds
West -70.64662306
East -69.97469705
North 42.82405759
South 42.40700937

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
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Seekins, Barbara A.
Scientist, Staff
Baker, Jessica
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
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 Peter Auster, James Lindholm - NURP/UCONN
Affiliate staff Peter Auster, James Lindholm

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo 3
3.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 8

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1999-011-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL Nancy K. Soderberg
1999-011-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
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
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