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

Field Activity 2019-034-FA

Identifier 2019-034-FA
Purpose Geologic sampling of the seafloor
Location Cape Cod Bay
Summary From Sept 17-Sept 19, 2019 aboard the R/V Tioga, at 49 sites we collected photo, video and grab samples. Cape Cod Bay, MA.
Info derived Seafloor texture and character
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-22 FA 2019-034 is affiliated with geophysical cruise FA 2019-002. Cruise consisted of two day trips (Sept 17 and Sept 18), with different crews.
Projects
Related activities
2019-002-FA: Project
Platform
Tioga
Length: 60 feet; Beam: 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2019-09-16
End Woods Hole, MA 2019-09-19
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -71.27929688
East -69.16992188
North 42.32606244
South 41.54147767

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Laura Brothers
Crew members
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Laura Brothers
Scientist, Staff
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Video, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GoPro camera Photo, Video 1
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 1
SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera Video 1
Nikon 7100 digital camera Photo (no data reported)
Paralenz Dive Camera + Video (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2019-034-FA_photos GoPro camera Geotagged sea-floor images and locations of bottom images collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, in September 2019 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2019-034-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file; GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman
2019-034-FA_samples SeaBOSS Locations and grain-size analysis results of sediment samples collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, in September 2019 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2019-034-FA (point shapefile and CSV file, GCS WGS 84, MLLW vertical datum) Seth Ackerman
2019-034-FA_videos SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera Sea-floor videos and locations of bottom video tracklines collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, in September 2019 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2019-034-FA (MP4 video files and polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

Images collected during this field activity, from the Imagery Data System

161 images are associated with this activity.