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

Field Activity 2022-001-FA

Identifier 2022-001-FA
Purpose Collect seafloor and subseafloor information aid the State, and coastal vulnerability studies
Location Nantucket Sound
Summary Collected ~ 680 linear kms of Edgetech 3400 and dual-head Reson T20-P data during 13 days between June 3 and 24th. Original survey plan was adjusted due to R/V Rafael engine challenges. Survey was divided into two areas based on overall depth. South (deep) survey area used tracklines 87 meters apart and was completed in 8 days. The north (shallow) area used trackline spacing of 52 meters and was 30% complete before the end of the survey on June 24th.
Info derived seafloor mapping data including geophysical and seafloor sampling data
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Mashpee, MA 2022-06-03
End Mashpee, MA 2022-06-24
Days in the field 13
Bounds
West -70.488445
East -70.268969
North 41.576575
South 41.492948

Personnel

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

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Sound Velocity, Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
AML-3 LGR Sound Velocity 1
AML Minos X Sound Velocity 1
Reson T20-P Multibeam, Water column reflectivity 3
Edgetech 3400 Sub Bottom Profiler 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2022-001-FA_TeledyneSeaBat_T20P_Bathymetry_2m Reson T20-P Multibeam bathymetric data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using a Teledyne SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83, MLLW Datum, 2-m resolution) Brian Andrews
2022-001-FA_TeledyneSeaBat_T20P_Tracklines Reson T20-P Trackline navigation data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using a Teledyne SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2022-001-FA_TeledyneT20P_Backscatter_1m Reson T20-P Multibeam backscatter data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using a Teledyne SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, WGS 84, 1-m resolution) Brian Andrews
2022-001-FA_ET3400 Edgetech 3400 Chirp seismic reflection data- shotpoints, tracklines, profile images, and SEG-Y traces for EdgeTech 3400 chirp data collected during USGS field activity 2022-001-FA (point and polyline shapefiles, CSV text, PNG Images (1 GB), and SEG-Y data (13 GB), GCS WGS 84) Wayne E Baldwin

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2022-001-FA_SVP_data AML-3 LGR Sound Velocity Profiles collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using AML-3 LGR or AML Minos-X CTDSV sensors (PNG images, SVP text, and ESRI point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2022-001-FA_SVP_data AML Minos X Sound Velocity Profiles collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using AML-3 LGR or AML Minos-X CTDSV sensors (PNG images, SVP text, and ESRI point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity