Dataset description: Stellwagen_sedimentsamples

Dataset description: Stellwagen_sedimentsamples

Geographic locations of seabed sediment samples from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region. Includes sediment analyses.

Version	1
Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, grab sampling, navigational data, geospatial datasets, grain-size analysis, marine geology
Data types	Geology
Format	shapefile
Amount	1 MB

Contacts

Contact	Page C Valentine WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.3133/ds469 https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/469/html/DataCatalog.html
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/data_series/DS-469/sb_sedsamples.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
1993-030-FA	Grab sampler Sampling device consisting of a set of jaws and a deployment mechanism designed to collect sediments or loose substrate from the surface of the sea floor.
1994-004-FA	Van Veen grab sampler Grab sampler with jaws levered shut by long bars and deployed by the action of pulling the sampler off the bottom of the sea floor.
1994-014-FA	Van Veen grab sampler Grab sampler with jaws levered shut by long bars and deployed by the action of pulling the sampler off the bottom of the sea floor.
1995-036-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
1996-025-FA	Grab sampler Sampling device consisting of a set of jaws and a deployment mechanism designed to collect sediments or loose substrate from the surface of the sea floor.
1996-038-FA	Grab sampler Sampling device consisting of a set of jaws and a deployment mechanism designed to collect sediments or loose substrate from the surface of the sea floor.
1997-020-FA	Van Veen grab sampler Grab sampler with jaws levered shut by long bars and deployed by the action of pulling the sampler off the bottom of the sea floor.
1997-033-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
1998-017-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
1999-011-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
1999-024-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
2000-011-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
2000-065-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
2001-060-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
2003-014-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
2004-010-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
2002-029-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
1998-022-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.
1998-029-FA	SeaBOSS Grab sampler with video and still cameras mounted on the frame.

Geometries linked to this dataset

Map	Name	Description
Map	Stellwagen_sedsamps_footprint	Footprint of sediment sample locations in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.