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

Field Activity 1995-036-FA

Identifier 1995-036-FA
Alternate names 9503; ANDR9503
Purpose Acquire sediment samples, video, and photographic images of the sea bed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank.
Location Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Sediment samples: 131; Video transect; Bottom photos: 158 images on 2 photo CDs.
Info derived Grain size analysis; Habitat maps; Sea floor map;
Comments Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
Platform
Anderson
165 feet
Itinerary
Start Boston, MA 1995-09-15
End Woods Hole, MA 1995-09-20
Days in the field 6
Bounds
West -70.42202981
East -70.0982666
North 42.50382827
South 42.11293931

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
Seekins, Barbara A.
Scientist, Staff
Edwin Roworth
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar, Visual Identification
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology, Sidescan, Species ID

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, daily cruise log, sample and video transect locations.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan (no data reported)
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Sidescan (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 9
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo 2
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1995-036-FA-PH-001 SeaBOSS CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD259, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD258, Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-036-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
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
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