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

Field Activity 2019-002-FA

Identifier 2019-002-FA
Purpose To define the geologic framework of Cape Cod Bay to aid the state of Massachusetts in management and assessment of resources and hazards
Location Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary From Aug 1-29, 2019 USGS collected geophysical data aboard the M/V Warren Jr. in Cape Cod Bay, MA. We collected 4700 trackline kilometers of multibeam and 512i chirp data. We collected 570 trackline kilometers of multi-channel seismic data (s-boom source) and 474 sound velocity profiles.
Info derived seafloor composition, morphology and underlying geologic framework
Comments Platform: M/V Warren Jr. need to input streamer configuration
Projects
Related activities
2019-034-FA: Project
Platform
M/V Warren JR
Offshore support vessel 150 feet x 34 feet x 12.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2019-08-01
End Woods Hole, MA 2019-08-29
Days in the field 28
Bounds
West -70.52398682
East -70.08865356
North 42.06968463
South 41.73135491

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
Laura Brothers
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
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Joseph J Fredericks
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Kennedy
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David S Foster
Specialist, Information
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Boomer, Multichannel, Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GeoEel digital streamer The streamer was configured as a 32-channel streamer. Boomer, Multichannel, Sparker, Air Gun / Water Gun, Bubble Gun 1
POS-MV Navigation (no data reported)
Chirp 512i (sp) Sub Bottom Profiler 1
S-Boom seismic source Boomer (no data reported)
Reson T20-P Multibeam, Water column reflectivity 3
Sensor - MVP30 (Odim) Sound Velocity 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2019-002-FA_MCS GeoEel digital streamer Multichannel seismic-reflection and navigation data collected using an Applied Acoustics S-Boom and a Geometrics GeoEel digital 32-channel streamer during USGS field activity 2019-002-FA in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts (point and polyline shapefiles, CSV text, PNG Images, and SEG-Y data, GCS WGS 84) David S Foster
2019-002-FA_SB512i Chirp 512i (sp) Chirp seismic reflection - shotpoints, tracklines, profile images, and SEG-Y traces for EdgeTech SB-512i chirp data collected during USGS field activity 2019-002-FA in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts (point and polyline shapefiles, CSV text, PNG Images, and SEGY data, GCS WGS 84) David S Foster
2019-002-FA_T20P_Backscatter_1m Reson T20-P Multibeam backscatter data collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts during USGS Field Activity 2019-002-FA, using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echo sounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, WGS84, 1-m resolution) Seth Ackerman
2019-002-FA_T20P_Bathymetry_5m_MLLW Reson T20-P Multibeam bathymetric data collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts during USGS Field Activity 2019-002-FA, using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echo sounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83, MLLW Vertical Datum, 5-m resolution) (version 2) Seth Ackerman
2019-002-FA_T20P_Tracklines Reson T20-P Multibeam sonar tracklines collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts with a Reson T-20P during USGS Field Activity 2019-002-FA (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman
2019-002-FA_MVPSVP_data Sensor - MVP30 (Odim) Sound velocity profile data from an AML Oceanographic MVP30 and Minos X collected in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts during USGS Field Activity 2019-002-FA (PNG images, SVP text, and point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity