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

Field Activity 2023-001-FA

Identifier 2023-001-FA
Purpose Map and define the geologic framework of Nantucket Sound.
Location Nantucket Sound, MA
Summary Approximately 19 sq km of Teledyne T20P multibeam sonar data was collected along 424 km of lines spaced 52 and 40 meters apart during 8 days of survey operations. EdgeTech 3400 seismic profiles were collected along 394 kms of tracklines. In addition, sediment samples, bottom video, and photographs were collected at 60 locations using the mini-SEABOSS Sampler. Ground validation locations covered both 2023-001-FA and 2022-001-FA acoustic data.
Info derived geologic framework
Comments Ackerman is POC for ALL SEABOSS related items. Updated this FAN on 4/9/2026) to move up the start date to 05-12-2023 to account for the SEABOSS test survey, which ended up being usable data and will be included in the data release. (SDA)
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Mashpee, MA 2023-05-12
End Woods Hole, MA 2023-06-14
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -70.54870605
East -70.25756836
North 41.58463401
South 41.44684402

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
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Berube
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Munnelly, Maeve
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information
Brian Andrews
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Seismics, Sampling, Location-Elevation, Imagery
Data type: Sound Velocity, Multibeam, Sub Bottom Profiler, Geology, Navigation, Video, Photo

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
AML Minos X Sound Velocity 1
Blackfly S 5MP camera Photo 1
DSPL HD Mulit Seacam Video 2
AML-3 LGR Sound Velocity 1
Reson T20-P Multibeam, Water column reflectivity 3
Edgetech 3400 Sub Bottom Profiler 1
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 1
POS-MV Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2023-001-FA_videos DSPL HD Mulit Seacam Locations and Geotagged sea-floor videos collected in May and June 2023 using the SEABOSS 2.0 in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2023-001-FA (MP4 video files and polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman
2023-001-FA_TeledyneSeaBat_T20P_Backscatter_1m Reson T20-P Multibeam backscatter data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-FA using a Teledyne Reson SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83 (2011), 1-m resolution) Brian Andrews
2023-001-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 2023-001-FA using a Teledyne Reson SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83 (2011), MLLW Datum, 2-m resolution, and Generic Sensor Format.) Brian Andrews
2023-001-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 2023-001-FA using a Teledyne Resonb SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2023-001-FA_ET3400 Edgetech 3400 Chirp seismic reflection data- shotpoints, tracklines, profile images, and SEG-Y traces for EdgeTech 3400 chirp data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal during USGS field activity 2023-001-FA (point and polyline shapefiles, CSV text, PNG Images, and SEGY data, GCS WGS 84). The largest dataset at almost 8 GB are the SEG-Y files. Wayne E Baldwin
2023-001-FA_samples SeaBOSS Locations and grain-size analysis results of sediment samples collected in May and June 2023 using the SEABOSS 2.0 in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2023-001-FA (point shapefile and CSV file, GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2023-001-FA_SVP_data AML Minos X Sound Velocity Profiles collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-FA using AML-3 LGR or AML Minos-X CTDSV sensors (PNG images, SVP text, and ESRI point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2023-001-FA_images Blackfly S 5MP camera Locations and Geotagged sea-floor images collected in May and June 2023 using the SEABOSS 2.0 in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2023-001-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file; GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman
2023-001-FA_images DSPL HD Mulit Seacam Locations and Geotagged sea-floor images collected in May and June 2023 using the SEABOSS 2.0 in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2023-001-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file; GCS WGS 84) Seth Ackerman
2023-001-FA_SVP_data AML-3 LGR Sound Velocity Profiles collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2023-001-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

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

123 images are associated with this activity.