Title: Depth contours derived from swath bathymetry data collected in Buzzards Bay by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offshore of Massachusetts in 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2011 (BB_5mCntr Esri Polyline Shapefile, Geographic, WGS84).
Abstract:these data were collected under a cooperative agreement between the massachusetts office of coastal zone management czm and the u s geological survey usgs coastal and marine geology program woods hole...these data were collected under a cooperative agreement between the massachusetts office of coastal zone management czm and the u s geological survey usgs coastal and marine geology program woods hole coastal and marine science center whsc initiated in 2003 the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources accurate data and maps of seafloor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat delineating marine resources and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts the project is focused on the inshore waters of coastal massachusetts primarily in water depths of 5 to 30 meters m deep data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of usgs open file reports http woodshole er usgs gov project pages coastal_mass the data collected in the study area in buzzards bay massachusetts include high resolution geophysics bathymetry backscatter intensity and seismic reflection and ground validation sediment samples video tracklines and bottom photographs the geophysical data are released in usgs open file report 2012 1002 high resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf buzzards bay massachusetts http pubs usgs gov of 2012 1002 the sampling data have not been prepared for publication yet the geophysical data were collected during four separate surveys conducted between 2004 and 2011 national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa survey h11319 in 2004 bathymetry only and usgs surveys 2009 002 fa 2010 004 fa and 2011 004 fa and cover 410 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf more information about the individual usgs surveys conducted as part of the buzzards bay project can be found on whcs field activity web pages 2009 002 fa http woodshole er usgs gov operations ia public_ds_info php fa 2009 002 fa 2010 004 fa http woodshole er usgs gov operations ia public_ds_info php fa 2010 004 fa 2011 004 fa http woodshole er usgs gov operations ia public_ds_info php fa 2011 004 fa information about the noaa survey can be found at h11319 http surveys ngdc noaa gov mgg nos coast h10001 h12000 h11319 drRead More
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: dataset
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