Multibeam backscatter data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using a Teledyne SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, WGS 84, 1-m resolution)

In June 2022, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, collected high-resolution geophysical data, in Nantucket Sound to understand the regional geology in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal. This effort is part of a long-term collaboration between the USGS and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to map the State’s waters, support research on the Quaternary evolution of coastal Massachusetts, resolve the influence of sea-level change and sediment supply on coastal evolution, and strengthen efforts to understand the type, distribution, and quality of subtidal marine habitats. This collaboration produces high-resolution geologic data that serve the needs of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, CZM, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DOI, All tags... Department of the Interior, Eldridge Shoal, GeoTIFF, Horseshoe Shoal, Marine Geology, MassCZM, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Nantucket Sound, R/V Rafael, Reson, Succonnesset Shoal, T20-P, Teledyne, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wreck Shoal, backscatter, field activity number 2022-001-FA, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, marine geology, marine geophysics, multibeam backscatter, multibeam echosounder, multibeam sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, time-series, Fewer tags

Cape Cod Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: Barnstable County, Barnstable Harbor, Billingsgate Shoal, CZM, Cape Cod, All tags... Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod Canal, Chatham Harbor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DEM, Green Harbor, Gurnet Point, LiDAR, Manomet Point, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Provincetown, Race Point, Sandy Neck, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, digital elevation models, elevation, fathometer, inlandWaters, lead line, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Sea-floor videos and location of bottom video tracklines collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (MP4 video files and polyline shapefile)

Two marine geological surveys were conducted in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of an agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to map the geology of the sea floor offshore of Massachusetts. Samples of surficial sediment and photographs of the sea floor were collected at 76 sampling sites within the survey area, and sea-floor videos were collected at 75 of the sites. The sediment data and the observations from the photos and videos are used to explore the nature of the sea floor; in conjunction with high-resolution geophysical data, the observations are used to make interpretive maps of sedimentary environments and validate acoustic...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, CZM, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, MA CZM, All tags... MP4, MassCZM, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, MiniSEABOSS, Nantucket, Nantucket Sound, North America, R/V Rafael, R/V Tioga, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bottom video, continental shelf, field activity 2016-005-FA, field activity 2017-022-FA, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, location, marine geology, navigational data, oceans, sea floor, sea-floor characteristics, seabed video, seafloor, sediment analysis, sediments, shapefile, sound, stations, video monitoring, video observation, videography, videos, Fewer tags

Buzzards Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: Barnstable County, Bristol County, Buzzards Bay, CZM, Cape Cod Canal, All tags... Cleveland Ledge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DEM, Dukes County, Elizabeth Islands, FEMA, Fall River, Federal Emergency Management Agency, LiDAR, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Mount Hope Bay, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Bedford, Plymouth County, Quicks Hole, Quicksand Point, Sow and Pigs Reef, Taunton River, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole, bathymetry, digital elevation models, echosounder, elevation, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, Southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CZM, Cape Cod, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cross Rip Shoal, Great Round Shoal Channel, All tags... LiDAR, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Middle Ground, Muskeget Channel, NOAA, NOS, Nantucket, Nantucket Sound, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Vineyard Sound, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, echosounder, inlandwaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83)

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Boston Harbor, CZM, Cape Ann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex County, All tags... Gulf of Maine, Ipswich Bay, LiDAR, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk County, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Salem Harbor, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Suffolk County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Buzzards Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Barnstable County, Bristol County, Buzzards Bay, CZM, Cape Cod Canal, All tags... Cleveland Ledge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dukes County, Elizabeth Islands, FEMA, Fall River, Federal Emergency Management Agency, LiDAR, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Mount Hope Bay, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Bedford, Plymouth County, Quicks Hole, Quicksand Point, Sow and Pigs Reef, Taunton River, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, echosounder, inlandwaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Physiographic Zones of the Sea Floor offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, Backscatter, Bathymetry, CMGP, All tags... CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal Embayment, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Dionis Beach, Ebb-tidal Delta, Eel Point, Esri Shapefile, Gay Head, Great Point, Hard-bottom Plain, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nearshore Basin, Nearshore Ramp, Nomans Land, Outer Basin, Physiographic Zones, Rocky Zone, Sea floor, Shell Zone, Shoal\Sand Wave, Shovelful Shoal, Slope, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Topography, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, marine geology, oceans, scientific information, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentology, sieve-size analysis, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Interpretation of sea floor geologic units for offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 3200, 424, 512i, Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Boomer, CMGP, CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Dionis Beach, EdgeTech, Eel Point, Esri Shapefile, Gay Head, Geologic Framework, Great Point, Holocene, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Knudsen, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, Pleistocene, Sea floor, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Shovelful Shoal, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Surficial Geology, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, marine geology, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentation, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Elevation of the late Wisconsinan to early Holocene regressive unconformity (Ur) offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, 512i, Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, All tags... CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Depth to glacial deposits, Dionis Beach, EdgeTech, Eel Point, Gay Head, Geologic Framework, Great Point, Holocene, Holocene, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, Pleistocene, Regressive Unconformity, Sea floor, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Shovelful Shoal, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Wisconsinan, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geologic contacts, geologic structure, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, marine geology, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentation, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Cape Cod Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Barnstable County, Barnstable Harbor, Billingsgate Shoal, CZM, Cape Cod, All tags... Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod Canal, Chatham Harbor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Green Harbor, Gurnet Point, LiDAR, Manomet Point, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Provincetown, Race Point, Sandy Neck, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, fathometer, inlandwaters, lead line, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: Boston Harbor, CZM, Cape Ann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DEM, All tags... Essex County, Gulf of Maine, Ipswich Bay, LiDAR, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk County, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Salem Harbor, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Suffolk County, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, digital elevation models, elevation, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, singlebeam, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Holocene fluvial and estuarine (Qfe) and nearshore marine (Qmn) sediment thickness offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, 512i, Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, All tags... CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Dionis Beach, EdgeTech, Eel Point, Gay Head, Geologic Framework, Great Point, Holocene, Holocene, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, Pleistocene, Sea floor, Sediment thickness, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Shovelful Shoal, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geologic contacts, geologic structure, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, marine geology, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentation, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Geotagged sea-floor photographs and location of bottom photographs collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)

Two marine geological surveys were conducted in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of an agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to map the geology of the sea floor offshore of Massachusetts. Samples of surficial sediment and photographs of the sea floor were collected at 76 sampling sites within the survey area, and sea-floor videos were collected at 75 of the sites. The sediment data and the observations from the photos and videos are used to explore the nature of the sea floor; in conjunction with high-resolution geophysical data, the observations are used to make interpretive maps of sedimentary environments and validate acoustic...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, CSV, CZM, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... GoPro HERO4 Black, JPEG, JPG, MA CZM, MassCZM, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, MiniSEABOSS, Nantucket, Nantucket Sound, North America, R/V Rafael, R/V Tioga, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bottom images, bottom photographs, continental shelf, field activity 2016-005-FA, field activity 2017-022-FA, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, image collections, images, location, marine geology, navigational data, oceans, photographic sampling, photography, photos, sea floor, sea-floor characteristics, seabed images, seabed photographs, seafloor, sediments, shapefile, sound, stations, underwater photography, Fewer tags

Sediment Texture of the Sea Floor offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, Backscatter, Bathymetry, Bottom Photographs, All tags... Bottom type, CMGP, CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Dionis Beach, Eel Point, Esri Shapefile, Gay Head, Great Point, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, Sea floor, Sediment Cover, Sediment Distribution, Sediment Samples, Sediment Texture, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Shovelful Shoal, Slope, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Topography, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, clay deposits, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, grain size analysis, gravel deposits, lithologic maps, marine geology, oceans, sand deposits, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentology, surficial geologic units, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum)

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: CZM, Cape Cod, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cross Rip Shoal, DEM, All tags... Great Round Shoal Channel, LiDAR, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Middle Ground, Muskeget Channel, NOAA, NOS, Nantucket, Nantucket Sound, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Vineyard Sound, bathymetry, digital elevation models, elevation, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

5-m backscatter mosaic from south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket produced from sidescan-sonar and interferometric backscatter datasets

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, CZM, Cape Cod, All tags... Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Dionis Beach, Eel Point, Gay Head, GeoTIFF, Great Point, Katama Beach, Klein 3000, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, SWATHplus-M, Shovelful Shoal, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, backscatter, composite image, geoscientificInformation, grey scale, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, interferometric backscatter, interferometric sonar, marine geophysics, mosaic, oceans, remote sensing, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, sea-floor characteristics, sidescan, sidescan sonar, sidescan sonar, Fewer tags

Chirp seismic reflection data- shotpoints, tracklines, profile images, and SEG-Y traces for EdgeTech 3400 chirp data collected during USGS field activity 2022-001-FA (point and polyline shapefiles, CSV text, PNG Images, and SEGY data, GCS WGS 84)

In June 2022, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, collected high-resolution geophysical data, in Nantucket Sound to understand the regional geology in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal. This effort is part of a long-term collaboration between the USGS and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to map the State’s waters, support research on the Quaternary evolution of coastal Massachusetts, resolve the influence of sea-level change and sediment supply on coastal evolution, and strengthen efforts to understand the type, distribution, and quality of subtidal marine habitats. This collaboration produces high-resolution geologic data that serve the needs of...

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Multibeam bathymetric data collected in Nantucket Sound Massachusetts in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal, during USGS Field Activity 2022-001-FA using a Teledyne SeaBat Integrated Dual-Head (IDH) T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD 83, MLLW Datum, 2-m resolution)

In June 2022, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, collected high-resolution geophysical data, in Nantucket Sound to understand the regional geology in the vicinity of Horseshoe Shoal. This effort is part of a long-term collaboration between the USGS and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to map the State’s waters, support research on the Quaternary evolution of coastal Massachusetts, resolve the influence of sea-level change and sediment supply on coastal evolution, and strengthen efforts to understand the type, distribution, and quality of subtidal marine habitats. This collaboration produces high-resolution geologic data that serve the needs of...

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Location and grain-size analysis results of sediment samples collected in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-005-FA and 2017-022-FA (simplified point shapefile and CSV file)

Two marine geological surveys were conducted in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, in May 2016 and May 2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of an agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to map the geology of the sea floor offshore of Massachusetts. Samples of surficial sediment and photographs of the sea floor were collected at 76 sampling sites within the survey area, and sea-floor videos were collected at 75 of the sites. The sediment data and the observations from the photos and videos are used to explore the nature of the sea floor; in conjunction with high-resolution geophysical data, the observations are used to make interpretive maps of sedimentary environments and validate acoustic...

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