USGS OFR 00-427: Western Massachusetts Bay

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Originator: Brad Butman
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: USGS OFR 00-427: Western Massachusetts Bay
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Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-427
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-427/mbaygis/mb_pages/isblseds.htm>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-427/mbaygis/mb_pages/isblseds.xls>
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Originator: Benjamin T. Gutierrez
Originator: Bradford Butman
Originator: Dann S. Blackwood
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Photographs of the Sea Floor in Western Massachusetts Bay, Offshore of Boston, Massachusetts, July, 1999
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-427
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-427>
Description:
Abstract:
This CD-ROM contains photographs and sediment sample analyses of the sea floor obtained at 142 sites in western Massachusetts Bay during a research cruise (USGS cruise ISBL99024) aboard the Fishing Vessel (FV) Isabel S. conducted July 18-21, 1999. These photographs and samples provide critical ground truth information for the interpretation of shaded relief and backscatter intensity maps created using data collected with a multibeam echo sounder system (Butman and others, in press, a, b, c; Valentine and others, in press, a, b, c). Collection of these photographs and samples was undertaken in support of a large project whose overall objective is to map and describe the sea floor of Massachusetts Bay.
Purpose:
To provide critical ground truth information for the interpretation of shaded relief and backscatter intensity maps created using data collected with a multibeam echo sounder system
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Theme_Keyword: bottom photography
Theme_Keyword: clay
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
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Place_Keyword: East Coast
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Place_Keyword: United States
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Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2212
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Originator: Benjamin T. Gutierrez
Originator: Bradfor Butman
Originator: Dann S. Blackwood
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Photographs of the Sea Floor Western Massachusetts Bay, Offshore of Boston, Massachusetts, July 1999
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Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-427
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Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-427/>
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Resource_Description: USGS OFR 00-427: Western Massachusetts Bay
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Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

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