Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, Figure 1

Open-File Report 2014-1220

Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

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Table 1. Data sources for the digital elevation model, the backscatter mosaic, and the seismic-reflection profile interpretations for Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Vessel	Date	Bathymetry	Acoustic backscatter	Seismic reflection	Citation
Various¹	1934-1994	Lead-line and single-beam sonar	None	None	National Geophysical Data Center, 2012
Rude¹	2004	455-kHz Reson 8125 multibeam sonar	Data not used for this studyr	None	Ackerman and others, 2013
Thomas Jefferson (29-foot launches)¹	2004	455-kHz Reson 8125 and 240-kHz Reson 8101 multibeam sonars	None	None	Poppe and others, 2007
Megan T. Miller and Scarlet Isabella²	2009-2011	SEA SWATHplus 234-kHz interferometric sonar system	Klein 3000 dual-frequency sidescan-sonar	EdgeTech Geo-Star FSSB subbottom profiling system and an SB–0512i towfish	Ackerman and others, 2013
Rafael²	2009	SEA SWATHplus 234-kHz interferometric sonar system	SEA SWATHplus 234-kHz interferometric sonar system	Knudsen Engineering Ltd. Chirp 3200 3.5 kHz	Turecek and others, 2012
Rafael²	2010	SEA SWATHplus 234-kHz interferometric sonar system	Klein 3000 dual-frequency sidescan-sonar, or a SEA SWATHplus interferometric sonar system	noneEdgeTech Geo-Star FSSB subbottom profiling system and an SB–424 towfish	Pendleton and others, 2012
Rafael²	2010	None	None	Boomer and 8-channel Geometrics GeoEel streamer	Pendleton and others, 2014
Rafael²	2011	SEA SWATHplus 234-kHz interferometric sonar system	Klein 3000 dual-frequency sidescan-sonar, or a SEA SWATHplus interferometric sonar system	Knudsen Engineering Ltd. Chirp 3200 3.5 kHz	Pendleton and others, 2014

¹Data collected by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

²Data collected by U.S. Geological Survey

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