Geophysical Data Collected off the South Shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Open-File Report
2008-1288
Prepared in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research (ONR)
By: J. F. Denny, W. W. Danforth, D.S. Foster, and C. R. Sherwood
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center conducted a nearshore geophysical survey offshore of the southern coast of Martha's Vineyard, in the vicinity of the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory in 2007. This mapping program was part of a larger research effort supporting the Office of Naval Research Ripples Directed-Research Initiative studies at Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory designed to improve our understanding of coastal sediment-transport processes. The survey was conducted aboard the Megan T. Miller August 9-13, 2007. The study area covers 35 square kilometers from about 0.2 kilometers to 5 kilometers offshore of the south shore of Martha's Vineyard, and ranges in depth from ~6 to 24 meters. The geophysical mapping utilized the following suite of high-resolution instrumentation to map the surficial sediment distribution, bathymetry, and sub-surface geology: a dual-frequency 100/500 kilohertz sidescan-sonar system, 234 kilohertz interferometric sonar, and 500 hertz -12 kilohertz chirp subbottom profiler. These geophysical data will be used to provide initial conditions for wave and circulation modeling within the study area.
Suggested Citation
Denny, J.F., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D., and Sherwood, C.R., 2010, Geophysical Data Collected off the South Shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081288.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geophysical Data Collected off the South Shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2008-1288 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20081288 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Science Center |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |