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  • Sidescan-sonar 1-minute navigation collected by the U.S. Geological Survey off the southern shore of Martha's Vineyard, MA, 2007. (ESRI POINT SHAPEFILE, SONAR_1MIN.SHP)

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    The USGS 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 (MVCO) in August 2007. This mapping program was part of a larger research effort supporting the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Ripples Directed-Research Initiative (DRI) studies at MVCO by providing data collection and modeling. The geophysical data will be used to provide initial conditions for wave and circulation models for the study area. Ultimately, geophysical mapping, oceanographic measurements and modeling will help to improve our understanding of coastal sediment-transport processes. The geophysical mapping utilized a suite of high-resolution instrumentation to map the surficial sediment distribution, depth and sub-surface geology: dual-frequency 100/500 KHz sidescan-sonar system, 234-KHz interferometric sonar, and 500 Hz -12 KHz chirp sub-bottom profiler. The survey was conducted aboard the M/V Megan Miller August 9-13, 2007. The study area covers 35 square kilometers from about 0.2 km to 5-km offshore of the south shore of Martha's Vineyard, and ranges in depth from ~ 5 to 20 meters.

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    Metadata Date November 25, 2019
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2009 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

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    Harvested from DOI Open Data

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    Thumbnail image of sidescan-sonar 1-minute navigation positions collected by the U.S. Geological Survey off the southern shore of Martha's Vineyard, 2007

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date November 25, 2019
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2009 (publication)
    Responsible Party U.S. Geological Survey (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
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    Access Constraints Use Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset., Access Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long -70.513351
    Bbox North Lat 41.346920
    Bbox South Lat 41.303623
    Bbox West Long -70.599937
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Graphic Preview Description Thumbnail image of sidescan-sonar 1-minute navigation positions collected by the U.S. Geological Survey off the southern shore of Martha's Vineyard, 2007
    Graphic Preview File https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1288/GIS_catalog/Tracklines/sonar_1min_sm.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Licence Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2007-08-09
    Temporal Extent End 2007-08-13

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