H11079_1MGEO_SSS.TIF: 1-meter Composite Grayscale Image of the Sidescan Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11079 of the Sea Floor in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (Geographic)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan sonar data collected in Great Round Shoal Channel, a passage through the shoals at the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In June 2006, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconaissance survey.美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, USGS）与美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）以及马萨诸塞州海岸带管理办公室（Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, MA CZM）合作，正在编制马萨诸塞州沿岸海域的详细地质图。由NOAA最初为海图绘制目的采集的影像数据，为该段马萨诸塞州海岸线沿线的科研与管理活动提供了基础框架，可揭示海床的组成与地形，并提供沉积物运移及底栖生境相关信息。解释性数据图层源自在大浅滩水道（Great Round Shoal Channel）采集的多波束回声测深与侧扫声呐数据，该水道位于马萨诸塞州科德角外楠塔基特湾东口的浅滩航道中。2006年6月，作为地面验证踏勘调查的一部分，研究团队采集了海底照片与表层沉积物数据。