PNG images of each chirp seismic profile collected south of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2013-003-FA offshore of Massachusetts in 2013

These data were collected under a cooperative agreement between the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters of coastal Massachusetts, primarily in water depths of 5 to 30 meters (m) deep. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/). The geophysical data were collected during a survey in 2013 during USGS Field Activity 2013-003-FA (http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2013-003-FA) and cover approximately 185 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf.本数据集由马萨诸塞州海岸带管理办公室（Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, CZM）与美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, USGS）海岸与海洋地质项目、伍兹霍尔海岸与海洋科学中心（Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, WHCMSC）通过合作协议联合采集。该项目于2003年启动，核心目标为构建区域地质框架信息，以服务于海岸与海洋资源的管理工作。精准的海底地质数据与地图，是开展鱼类栖息地保护、海洋资源区划以及评估自然或人类活动引发的环境变化的至关重要的首要环节。本项目聚焦马萨诸塞州沿岸近海水域，作业水深主要介于5至30米之间。本次测绘合作采集的数据已通过一系列美国地质调查局公开文件报告发布（http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/）。此次采集的地球物理数据来自2013年开展的美国地质调查局2013-003-FA野外作业调查（http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2013-003-FA），覆盖约185平方千米的内陆架区域。