Interpretation Showing the Distribution of Sea-Floor Sedimentary Environments in Quicks Hole, MA (H11076_SEDENV.SHP, 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 the vicinity of Quicks Hole, a passage through the Elizabeth Islands that extend in a chain southwestward off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In June 2005, 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，正在制作沿海海底的详细地质图。最初由NOAA为海图绘制目的采集的影像，为马萨诸塞州该段海岸线的科研与管理活动提供了基础框架，可展示海床的组成与地形，并提供沉积物运移与底栖生境（benthic habitat）相关信息。解释性数据图层源自奎克斯霍尔（Quicks Hole）周边采集的多波束测深仪（multibeam echo-sounder）与侧扫声呐（sidescan sonar）数据，奎克斯霍尔是横穿伊丽莎白群岛的航道，该群岛呈链状向马萨诸塞州科德角西南方向延伸。2005年6月，作为地面验证勘察调查的一部分，采集了海底照片与表层沉积物数据。