Color Shaded-Relief GeoTIFF Image Showing the 1.5-m Bathymetry Generated from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11077 in Woods Hole, MA (H11077_MB1.5M_GEO.TIF, 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, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides 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 Woods Hole, a passage between the Elizabeth Islands and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In November 2007, bottom photographs, seismic-reflection profiles, and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey.

美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, USGS）联合美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）与马萨诸塞州海岸带管理办公室（Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, MA CZM），正在编制沿海海底的详细地质图。原本由NOAA为海图绘制目的采集的影像，可为马萨诸塞州该段海岸线沿线的科研与管理活动提供基础框架，直观展示海床的组成与地形，并提供沉积物运移及底栖生境（benthic habitat）相关信息。解释性数据图层源自在马萨诸塞州伊丽莎白群岛与科德角之间的伍兹霍尔周边海域采集的多波束测深声呐（multibeam echo-sounder）与侧扫声呐（sidescan-sonar）数据。2007年11月，作为地面验证踏勘调查的组成部分，研究团队采集了海底照片、地震反射剖面与表层沉积物数据。