5-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1 (Q1_5MCTR.SHP)

• Main Authors: Bradford Butman, Tammie J. Middleton
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2007
• Subjects: bathymetry; contour; 5-meter contour; USGS Map I-2731; polyline; sea floor; shapefile; Woods Hole Science Center; WHSC; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; oceans; elevation; Massachusetts Bay; western Massachusetts Bay; Boston; Massachusetts; Stellwagen Basin; MWRA ocean outfall; MWRA; Gulf of Maine; United States; North Atlantic Ocean; Quadrangle; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/742f487d-d67c-4f27-ac26-a0d3048b8269

The U.S. Geological Survey has conducted geologic mapping to characterize the sea floor offshore of Massachusetts. The mapping was carried out using a Simrad Subsea EM 1000 Multibeam Echo Sounder on the Frederick G. Creed on four cruises conducted between 1994 and 1998. The mapping was conducted in...