6-m resolution gray-scale image of multibeam backscatter intensity in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3 (Q3_BACKGS.TIF)

• Main Authors: Bradford Butman, William W. Danforth
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2007
• Subjects: backscatter intensity; gray scale backscatter intensity; multibeam; image; GeoTIFF; 6-m resolution; sea floor; sea floor mapping; USGS Map I-2732; Simrad; EM 1000; Frederick G. Creed; Woods Hole Science Center; WHSC; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; oceans; geoscientificInformation; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; Massachusetts Bay; western Massachusetts Bay; western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3; Boston; Gloucester; Massachusetts; Stellwagen Basin; Gulf of Maine; United States; North Atlantic Ocean; Quadrangle; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/756d38be-cf6d-467a-8ba4-626e381ff44b

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...