10-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry of Massachusetts Bay (MB_10MCTR9X9.SHP, Geographic, NAD83)

• Main Authors: Bradford Butman, Tammie Middleton
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2007
• Subjects: bathymetry; contour; 10-m contour; smoothed 10-m contour; polyline; sea floor; shapefile; Woods Hole Science Center; WHSC; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; oceans; elevation; Massachusetts Bay; Stellwagen Bank; Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; SBNMS; Stellwagen Basin; Jeffreys Ledge; MWRA ocean outfall; MWRA; Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site; MBDS; Tillies Bank; Boston; Massachusetts; Gulf of Maine; United States; North Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/d496e4b6-5526-435c-b180-0325fff8d2c7

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...