This is the spatial dataset for the Red Brook Harbor survey area within Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports ( ). The project is focused on the inshore waters (5-30 m deep) of Massachusetts between the New Hampshire border and Cape Cod Bay. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S.
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