Seth D. Ackerman
Seth Ackerman is a Geologist at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. He has worked with the Seafloor Mapping Group since 2003 and the Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group since 2018.
Professional Experience
Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 2009 - Present
Geologist, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, co-located at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 2003 - 2009
Geologist (contractor), U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 2002 - 2003
Education and Certifications
2002, M.S. Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.
1999, B.S. Geology, Tulane University.
Science and Products
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Geospatial Data Layers of Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones from the Inner Continental Shelf of Martha's Vineyard from Aquinnah to Wasque Point, and Nantucket from Eel Point to Great Point Geospatial Data Layers of Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones from the Inner Continental Shelf of Martha's Vineyard from Aquinnah to Wasque Point, and Nantucket from Eel Point to Great Point
Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic...
Sampling data collected in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2012-035-FA Sampling data collected in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2012-035-FA
Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human effects. Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of the Geologic Mapping of the Massachusetts Sea Floor program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and...
Sampling data collected in Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, and Vineyard Sound; south of Martha's Vineyard; and south and east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2011-015-FA Sampling data collected in Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, and Vineyard Sound; south of Martha's Vineyard; and south and east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2011-015-FA
Sampling survey 2011-015-FA was conducted aboard the OSV Bold in September 2011 by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management with partners from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Three hundred twenty-two stations were occupied with the large SEABOSS, where operational, or the ship's Van Veen grab...
High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA
High resolution bathymetric, sea-floor backscatter, and seismic-reflection data were collected offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur on May 19-26, 2017, in an effort to characterize mudflow hazards on the Mississippi River Delta front. As the initial field program of a research cooperative between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy...
Aerial imagery and photogrammetric products from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over the Lake Ontario shoreline at Braddock Bay, New York, July 10 to 11, 2017 Aerial imagery and photogrammetric products from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over the Lake Ontario shoreline at Braddock Bay, New York, July 10 to 11, 2017
Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), in three locations along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in...
High-resolution geophysical and sampling data collected at the mouth of Connecticut River, Old Saybrook to Essex, 2012, USGS Field Activity 2012-024-FA High-resolution geophysical and sampling data collected at the mouth of Connecticut River, Old Saybrook to Essex, 2012, USGS Field Activity 2012-024-FA
A geophysical and geological survey was conducted at the mouth of Connecticut River from Old Saybrook to Essex, CT in September 2012. Approximately 227 linear-km of digital Chirp sub bottom (seismic-reflection) and 234-kHz interferometric sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected along with sediment samples, river-bed photographs and/or video at eighty-seven sites within...
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Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery Offshore of Southeastern Massachusetts Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery Offshore of Southeastern Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) have been working cooperatively to map and study the coastal sea floor. The sidescan-sonar imagery collected during NOAA hydrographic surveys has been included as part of these studies. However, the original sonar imagery contains tonal...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Kate McMullen, S. Williams, Seth Ackerman, K.A. Glomb, N.A. Forfinski
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Continuous-coverage multibeam bathymetric models and sidescan-sonar imagery have been verified with high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, sediment sampling, and bottom photography. Together these data layers provide detailed base maps that yield topographic, compositional, and environmental perspectives of the sea floor in the vicinity of Woods Hole, an important harbor and major...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Katherine McMullen, David Foster, Dann Blackwood, S. Williams, Seth Ackerman, Steven Barnum, Rick Brennan
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts
The imagery, interpretive data layers, and data presented herein were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Great Round Shoal Channel, the main passage through shoals located at the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, and from the stations occupied to verify these acoustic data (fig. 1). Basic data layers show sea-floor...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth Ackerman, David Foster, Dann Blackwood, S. Williams, M. Moser, H.F. Stewart, K.A. Glomb
Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
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. The imagery, interpretive data layers, and data presented herein were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan sonar surveys conducted in...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth Ackerman, David Foster, Dann Blackwood, Bradford Butman, M. Moser, H.F. Stewart
High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf: Boston Harbor and approaches, Massachusetts High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf: Boston Harbor and approaches, Massachusetts
This report presents the surficial geologic framework data and information for the sea floor of Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts (fig. 1.1). This mapping was conducted as part of a cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The primary...
Authors
Seth Ackerman, Bradford Butman, Walter A. Barnhardt, William Danforth, James Crocker
Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in southeastern Long Island Sound Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in southeastern Long Island Sound
Digital terrain models (DTMs) produced from multibeam echosounder (MBES) bathymetric data provide valuable base maps for marine geological interpretations (e.g. Todd and others, 1999; Mosher and Thomson, 2002; ten Brink and others, 2004; Poppe and others, 2006a,b). These maps help define the geological variability of the sea floor (one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth Ackerman, Elizabeth Doran, Marc Moser, Helen Stewart, Nicholas Forfinski, Uther Gardner, Jennifer A. Keene
Science and Products
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Geospatial Data Layers of Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones from the Inner Continental Shelf of Martha's Vineyard from Aquinnah to Wasque Point, and Nantucket from Eel Point to Great Point Geospatial Data Layers of Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones from the Inner Continental Shelf of Martha's Vineyard from Aquinnah to Wasque Point, and Nantucket from Eel Point to Great Point
Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic...
Sampling data collected in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2012-035-FA Sampling data collected in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2012-035-FA
Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human effects. Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of the Geologic Mapping of the Massachusetts Sea Floor program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and...
Sampling data collected in Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, and Vineyard Sound; south of Martha's Vineyard; and south and east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2011-015-FA Sampling data collected in Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, and Vineyard Sound; south of Martha's Vineyard; and south and east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2011-015-FA
Sampling survey 2011-015-FA was conducted aboard the OSV Bold in September 2011 by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management with partners from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Three hundred twenty-two stations were occupied with the large SEABOSS, where operational, or the ship's Van Veen grab...
High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA
High resolution bathymetric, sea-floor backscatter, and seismic-reflection data were collected offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur on May 19-26, 2017, in an effort to characterize mudflow hazards on the Mississippi River Delta front. As the initial field program of a research cooperative between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy...
Aerial imagery and photogrammetric products from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over the Lake Ontario shoreline at Braddock Bay, New York, July 10 to 11, 2017 Aerial imagery and photogrammetric products from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over the Lake Ontario shoreline at Braddock Bay, New York, July 10 to 11, 2017
Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), in three locations along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in...
High-resolution geophysical and sampling data collected at the mouth of Connecticut River, Old Saybrook to Essex, 2012, USGS Field Activity 2012-024-FA High-resolution geophysical and sampling data collected at the mouth of Connecticut River, Old Saybrook to Essex, 2012, USGS Field Activity 2012-024-FA
A geophysical and geological survey was conducted at the mouth of Connecticut River from Old Saybrook to Essex, CT in September 2012. Approximately 227 linear-km of digital Chirp sub bottom (seismic-reflection) and 234-kHz interferometric sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected along with sediment samples, river-bed photographs and/or video at eighty-seven sites within...
Filter Total Items: 28
Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery Offshore of Southeastern Massachusetts Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery Offshore of Southeastern Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) have been working cooperatively to map and study the coastal sea floor. The sidescan-sonar imagery collected during NOAA hydrographic surveys has been included as part of these studies. However, the original sonar imagery contains tonal...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Kate McMullen, S. Williams, Seth Ackerman, K.A. Glomb, N.A. Forfinski
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Continuous-coverage multibeam bathymetric models and sidescan-sonar imagery have been verified with high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, sediment sampling, and bottom photography. Together these data layers provide detailed base maps that yield topographic, compositional, and environmental perspectives of the sea floor in the vicinity of Woods Hole, an important harbor and major...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Katherine McMullen, David Foster, Dann Blackwood, S. Williams, Seth Ackerman, Steven Barnum, Rick Brennan
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts
The imagery, interpretive data layers, and data presented herein were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Great Round Shoal Channel, the main passage through shoals located at the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, and from the stations occupied to verify these acoustic data (fig. 1). Basic data layers show sea-floor...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth Ackerman, David Foster, Dann Blackwood, S. Williams, M. Moser, H.F. Stewart, K.A. Glomb
Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
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. The imagery, interpretive data layers, and data presented herein were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan sonar surveys conducted in...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth Ackerman, David Foster, Dann Blackwood, Bradford Butman, M. Moser, H.F. Stewart
High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf: Boston Harbor and approaches, Massachusetts High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf: Boston Harbor and approaches, Massachusetts
This report presents the surficial geologic framework data and information for the sea floor of Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts (fig. 1.1). This mapping was conducted as part of a cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The primary...
Authors
Seth Ackerman, Bradford Butman, Walter A. Barnhardt, William Danforth, James Crocker
Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in southeastern Long Island Sound Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in southeastern Long Island Sound
Digital terrain models (DTMs) produced from multibeam echosounder (MBES) bathymetric data provide valuable base maps for marine geological interpretations (e.g. Todd and others, 1999; Mosher and Thomson, 2002; ten Brink and others, 2004; Poppe and others, 2006a,b). These maps help define the geological variability of the sea floor (one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth Ackerman, Elizabeth Doran, Marc Moser, Helen Stewart, Nicholas Forfinski, Uther Gardner, Jennifer A. Keene