The continental slope off New England: A long-range sidescan-sonar perspective

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Scanlon
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Continental Slope ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Sidescan Sonar

Analysis of multipath scintillations from long range acoustic transmissions on the New England continental slope and shelf

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 1038-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Fredricks ◽  
John A. Colosi ◽  
James F. Lynch ◽  
Glen Gawarkiewicz ◽  
Ching-Sang Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Continental Slope ◽  
Long Range

scholarly journals Ring-shaped morphological features and interpreted small seamounts between southern Quebec (Canada) and the New England seamounts (USA) and their possible association with the New England hotspot track

2018 ◽  
pp. 223-265
Author(s):  
Ronald T. Marple ◽  
James D. Hurd, Jr. ◽  
Robert J. Altamura
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Continental Slope ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Cape Cod ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
Seamount Chain ◽  
Elevation Model ◽  
Digital Elevation Model Data

 Enhancements of recently available high-resolution multibeam echosounder data from the western Gulf of Maine and Atlantic continental margin and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and digital elevation model data from southeastern Quebec (Canada) and the northeastern United States have revealed numerous ring-shaped morphological features and interpreted small seamounts between the Monteregian Hills igneous province and the New England seamounts. The morphological features onshore are mainly ring-shaped depressions, several of which surround mapped igneous intrusions in the Monteregian Hills igneous province and White Mountain magma series. Most of the rings offshore are also depressions, although a few rings are curved ridges above the seafloor. The largest ring in the western Gulf of Maine is the 30-km-diameter Tillies ring that lies 20 km east of Cape Ann, MA. Several small (<3 km in diameter) round, flat-topped submerged hills that we interpret to be volcanic necks are also present beneath the western Gulf of Maine. The rings between Cape Cod and the continental slope are more subtle because of thicker sediments and poorer spatial resolution of the sonar data in this area. The southernmost ring-shaped features are located on the continental slope and upper continental rise and coincide with the northwestern end of the New England seamount chain. The concentration of these features between the Monteregian Hills igneous province and the New England seamounts suggests that they are igneous features that may be associated with the New England hotspot track. 

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