Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2009 Title: H11346_BCHANNELS.SHP: Interpreted Distribution of the Axes of Fluvially-Cut Late Pleistocene Channels Buried Beneath Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts, in Geographic, WGS84 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/interpret/bchannels/h11346_bchannels.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/html/catalog.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: D.S. Foster Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: S.J. Williams Originator: S.D. Ackerman Originator: M.S. Moser Originator: K.A. Glomb Publication_Date: 2010 Title: Geological Interpretation of the Sea Floor Offshore of Edgartown, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/ Description: Abstract: 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. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the combined single-beam and multibeam echo-sounder data and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts. During August 2008 seismic-reflection profiles (Boomer and Chirp) were acquired, and during September 2008 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of two ground-truth reconnaissance surveys. Purpose: To release a data layer showing the interpreted distribution of the axes of fluvially-cut late Pleistocene channels buried within the NOAA survey H11346 area based on seismic data collected during USGS survey RAFA08034 in Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts, in a geographic, WGS84 coordinate system. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20080819 Time_of_Day: 20080820 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.537221 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.464040 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.440999 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.386741 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: Buried Channels Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11346 Theme_Keyword: H11346 Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Theme_Keyword: NOAA Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 08034 Theme_Keyword: ESRI shapefile Theme_Keyword: channels Theme_Keyword: fluvially cut Theme_Keyword: late Pleistocene Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2009-1001 Theme_Keyword: OFR 2009-1001 Theme_Keyword: line Theme_Keyword: Chirp Theme_Keyword: Knudsen Theme_Keyword: Boomer Theme_Keyword: seismic profiles Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: location Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Edagrtown Harbor Place_Keyword: Edgartown Place_Keyword: Cape Poge Place_Keyword: Dukes County Place_Keyword: Chappaqiuddick Island Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: The interpretation was completed at map scales less than 1:10,000, and is not intended for use smaller map scales. Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Larry Poppe Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/interpret/bchannels/h11346_bchannels.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image showing the interpreted distribution of the axes of buried channels within NOAA survey H11346 Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Poppe, L.J. Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Blackwood, D.S. Originator: Butman, B. Originator: Moser, M.S. Originator: Stewart, H.F. Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1357 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Poppe, L.J. Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Blackwood, D.S. Originator: Williams, S.J. Originator: Moser, M.S. Originator: Stewart, H.F. Originator: Glomb, K.A. Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2007-1138 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Poppe, L.J. Originator: McMullen, K.Y. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Blackwood, D.S. Originator: Williams, S.J. Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Barnum, S.R. Originator: Brennan, R.T. Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2008-1004 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/ Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data. Completeness_Report: All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS. Ship's antenna was offset form the Chirp system by less than 5 m and from Boomer system by less than 20 m. Interpretation good to 1:24,000. Lineage: Source_Information: Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20080819 Ending_Date: 20080820 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Contribution: The original Boomer and Chirp seicmic data acquired during USGS survey RAFA08034. Process_Step: Process_Description: The shot-point navigation of the Chirp and Boomer subbottom seismic profile lines collected from this survey area during USGS cruise rafa08034 were imported into the ArcView 3.3 GIS project view. Channel axis locations were interpreted on the profiles and corresponding shot points were calculated. An ESRI line shapefile using ArcView 3.3 was produced and preliminary lines were drawn. The lines were then adjusted to match the proper shot points on the intersecting seismic lines and manually smoothed. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa08034_kelnav.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa08034_boomernav.shp Process_Date: 2009 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_bchannel.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: ArcGIS 9.2 was used to define the projection of the ESRI shapefile and to create the .prj file. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_interp.shp Process_Date: 2008 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_interp.prj Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02536 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: h11346_bchannels Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: A shapefile containing interpreted distribution of fluvially-cut late Pleistocene channels buried beneath the seafloor of Edgartown Harbor. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SHP Format_Version_Number: 3.3 Format_Specification: ESRI line shapefile Format_Information_Content: A zip file containing the geospatial data, metadata, and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive Transfer_Size: 0.160 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/interpret/bchannels/h11346_bchannels.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/interpret/bchannels/ Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/html/catalog.html Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes Recording_Format: UDF Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The user must be capable of uncompressing WinZip files. Also, these data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20090831 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Larry Poppe Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile