CERCTM29: USACE ICONS Cores, Miami to Palm Beach, Florida

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• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jamey M. Reid

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: CERCTM29: USACE ICONS Cores, Miami to Palm Beach, Florida

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract:

The Continental Shelf bordering southeastern Florida between Palm Beach and Miami was surveyed by CERC to locate and evaluate sand deposits potentially useable for shore protection projects. Survey data covered 141 square miles of that part of the Continental Shelf between 15- and 100-foot depths, and consisted of seismic reflection profiles and sediment cores from the sea floor. South of Boca Raton to Miami, much of the shelf is rocky with a thin sediment veneer. Relatively thick deposits of sediment have accumulated locally in troughs formed between low reef-like ridges lying parallel to shore. Shelf sediments south of Boca Raton consist almost entirely of sand-size calcareous skeletal fragments. North of Boca Raton to Palm Beach, most of the shelf is overlain by a thick blanket deposit of homogeneous fine-to-medium, gray sand about half of which consists of quartz particles and the remainder of calcareous skeletal fragments. About 200 million cubic yards of sand-size sediment occurs on the shelf south of Boca Raton. Although generally suitable for beach fill in terms of size, degradation of size by abrasion and fragmentation of the delicate particles may occur in the shore environment. More than 380 million cubic yards of sand-size sediment lies on the shelf north of Boca Raton. However, because of its fine size, this sand is not considered ideally suited for beach fill. In terms of potential as beach sand, sand-size sediments from the shelf bordering southeastern Florida is of marginal quality.

Purpose:

The purpose of this datalayer is to release a digital version of the coring data from a U. S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE) Inner Continental Shelf (ICONS) program project from Miami to Palm Beach, Florida

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1969

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.12319

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.02321

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.70491

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.04548

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: USACOE

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Theme_Keyword: Coastal Engineering and Research Center

Theme_Keyword: cores

Theme_Keyword: ICONS

Theme_Keyword: vibracores

Theme_Keyword: navigation

Theme_Keyword: dbSEABED

Theme_Keyword: usSEABED

Theme_Keyword: descriptions

Theme_Keyword: grain size

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: silt

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes

Theme_Keyword: Artificial beach nourishment

Theme_Keyword: Beach sediments

Theme_Keyword: continental shelf

Theme_Keyword: Sea bottom cores

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: Miami Beach Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Seismic Reflection

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Miami

Place_Keyword: Palm Beach

Place_Keyword: Florida

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jeff Williams

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2383

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jwilliams@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: tm29.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

Pleae review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Williams (1969). Emma Mitchell and Jamey M. Reid for entering the data from the source report.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: S.J.Williams

Publication_Date: 1969

Title:

Gemomorophology and sediments of the nearshore continental shelf Miami to Palm Beach, Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: TM

Issue_Identification: 29

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C

Publisher: USACOE, Coastal Engineering and Research Center

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All attributes were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

Core locations 32 vibracores with unique field ids; grain size statistics are provided for 183 analyses. There descriptions for 77 analyses. Five cores had no recovery and were supplied in the original report without longitude and latitude.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation was by LORAN C. Typical nonrepetitve accuracy for LORAN off Florida is about +/- 200 meters

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 200

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: S.J. Williams

Publication_Date: 1969

Title:

Geomorophology and sediments of the nearshore continental shelf Miami to Palm Beach, Florida

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: TM

Issue_Identification: 29

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C.

Publisher: USACOE Coastal Engineering and research Center

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1969

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACOE TM 29

Source_Contribution:

Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain-size statistics were hand-entered from report TM29 to create an Excel spreadsheet file.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The source information was entered into an Excel spreadsheet. Additional fields were added for project identification purposes. The table information was exported and saved as an ASCII text file.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CERCTM29.xls

Process_Date: 20020619

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CERCTM29.txt

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Wooods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457- 2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Digital data were hand formatted into dbSEABED data entry structure, then filtered and data-mined through dbSEABED software (version: db9_MNEr.bas)

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CERCTM29.txt

Process_Date: 20040614

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Viness Ubert

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Physical Science Technician

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2238

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vubert@msn.com

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 31

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

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Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: tm29

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

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Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATION

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain size statistics form the USACOE ICONS program project from Miami to Palm Beach, Florida. Some enries for top and bottom depths were originally reported as "top." In the digital files, "top" was changed and defined as 0-0.02 meters.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes: CERCTM29

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy

Standard_Order_Process:

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Format_Name: ArcView shapefile

Format_Version_Number: 3.2

Format_Specification: ASCII text

File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied

Transfer_Size: 0.263

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites: The original data is available in ASCII text format

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20040630

Metadata_Review_Date: 20050503

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Viness Ubert

Contact_Position: Physical Science Technician

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2238

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vubert@usgs.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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