Sediment texture samples taken in HARS in 1996 and 1998

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Sediment texture samples taken in HARS in 1996 and 1998

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-503>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Butman, Bradford

Originator: Danforth, W.W.

Originator: Knowles, S.C.

Originator: May, Brian

Originator: Serrett, Laurie

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Sea Floor Topography and Backscatter Intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), Offshore of New York, Based on Multibeam Surveys Conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Maps, remote sensing imagery, tabular digital data, and raster and vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open File Report

Issue_Identification: OFR00-503

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-503>

Description:

Abstract:

This project presents maps of the sea floor in GIS format of the Historic Area Remedition Site (HARS), located offshore of New York and New Jersey. The data were collected with a multibeam sea floor mapping system on surveys conducted November 23 - December 3, 1996, October 26 - November 11, 1998, and April 6 - 30, 2000. The maps show sea floor topography, shaded relief, and backscatter intensity (a measure of sea floor texture and roughness) at a spatial resolution of 3 m/pixel, and locations of dredged material placed on the sea floor. The sea floor of the HARS, approximately 9 square nautical miles in area, is being remediated by placing at least a one-meter of clean dredged material on top of the existing surface sediments that exhibit varying degrees degradation resulting from previous disposal of dredged and other material. Comparison of the topography and backscatter intensity from the three surveys show changes in topography and surficial sediment properties resulting from placement of dredged material in 1996 and 1997 prior to designation of the HARS, as well as placement of material for remediation of the HARS. This study is carried out cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Purpose:

The purpose of this project is to map the surficial geology of the sea floor of Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) and changes in surficial characteristics over time. This GIS project presents multibeam and other data in a digital format for analysis and display by scientists, policy makers, managers and the general public.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1996

Ending_Date: 1998

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.900124

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.812264

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.433605

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.349975

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: WHFC

Theme_Keyword: United States Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Simrad Subsea EM1000

Theme_Keyword: Frederick G. CREED

Theme_Keyword: Sea Floor Mapping

Theme_Keyword: Multibeam Echo Sounder

Theme_Keyword: Multibeam

Theme_Keyword: Topographic data

Theme_Keyword: Sea floor topography

Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: Backscatter intensity

Theme_Keyword: Sea floor geology

Theme_Keyword: Surficial geology

Theme_Keyword: Dredged material

Theme_Keyword: Dredged material management

Theme_Keyword: Ocean disposal

Theme_Keyword: Remediation

Theme_Keyword: Contaminated sediments

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: New York Harbor

Place_Keyword: NY

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: NJ

Place_Keyword: Mud Disposal Site

Place_Keyword: MDS

Place_Keyword: Historic Area Remediation Site

Place_Keyword: HARS

Place_Keyword: Primary Remediation Area

Place_Keyword: New York Bight

Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic Bight

Place_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone

Place_Keyword: EEZ

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Ocean

Place_Keyword: HARS Buffer Zone

Place_Keyword: Historic Area Remediation Site Buffer Zone

Access_Constraints:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the 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.

Use_Constraints:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the 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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brad Butman

Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

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: 508.457.2212

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Interpretation by Bradford Butman, data processing by William W. Danforth and Laurie Serrett, metadata written by Tammie J. Middleton

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcView 3.2

Data_Set_Structure:

Data_Set_Part:

Part_Type: An Arcview shapefile with points

Part_Name: sedtexture_1996.shp

Part_Description:

location of sediment texture samples taken within the HARS in 1996

Data_Set_Part:

Part_Type: An Arcview shapefile with points

Part_Name: sedtexture_1998.shp

Part_Description:

location of sediment texture samples taken within the HARS in 1998

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Logical_Consistency_Report: These data are considered to be logically consistent.

Completeness_Report: These data are known to be complete.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Larry Poppe

Originator: Polly Hastings

Originator: Chris Polloni

Publication_Date: 2000

Title:

USGS EAST-COAST SEDIMENT ANALYSIS: PROCEDURES, DATABASE, AND GEOREFERENCED DISPLAYS

Edition: Version 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

tabular data digital vector data maps

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open File Report

Issue_Identification: of00-358

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-358/>

Type_of_Source_Media: online and CDROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19990701

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: U.S.G.P.O.

Source_Contribution:

Provided the boundary coordinates delineating the Historic Area Remediation Site

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The shapefile was taken from the CD and only the sample locations that fall within the boundaries of the HARS were selected and saved into a new shapefile. To display the pie charts, an extension called Diagram Wizard was used. It is an extension that needs to be purchased for Arcview.

Process_Date: 2000

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000089992

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000089992

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:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sedtexture_1996.shp

Entity_Type_Definition: Arcview shapefile

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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: feature geometry name

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition: location of y coordinate

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.35101

Range_Domain_Maximum: 40.42375

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition: x coordinate of feature

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.85764

Range_Domain_Maximum: -73.82913

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zgravel

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample gravel

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 45

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zsand

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample sand

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 12.8

Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.7

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zsilt

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample silt

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 66.2

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zclay

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample clay

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.2

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sedtexture_1998.shp

Entity_Type_Definition: Arcview shapefile

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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: feature geometry name

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition: location of y coordinate

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.37545

Range_Domain_Maximum: 40.42682

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition: x coordinate of feature

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.89725

Range_Domain_Maximum: -73.82092

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zgravel

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample gravel

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.7

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zsand

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample sand

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.9

Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.6

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zsilt

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample silt

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.3

Range_Domain_Maximum: 66.3

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Zclay

Attribute_Definition: percentage of sample clay

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 29.9

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

In this data report only seven of the attributes of the data were utilised. A more complete description of the other data fields can be found at <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-358/>.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Unknown

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Bradford Butman

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: Massachusetts

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.548.8700x2212

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST

Distribution_Liability:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the 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.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Box 25286 Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.202.4700

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303.202.4188

Hours_of_Service: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time

Distribution_Liability:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the 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.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20011019

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brad Butman

Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

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: 508.548.8700x2212

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time