Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Sediment texture samples collected within New York Bight 1995 - 1998 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Schwab, William C. Originator: Denny, Jane F. Originator: Foster, David S. Originator: Lotto, Linda L. Originator: Allison, Mead A. Originator: Uchupi, Elazar Originator: Swift, B. Ann Originator: Danforth, William W. Originator: Thieler, Robert E. Originator: Butman, Bradford Publication_Date: 2002 Title: High-Resolution Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of the New York Bight Continental Shelf 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: OFR02-152 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Description: Abstract: A better understanding of sediment dynamics in coastal areas can be attained by mapping the surface sediment distribution and subsurface stratigraphy of the lower shoreface and inner-continental shelf. In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began a program to produce geologic maps of the sea floor throughout the New York Bight Apex using high-resolution sidescan-sonar, subbottom profiling, and sediment sampling techniques. The goals of the investigation are to investigate the role that inner-shelf morphology and geologic framework play in the evolution of the coastal region. Purpose: In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), began a program to generate reconnaissance maps of the sea floor offshore of the New York - New Jersey metropolitan area and within the southern Long Island nearshoe area. Our methods include high-resolution sidescan sonar and subbottom profiling techniques, along with surface grab and vibracore sampling to verify the geophysical interpretations. The goal of the investigation is to provide a regional synthesis of the sea-floor environment, to determine regional-scale availability of sand as a resource for beach nourishment programs, and to investigate the role that inner-shelf morphology and geologic framework have in the evolution of the coastal region within the New York Bight Apex and southern Long Island. Maps derived from interpretation of the subbottom profiles show information on the geometry and distribution of the Quaternary sediments and the underlying coastal-plain unconformity. This seismic stratigraphy yields a regional framework on which explanations of present (and past) sediment movement, dispersal, and erosion processes are based. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1995 Ending_Date: 1998 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.06 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.8000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.2322 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.15 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: Sea Floor Mapping Theme_Keyword: Sea floor geology Theme_Keyword: Surficial geology Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: NY Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: NJ Place_Keyword: New York Bight Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic Bight Place_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone Place_Keyword: EEZ Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Please recognize the USGS as the source of these data. 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: DGPS is assumed to be accurate within 1-2 meters. Standard GPS is assumed accurate within 5-10 meters. 99% of the positional data is DGPS. Unless noted, all GPS/DGPS data is referenced to WGS84 (NAD83). Offsets were not accounted for GPS antenna to sampler. Therefore, horizontal accuracy for grab samples is assumed to be within +/- 20 meters. 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: http://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-358/ Type_of_Source_Media: online and DVDROM 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 sediment textural data for the New York Bight Apex Process_Step: Process_Description: The textural data were acquired from the USGS sediment analysis laboratory as an ASCII file. These data were then imported, as a table, into ArcView 3.2. The tabular data were then converted into an ArcView 3.2 shapefile. All of the sediment textural information is contained within the ArcView shapefile as attributes. Process_Date: 2000 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny Contact_Organization: US 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 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The sample data were editted witin ArcView 3.2 to only include those sample locations that fell within the 1995 and 1996 survey areas. Process_Date: 2000 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny Contact_Organization: US 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 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@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: 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: WGS84 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS84 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Sed.shp Entity_Type_Definition: Arcview shapefile Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI 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: 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: 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: Easting Attribute_Definition: location of X coordinate in UTM space Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 550000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 750000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: Northing Attribute_Definition: location of Y coordinate in UTM space Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 4000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 6000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sample_num Attribute_Definition: Sample number; based on Cruise ID Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: sediment classification Codeset_Source: Folk Attribute: Attribute_Label: Gravel Attribute_Definition: percentage of gravel within sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sand Attribute_Definition: percentage of sand within sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: Silt Attribute_Definition: percentage of gravel within sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: Clay Attribute_Definition: percentage of clay within sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percentage of total sample weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: SedType Attribute_Definition: Sediment Type Classification Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Sediment classification Codeset_Source: Folk Attribute: Attribute_Label: Mean Attribute_Definition: Statistical mean of sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: 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Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi7 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 7 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi6 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 6 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi5 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 5 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi4 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 4 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi3 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 3 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi2 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 2 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi1 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 1 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi0 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of 0 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi_1 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of -1 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi_2 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of -2 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi_3 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of -3 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi_4 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of -4 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: Phi_5 Attribute_Definition: Cummulative weight percent of -5 phi class Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: All of the statistical and cummulative weight percentages calculated within the USGS sedimentology laboratory are listed as attributes within these data. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Poppe, L.J., Eliason, A.H., and Fredricks, J.J, 1985, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 963, 1-77. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20020119 Metadata_Review_Date: 2002 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny Contact_Organization: US 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 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny Contact_Organization: US 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 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov Resource_Description: sed_of.shp Distribution_Liability: Altough this data set and its lineage 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 it's 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 items. Users must assume responsibility for the proper use of this data. This data should not be used at resolutions for which it is not intended. This data has no been reviewed for conformity with US Geological Survey editorial standards, or the North American Strigraphic code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government.