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GARRISON66: Sediments on the Shelf off Southern New England
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Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: GARRISON66: Sediments on the Shelf off Southern New England
- Edition: 1.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/garrison66/garrison66.zip>
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/garrison66/garrison66.zip>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: L.J. Poppe
- Originator: V.F. Paskevich
- Originator: S.J. Williams
- Originator: M.E. Hastings
- Originator: J.T. Kelley
- Originator: D.F. Belknap
- Originator: L.G. Ward
- Originator: D.M. FitzGerald
- Originator: P.F. Larsen
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title:
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Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation
- Edition: 1.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 03-001
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov
- Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>
- Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The sediments and geomorphology of a portion of the northeastern continental shelf between Hudson Canyon and Georges Bank have been investigated. Wave-cut terraces at 13, 45, 65, and 80 fathoms indicate four former low sea levels, while concentrations of beach ridges around 35 fathoms reveal a fifth. The pre-Holocene drainage pattern, still exposed over part of the area, shows that Block Channel was the main stream system which drained most of southern New England. The surface sediments on the western part of the study area are Late Pleistocene fluvial deposits. Overlying these coarse deposits in the central part of the outer shelf is a sandy silt facies that is also relict. The youngest facies and the only area of present deposition, is in the
northeastern part where sand eroded from Nantucket Shoals is being deposited on the shelf.
- Purpose:
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The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version of the sediment data published in Garrison and McMaster (1966).
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1966
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- Progress: Complete
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- Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
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- Theme_Keyword: ArcView
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- Theme_Keyword: sediments
- Theme_Keyword: texture
- Theme_Keyword: grabs
- Theme_Keyword: cores
- Theme_Keyword: lithology
- Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001
- Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001
- Theme_Keyword: surficial classification
- Theme_Keyword: sediment classification
- Theme_Keyword: points
- Theme_Keyword: GIS
- Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
- Place_Keyword: Block Island
- Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Sound
- Place_Keyword: continental shelf
- Place_Keyword: New England
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic
- Place_Keyword: Georges Bank
- Place_Keyword: Nantucket Shoals
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- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Geologist
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
- City: Woods Hole
- State_or_Province: MA
- Postal_Code: 02543-1598
- Country: USA
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Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage.
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- Data_Set_Credit:
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Please review the cross section information for the original data set credit to L.E. Garrison and R.L. McMaster (1966). Larry Poppe for entering the data from the source report and creating the ArcView shapefile.
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: L.E. Garrison
- Originator: R.L. McMaster
- Publication_Date: 1966
- Title:
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Sediments and Geomorphology of the Continental Shelf off Southern New England
- Edition: 1.0
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- Series_Name: Marine Geology
- Issue_Identification: v. 4, p. 273-289.
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- Publication_Place: Amsterdam
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
- Completeness_Report:
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Sample locations and textural classifications are provided for 145 grab and coring stations.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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Navagational methods are not discussed in the original report. Horizontal accuracy is unknown.
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Tides are less han 2 m
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: L.E. Garrison
- Originator: R.L. McMaster
- Publication_Date: 1966
- Title:
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Sediments and Geomorphology of the Continental Shelf off Southern New England
- Edition: 1.0
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Marine Geology
- Issue_Identification: v. 4, p. 273-289.
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- Publication_Place: Amsterdam
- Publisher: Elsevier
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- Calendar_Date: 1966
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- Process_Description:
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The navigation was digitized from maps in the original paper. The remaining source information was manually entered into digital form and together were imported from an ASCII text file into an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme in ArcView and saved as the final shapefile.
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Sediment grain-size data, textural classifications, lithologic descriptions, navigation, and identifiers for the samples collected aboard the Trident by Garrison and McMaster (1966)
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Geologist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
- City: Woods Hole
- State_or_Province: MA
- Postal_Code: 02543-1598
- Country: USA
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Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, garrison66.shp
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Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, 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.
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