Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: 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: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/garrison66/garrison66.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/seddata/garrison66/garrison66.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: 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: 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: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 03-001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: 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://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001 Description: Abstract: 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: The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version of the sediment data published in Garrison and McMaster (1966). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1966 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.447000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.467000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.970000 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.533000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: ArcView Theme_Keyword: shapefile 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: 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 Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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 Country: USA 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: garisson66.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: 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. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.E. Garrison Originator: R.L. McMaster Publication_Date: 1966 Title: Sediments and Geomorphology of the Continental Shelf off Southern New England Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Marine Geology Issue_Identification: v. 4, p. 273-289. Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. Completeness_Report: Sample locations and textural classifications are provided for 145 grab and coring stations. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navagational methods are not discussed in the original report. Horizontal accuracy is unknown. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Tides are less han 2 m Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 2 Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.E. Garrison Originator: R.L. McMaster Publication_Date: 1966 Title: Sediments and Geomorphology of the Continental Shelf off Southern New England Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Marine Geology Issue_Identification: v. 4, p. 273-289. Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1966 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Process_Step: Process_Description: 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. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: garrison66.txt Process_Date: 20020910 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: garrison66.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: garrison66.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: garrison66.shx Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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 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: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 145 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: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: garrison66.dbf 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: CONSECNO Attribute_Definition: Sample id assigned to distinguish between stations. Attribute_Definition_Source: Complier Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 145 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PROJECTID Attribute_Definition: Project id assigned to the data set for future identification. Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: GARRISON66 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Scientist and year of publication Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Compiler Attribute: Attribute_Label: CRUISEID Attribute_Definition: Abbreviation of ship name and cruise number. 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Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.8 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SILT Attribute_Definition: Percentage of silt in a sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 83.59 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CLAY Attribute_Definition: Percentage of clay in a sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 40.52 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHEPARD_CL Attribute_Definition: Classification of the sediment size distribution based on a scheme devied by Shepard (1954) Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string; Verbal equivalents of the Shephard classification scheme Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand content Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data Compiler Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND SILT CLAY Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: sand, silt and clay content Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data Compiler Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SANDY SILT Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: sandy silt content Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data Compiler Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILT Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: silt content Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data Compiler Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILTY SAND Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: silty sand content Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data Compiler Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Field is blank; no classification is assigned Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Sediment grain-size data, textural classifications, lithologic descriptions, navigation, and identifiers for the samples collected aboard the Trident by Garrison and McMaster (1966) Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, garrison66.shp Distribution_Liability: 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ArcView shapefile Format_Version_Number: 3.2 Format_Specification: ESRI point shapefile Format_Information_Content: Five files (garrison66.shp, garrison66.dbf, garrison66.shx, garrison66.sbx, garrison66.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.162 Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Compatibility_Information: The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file. Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The data is availabe in ArcView shaefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcVew, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2002 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20030321 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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