Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe Publication_Date: 2003 Title: MWRA: Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Sediment Data Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data 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/mwra/mwra.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/seddata/mwra/mwra.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 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 samples in this dataset were collected and analyzed under the direction of the Massachusetts Water Resources Administration. The data were generated to study the effects of the Boston sewage outflow. Data were previously incorporated into the USGS's Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database. Purpose: The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version of the data published in Blake et al. (1993), Coats et al. (1994), Coats (1995), and Kropp and Diaz (1995) for interpretation of textural distributions. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1993 Ending_Date: 1995 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.045830 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.000180 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.658830 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.897830 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: MWRA Theme_Keyword: Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: texture Theme_Keyword: grain size Theme_Keyword: gravel Theme_Keyword: sand Theme_Keyword: silt Theme_Keyword: clay Theme_Keyword: fines Theme_Keyword: classification Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001 Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments Theme_Keyword: sediment classification Theme_Keyword: surficial classification Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile Theme_Keyword: points Theme_Keyword: GIS Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Boston Place_Keyword: Boston Harbor Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay 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: mwra.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: Please view the cross reference information for the original data set credits, and Larry Poppe for 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: M.R. Buchholtz ten Brink Originator: F.T. Manheim Originator: E.L. Mecray Originator: M.E. Hastings Originator: J.M. Currence Originator: J.W. Harrington Originator: T.J. Fredette Originator: S.H. Jones Originator: M.L. Liebman Originator: P.F. Larsen Originator: W.S. Leo Originator: B.W. Tripp Originator: G.T. Wallace Originator: L.G. Ward Publication_Date: 2003 Title: Contaminated Sediments Database for the Gulf of Maine Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 02-403 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were checked by the compilers in a consistent manner. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on the data Completeness_Report: Identifiers, navigation, and grain-size data are provided for 246 stations. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS (+/- 10 m) Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: J. Blake Originator: D. Rhodes Originator: B. Hilbig Publication_Date: 1993 Title: Massachusetts Bay Outfall Monitoring Program: Soft Bottom Benthic Biology and Sedimentology Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Report Issue_Identification: MWRA 93-10 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boston MA Publisher: MWRA Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: D. Coats Originator: E. Imamura Originator: J. Cambell Publication_Date: 1995 Title: Annual Soft-Bottom Benthic Monitoring: Massachusetts Bay Outfall Studies Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Report Issue_Identification: MWRA 95-02 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boston, Massachusetts Publisher: MWRA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: D. Coats Publication_Date: 1994 Title: Annual Soft-Bottom Monitoring, Massachusetts Bay Outfall Studies Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Massachusetts Water Resources Adminstration Report Issue_Identification: MWRA 95-20 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boston, MA Publisher: MWRA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: R. Kropp Originator: J. Diaz Publication_Date: 1995 Title: Infaunal community changes in Boston Harbor, 1991-1994 Edition: 1. Series_Information: Series_Name: Massachusetts Water Resources Adminstration Report Issue_Identification: 95-21 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boston, MA Publisher: MWRA Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1995 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Process_Step: Process_Description: The source information was imported from an ASCII text file to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme and saved as the final shapefile. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mwra.txt Process_Date: 20021121 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mwra.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mwra.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mwra.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: 245 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001 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: mwra.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: USGS_ID Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier assigned as part of the Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database Attribute_Definition_Source: Compilers Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numerics and characters used to identify samples Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIELD_ID Attribute_Definition: Names used to distinguish between stations Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numerics and characters used to identify samples Attribute: Attribute_Label: PROJECT Attribute_Definition: Acronym used to identify original project Attribute_Definition_Source: Compilers Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Project abbreviations Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.89783 Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.65883 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.04583 Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.00018 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SRCE_OR_RF Attribute_Definition: Author and year of source reference Attribute_Definition_Source: Compilers Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Abbreviated source reference Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEVICE Attribute_Definition: Equipment used to collect samples Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: VAN VEEN GRAB Attribute: Attribute_Label: YEAR Attribute_Definition: Year data were collected Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1991 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1994 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: GRAVEL Attribute_Definition: Percentage of gravel in sample Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 92.5 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SAND Attribute_Definition: Percentage of sand in sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.3 Range_Domain_Maximum: 98.7 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SILT Attribute_Definition: Percentage of silt in sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.25 Range_Domain_Maximum: 81.0 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CLAY Attribute_Definition: Percentage of clay in sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2 Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.4 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: FINES Attribute_Definition: Percentage of fines (silt plus clay) in sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.2 Range_Domain_Maximum: 98.6 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHEPARD_CL Attribute_Definition: Textural classification of sediment based on a scheme devised by Shepard (1954) Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Verbal descriptions of the sediment texture 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, mwra.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 (mwra.shp, mwra.dbf, mwra.shx, mwra.sbx, mwra.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.177 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 available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, 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: 20030216 Metadata_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 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None