sedgrabs: Surficial sediment data from USGS Field Activity 04019
	Data format: Shapefile File or table name: sedgrabs Coordinate system: Universal Transverse Mercator Theme keywords: U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Woods Hole Science Center, WHSC, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, CMGP, RV Rafael, ArcView Shapefile, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, CZM, surficial sediment classification, sediment data, sediments, sediment samples, ground-truth, gravel, sand, silt, clay, stations, sea floor, Field Activity Number 04019, Van Veen grab sampler, small SEABOSS sampler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, National Ocean Service, NOS, NOAA Ship Whiting, Hydrographic Survey, oceans and estuaries, oceans and coastal, environment, location, geoscientific information
Abstract: This data set includes the locations, identifiers, grain-size data and(or) textural descriptions of surficial sediments collected at stations based on topographic and backscatter data of the seafloor in Boston Harbor and the harbor appraoches, Massachusetts. The sediments were collected with a modified Van Veen grab (mini-SEABOSS) during USGS survey 04019, conducted September 14-17, 2004.

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• Data Quality Information
• Spatial Data Organization Information
• Spatial Reference Information
• Entity and Attribute Information
• Distribution Information
• Metadata Reference Information
• Binary Enclosures

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation information:

Originators: Seth Ackerman

*Title:

sedgrabs: Surficial sediment data from USGS Field Activity 04019

*File or table name: sedgrabs

Publication date: 2006

Edition: 1.0

*Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

Series information:

Series name: Open-File Report

Issue identification: 2006-1008

Publication information:

Publication place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/gis/datazipped/sedgrabs.zip

Larger work citation:

Citation information:

Originators: Ackerman, S.D., Butman, B., Barnhardt, W.B., Danforth, W.W., Crocker, J.M.

Title:

High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts

Publication date: 2006

Series information:

Series name: Open-File Report

Issue identification: 2006-1008

Publication information:

Publication place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Other citation details:

1 DVD-ROM

Online linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008

Description:

Abstract:

This data set includes the locations, identifiers, grain-size data and(or) textural descriptions of surficial sediments collected at stations based on topographic and backscatter data of the seafloor in Boston Harbor and the harbor appraoches, Massachusetts.  The sediments were collected with a modified Van Veen grab (mini-SEABOSS) during USGS survey 04019, conducted September 14-17, 2004.

Purpose:

This data set was produced to ground-truth (verify) topography and backscatter intensity of the seafloor in Boston Harbor and the harbor appraoches, Massachusetts.  The acoustic data associated with this project were collected with multibeam, vertical-beam and sidescan sonar systems in 2000 and 2001, by NOAA NOS for hydrographic mapping purposes.

*Language of dataset: en

Time period of content:

Time period information:

Range of dates/times:

Beginning date: 20040914

Ending date: 20040917

Currentness reference:

ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: None planned

Spatial domain:

Bounding coordinates:

*West bounding coordinate: -71.047248

*East bounding coordinate: -70.825337

*North bounding coordinate: 42.434524

*South bounding coordinate: 42.269389

Local bounding coordinates:

*Left bounding coordinate: 331597.019845

*Right bounding coordinate: 349475.398372

*Top bounding coordinate: 4699645.082865

*Bottom bounding coordinate: 4681705.796399

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme keywords: U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Woods Hole Science Center, WHSC, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, CMGP, RV Rafael, ArcView Shapefile, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, CZM, surficial sediment classification, sediment data, sediments, sediment samples, ground-truth, gravel, sand, silt, clay, stations, sea floor, Field Activity Number 04019, Van Veen grab sampler, small SEABOSS sampler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, National Ocean Service, NOS, NOAA Ship Whiting, Hydrographic Survey

Theme keyword thesaurus: General

Theme:

Theme keywords: oceans and estuaries, oceans and coastal, environment, location, geoscientific information

Theme keyword thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Place:

Place keywords: Massachusetts Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Boston Harbor, Nahant, Boston, Hull, Hubline, Boston Harbor Islands

Place keyword thesaurus: General

Access constraints: None

Use constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point of contact:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: Seth Ackerman

Contact organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Contact position: Geologist

Contact address:

Address type: mailing and physical address

Address:

384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State or province: MA

Postal code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315

Contact facsimile telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact electronic mail address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us

Browse graphic:

Browse graphic file type: GIF

*Native dataset format: Shapefile

*Native data set environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data Quality Information:

Attribute accuracy:

Attribute accuracy report:

All attributes were checked in a consistent manner

Logical consistency report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness report:

All available grain-size data collected during the RV Rafael cruise 04019 are included in this data set.

Positional accuracy:

Horizontal positional accuracy:

Horizontal positional accuracy report:

Navigation was by differential GPS; positional accuracy to less than 10 m

Lineage:

Source information:

Source time period of content:

Time period information:

Range of dates/times:

Beginning date: 20040914

Ending date: 20040917

Source currentness reference:

ground condition

Process step:

Process description:

Samples were collected by grab sampler and analyzed in the laboratory.  Coarse fraction determined by sieve; fine fraction determined by Coulter Counter.  Visual descriptions were used for rocky/bouldery stations where samples could not be collected.  See Poppe, Williams, Paskevich (2005, http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of2005-1001/) for analytical specifics.

Source produced citation abbreviation:

rafa04019_seddata.txt

Process contact:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: L.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

Process step:

Process description:

The shapefile was created in ArcView from the ASCII comma-delimited files created by the laboratory's software.

Source used citation abbreviation:

rafa04019_seddata.txt

Source produced citation abbreviation:

rafa04019_seddata.shp

Process contact:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: Seth Ackerman

Contact organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Contact position: Geologist

Contact address:

Address type: mailing and physical address

Address:

c/o U.S. Geological Survey

Address:

384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State or province: MA

Postal code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315

Contact facsimile telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact electronic mail address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us

Spatial Data Organization Information:

*Direct spatial reference method: Vector

Point and vector object information:

SDTS terms description:

*Name: sedgrabs

*SDTS point and vector object type: Entity point

*Point and vector object count: 64

ESRI terms description:

*Name: sedgrabs

*ESRI feature type: Simple

*ESRI feature geometry: Point

*ESRI topology: FALSE

*ESRI feature count: 64

*Spatial index: TRUE

*Linear referencing: FALSE

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Coordinate system name:

*Projected coordinate system name: WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_19N

*Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_WGS_1984

Planar:

Grid coordinate system:

*Grid coordinate system name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal Transverse Mercator:

*UTM zone number: 19

Transverse mercator:

*Scale factor at central meridian: 0.999600

*Longitude of central meridian: -69.000000

*Latitude of projection origin: 0.000000

*False easting: 500000.000000

*False northing: 0.000000

Planar coordinate information:

*Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair

Coordinate representation:

*Abscissa resolution: 0.000032

*Ordinate resolution: 0.000032

*Planar distance units: meters

Geodetic model:

*Horizontal datum name: D_WGS_1984

*Ellipsoid name: WGS_1984

*Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000

*Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed description:

*Name: sedgrabs

Entity type:

*Entity type label: sedgrabs

*Entity type type: Feature Class

*Entity type count: 64

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: ID

*Attribute alias: ID

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

Attribute label: LABNO

Attribute definition:

USGS unique identifier consisting of two characters and three numerics

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

String of width 5

Attribute:

Attribute label: STATIONID

Attribute definition:

Sample name assigned in the field

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

String of width 5

Attribute:

Attribute label: PROJECTID

Attribute definition:

Project under which the samples were taken

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute:

Attribute label: CRUISEID

Attribute definition:

Name or number of cruise during which the samples were collected

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute:

Attribute label: PRINCIPAL

Attribute definition:

Name (initial and last name) of the principal investigator

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute:

Attribute label: MONTH

Attribute definition:

Calendar month sample was analyzed

Attribute definition source:

USGS

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

Attribute label: DAY

Attribute definition:

Day sample was analyzed

Attribute definition source:

USGS

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

Attribute label: YEAR

Attribute definition:

Day sample was analyzed

Attribute definition source:

USGS

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

Attribute label: LATITUDE

Attribute definition:

Latitude coordinate of sample location

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: LONGITUDE

Attribute definition:

Longitude coordinate of sample location

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: DEVICE

Attribute definition:

Device used to collect sample

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

SMALL SEABOSS

Attribute:

Attribute label: AREA

Attribute definition:

General geographic area

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute:

Attribute label: DEPTH_M

Attribute definition:

Depth or sounding in meters

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: T_DEPTH

Attribute definition:

Top depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

Attribute label: B_DEPTH

Attribute definition:

Bottom depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 2

Enumerated domain value definition:

Depth in sediment in cm

Attribute:

Attribute label: WEIGHT

Attribute definition:

Weight of dry sample in grams

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: ZGRAVEL

Attribute definition:

Gravel content in percent dry weight

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: ZSAND

Attribute definition:

Sand content in percent dry weight

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: ZSILT

Attribute definition:

Silt content in percent dry weight

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: ZCLAY

Attribute definition:

Clay content in percent dry weight

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: SEDCLASS

Attribute definition:

Sediment description based on Shepard 1954

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary (See Shepard (1954))

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute:

Attribute label: MEDIAN

Attribute definition:

Middle point in the grain-size distribution in phi units

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MEAN

Attribute definition:

Average value in the grain-size distribution in phi units

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: STDDEV

Attribute definition:

Standard deviation of the grain size distribution

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: SKEWNESS

Attribute definition:

Deviation from symmetrical form of the grain-size distribution

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: KURTOSIS

Attribute definition:

Degree of curvature near the mode of the grain-size distribution

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MODE_1_CLA

Attribute definition:

First mode in phi units

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MODE_1_FRE

Attribute definition:

Frequency percent of the first mode

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MODE_2_CLA

Attribute definition:

Second mode in phi units

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MODE_2_FRE

Attribute definition:

Frequency percent of the second mode

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MODE_3_CLA

Attribute definition:

Third mode in phi units

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: MODE_3_FRE

Attribute definition:

Frequency percent of the third mode

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: NMODES

Attribute definition:

Number of modes

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_11

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 11 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_10

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 10 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_9

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 9 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_8

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 8 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_7

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 7 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_6

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 6 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_5

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 5 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_4

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 4 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_3

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 3 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_2

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 2 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_1

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 1 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHI_0

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 0 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHIM1

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -1 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHIM2

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -2 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHIM3

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -3 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHIM4

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -4 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

Attribute label: PHIM5

Attribute definition:

Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -5 phi fraction

Attribute definition source:

USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

*Attribute label: ACKTIME

*Attribute alias: ACKTIME

Attribute definition:

Time in seconds from Jan 1, 2004 12:00:01 AM

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

*Attribute label: PHOTONO

*Attribute alias: PHOTONO

Attribute definition:

Original photo number as recorded by the digital camera used to take the on-deck sample photos

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 10

Attribute:

*Attribute label: HOTLINK

*Attribute alias: HOTLINK

Attribute definition:

Field used to hotlink the sample photo in ArcMap or ArcView

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 254

Attribute:

*Attribute label: ZONE

*Attribute alias: ZONE

Attribute definition:

Seafloor zone that the sample lies in (zone corresponds to the polygons in the shapefile "bottomtype.shp")

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 50

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: Seth Ackerman

Contact organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

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 x2315

Contact facsimile telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact electronic mail address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us

Resource description: Downloadable Data

Distribution liability:

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.

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard order process:

Digital form:

Digital transfer information:

Format name: Shapefile

Format version number: ArcGIS 9.x

Format specification:

ESRI Point Shapefile

Format information content:

The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).

File decompression technique: zip archive

Transfer size: 0.007

*Dataset size: 0.002

Digital transfer option:

Online option:

Computer contact information:

Network address:

Network resource name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/gis/datazipped/seddata.zip

Network resource name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/html/appendix1.html

Network resource name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/gis/OFR_2006_1008/shapes/

Access instructions:

Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).

Offline option:

Offline media: DVD-ROM

Recording capacity:

Recording density: 4.75

Recording density Units: Gbytes

Recording format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical prerequisites:

These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Available time period:

Time period information:

Single date/time:

Calendar date: 2004

Metadata Reference Information:

*Metadata date: 20060807

*Language of metadata: en

Metadata contact:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: Seth Ackerman

Contact organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Contact position: Geologist

Contact address:

Address type: mailing and physical address

Address:

c/o U.S. Geological Survey

Address:

384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State or province: MA

Postal code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315

Contact facsimile telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact electronic mail address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us

*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

Metadata extensions:

*Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

*Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Binary Enclosures:

Thumbnail:

Enclosure type: Picture