CERCMR80-4: USACE ICONS cores, Cape May region, New Jersey

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jamey M. Reid

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: CERCMR80-4: USACE ICONS cores, Cape May region, New Jersey

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Series

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

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

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract:

About 1,235 square kilometers of the Inner Continental Shelf adjacent to Cape May peninsula was investigated by a seismic reflection and coring survey to obtain geologic information on sea floor and subbottom sand and gravel deposits having suitable characteristics for use as fill in beach nourishment and restoration projects. Water depths in the study area ranged from about 1.5 to 21 meters. A total of 1,258 kilometers of seismic profiles and 104 vibratory cores, ranging in length from 1 to 3.7 meters, were examined. Linear and arcuate shoals are the dominant sea floor features in the region and most appear to be composed of clean, fine to very coarse-grained quartz sand which overlies a flat deposition surface. Several cores penetrating the surface show the underlying material to be a poorly sorted admixture of fine-grained and very coarse-grained sediments that are denser than the modern shelf sands and probably represent a pre-Holocene fluvial deposit. Results of this assessment study show that 16 potential shoal sites and 2 promising sea floor areas are present. Individual shoals contain from 4.6 to more than 472 million cubic meters of sand; the total sand and gravel resource is conservatively estimated to be 1,086 million cubic meters.

Purpose:

The purpose of this datalayer is to release a digital version of the coring data from a U.S, Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE) Inner Continental Shelf (ICONS) program project in the Cape May region off New Jersey

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.040400

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.498700

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.000060

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.754450

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center

Theme_Keyword: USACE

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Theme_Keyword: Coastal Engineering and Research Center

Theme_Keyword: cores

Theme_Keyword: ICONS

Theme_Keyword: vibracores

Theme_Keyword: navigation

Theme_Keyword: descriptions

Theme_Keyword: grain size

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: silt

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: Marine Aggregates Resources and Processes

Theme_Keyword: usSEABED

Theme_Keyword: dbSEABED

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: Cape May

Place_Keyword: Offshore New Jersey

Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic

Place_Keyword: continental shelf

Place_Keyword: Atlantic

Place_Keyword: NY Bight

Place_Keyword: Delaware Bay

Place_Keyword: NY Bight

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jeff Williams

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2383

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jwilliams@usgs.gov

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Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage

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Data_Set_Credit:

Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Meisburger and Williams (1976). Emma Mitchell and Jamey Reid for entering the data for the source report.

Security_Information:

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Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: E.P. Meisburger

Originator: S.J. Williams

Publication_Date: 1980

Title:

Sand resources on the inner continental shelf of the Cape May region, New Jersey

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Miscellaneous Report

Issue_Identification: No. 80-4

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fort Belvoir, VA

Publisher: USACOE, Coastal Engineering and Research Center

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All attributes were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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

Completeness_Report:

Core locations and descriptions are provided for 102 vibracores with unique field ids; grain size statistics are provided for 251 analyses. Two cores had no recovery and were supplied in the original report without navigation, and therefore are not included in this data set.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation was by Loran C. Typical nonrepetitive accuracy for Loran off New Jersey is about +/- 200 meters.

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 200

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Tides are less than 2 meters.

Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 2

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Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: E.P. Meisburger

Originator: S.J. Williams

Publication_Date: 1980

Title:

Sand resources on the inner continental shelf of the Cape May region, New Jersey

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Miscellaneous Report

Issue_Identification: No.80-4

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fort Belvoir, VA

Publisher: USACOE Coastal Engineering and research Center

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACOE Miscellaneous Report 80-4

Source_Contribution:

Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain-size statistics were hand-entered from report MR80-4 to create an Excel spreadsheet file.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The source information was entered into an Excel spreadsheet. Additional fields were added for project identification purposes. The table information was exported and saved as an ASCII text file.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mr80_4.xls

Process_Date: 20020619

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mr80_4.txt

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jamey Reid

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Digital data were hand formatted into dbSEABED data entry structure, then filtered and data-mined through dbSEABED software (version: db9_MNEs.bas)

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mr80_4.txt

Process_Date: 20020619

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mr80_4.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mr80_4.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mr80_4.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jamey Reid

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

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SDTS_Terms_Description:

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Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

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Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain size statistics from the USACOE ICONS program project off Cape May, New Jersey. Some entries for top and bottom depths were originally reported as "top." In the digital files, "top" was changed and defined as 0 - 0.02 meters.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jamey Reid

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

National Assessment of Marine Sand and Gravel Resources: mr80_4.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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. Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy

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Fees: None

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Time_Period_Information:

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Calendar_Date: 2002

Metadata_Reference_Information:

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Metadata_Review_Date: 20050504

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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

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