Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jamey M. Reid Publication_Date: 2005 Title: CERCTM54: USACE ICONS Cores, Cape Canaveral, Florida to Georgia Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: 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: The inner Continental Shelf off eastern Florida between Cape Canaveral and Georgia was surveyed to obtain information on bottom morphology and sediments, subbottom structure, and sand deposits (borrow sites) suitable for restoration and nourishment of nearby beaches. Primary survey data consist of 1,153 statute miles of high-resolution seismic reflection surveys and 197 sediment cores. The major structural trend in the study area shallow subbottom is a broad coastal plain high consisting of truncated strata judged to be of Eocene and Miocene ages. Overlying strata not affected by the high are late Miocene to Holocene in age and are characteriszed by a predominant eastward dip, common occurance of internal bedding features, and filled erosional channels. The Pleistocene and Holocene sediments disconformably overlie late Tertiary sediments which crop out in many places north of St. Augustine, Florida. The dominant lithology of both surficial and shallow subsurface strata is quartz sand. Detrital accessory silicate minerals, carbonates, and phosphorite comprise the remaining 5 to 10 percent of the sediments. Surface exposures and near-surface occurrences of Tertiary unconsolidated quartzose sands are recognized by diagnostic microfauna or dolomite silt matrix. Quaternary sediments are unusually thin and discontinuous. The paucity of recognizable Pleistocene fluvial deposits in this region and the thin nature of the Holocene sand blanket suggests that shelf sands were derived in part from transgressive erosion and that Georgia streams supplied little material to the inner shelf. Sand suitable for beach restoration and maintenance on the adjacent north Florida coast occurs abundantly in places on the inner shelf. Ten potential borrow sites and an additional 21 possible sites have been delineated, each comprising a sand reserve ranging in volume from 5 to 178 million cubic yards, all within 13 nautical miles of the coast. Underlying quartzose Tertiary deposits contain an estimated 100 billion cubic yards of sand. Filled erosional channels in shallow subbottom strata, especially north of Jacksonville, and the occasional occurrence of sinkholes, complicate generalization of foundation conditions. Clays and cohesive sandy silts occur throughout the area in various stratigraphic associations. The character and strength properties of thse fine-grained deposits are variable; however, soft watery clays, usually interbedded with fine sand, are most common in the area from Jacksonville to Georgia. 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 from Cape Canaveral and Georgia Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1975 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.91590 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.25180 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.52132 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.36130 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: dbSEABED Theme_Keyword: usSEABED 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 Aggregate Resources and Processes Theme_Keyword: Artificial beach nourishment Theme_Keyword: Geomorphology Theme_Keyword: Seismic Reflection Theme_Keyword: inner continental shelf sediment and structure study Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Inner Continental Shelf Place_Keyword: Cape Canaveral Place_Keyword: Georgia Place_Keyword: Florida 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) 548-8700x2383 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jwilliams@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: tm54.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Pleae review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Meisburger and Field (1975). Emma Mitchell and Jamey M. Reid for entering the data from the source report. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Meisburger, Edward P. Originator: Field, Michael E Publication_Date: 1975 Title: Geomorphology, shallow structure and sediments of the Florida Inner Continental Shelf, Cape Canaveral to Georgia Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Technical Memorandum Issue_Identification: 54 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fort Belvoir, VA Publisher: Department of the Army, Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-GE) 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 are provided for 20 vibracores; grain size for 67 analyses. There are no descriptions for the 67 analyses. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: navigation was by LORAN C. Typical nonrepetitive accuracy for LORAN off Florida is about +/- 200 meters Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 200 Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Meisburger, Edward P. Originator: Field, Michael E Publication_Date: 1975 Title: Geomorphology, shallow structure and sediments of the Florida Inner Continental Shelf, Cape Canaveral to Georgia Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Technical Memorandum Issue_Identification: 54 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fort Belvoir, VA Publisher: Department of the Army, Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-GE) Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1975 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACOE Technical Memorandum 54 Source_Contribution: Same identifiers, navigation, core descriptios, and grain-size statistics were hand-entered form report TM54 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: CERCTM54.xls Process_Date: 20020619 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CERCTM54.txt Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jamey M. 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 Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA 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_MNEr.bas) Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CERCTM54.txt Process_Date: 20040618 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Viness Ubert Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Physical Science Technician 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 x2238 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vubert@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: 67 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: tm54 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: REF_ID Attribute: Attribute_Label: CORE_ID Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain size statistics form the USACOE ICONS program project from Cape Canaveral to Georgia. Some enries 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 M. 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 Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes: CERCTM54 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. 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