Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: John F. Bratton Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Comma-delimited Text File of the Porewater Salinity Values of Cores Collected August, 2006 in the Nauset Marsh Area of Cape Cod, Massachusetts Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1169 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/2006/1169/data/gis/cores/core_porewater.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1169/htmldocs/catalog.htm Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross Originator: John F. Bratton Originator: John Crusius Originator: John A. Colman Originator: Timothy D. McCobb Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Submarine Hydrogeological Data from Cape Cod National Seashore Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1169 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/2006/1169/ Description: Abstract: In order to test hypotheses about groundwater flow under and into estuaries and the Atlantic Ocean, geophysical surveys, geophysical probing, submarine groundwater sampling, and sediment coring were conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists at Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) from 2004 through 2006. Coastal resource managers at CCNS and elsewhere are concerned about nutrients that are entering coastal waters via submarine groundwater discharge, which are contributing to eutrophication and harmful algal blooms. The research carried out as part of the study described here was designed, in part, to help refine assumptions required by earlier versions of models about the nature of submarine groundwater flow and discharge at CCNS. This study was conducted in four phases, with a variety of field techniques and equipment employed in each phase. Phase 1 consisted of continuous resistivity profiling (CRP) surveys of the entire study area conducted in 2004. Phase 2 consisted of CRP ground-truthing via resistivity probe measurements and submarine groundwater sampling from hydraulically-drive piezometers using a barge in the Salt Pond/Nauset Marsh area in 2005. Phase 3 consisted of supplemental detailed CRP surveys in the Salt Pond/Nauset Marsh area in 2006. Finally, Phase 4 consisted of sediment coring and porewater extraction in the Salt Pond/Nauset Marsh area later in 2006 to supplement the 2005 sampling. Purpose: To supply the written core pore water salinity measurements for the cores collected in the Nauset Marsh area in 2006 in a format compatible with ArcGIS to be used as a relate table. A relate table is necessary when establishing a one-to-many relationship. In this case, the one-to-many relationship is between coreloc_2006.shp and the pore water information contained in core_porewater.csv. The common related attribute between the two files is "site". Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20060811 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.972178 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.963460 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.835817 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.830567 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: core Theme_Keyword: geology Theme_Keyword: ground-water Theme_Keyword: log book Theme_Keyword: OF 2006-1169 Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: vibracore Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: porewater Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: WHSC field activity serial number 06027 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: oceans Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Salt Pond Place_Keyword: Nauset Marsh Place_Keyword: Cape Cod National Seashore Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: John F. Bratton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 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 x2254 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbratton@usgs.gov Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780 Data_Quality_Information: Completeness_Report: This dataset is complete inasmuch as all measured core porewater salinities from this study are represented. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Salinity of extracted pore water was measured with an optical refractometer calibrated to deionized water. Process_Date: 2006 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: John F. Bratton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 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 x2254 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbratton@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Handwritten pore water salinity measurements were transferred to an excel spreadsheet. Process_Date: 2006 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: core_porewater.xls Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: John F. Bratton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 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 x2254 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbratton@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: This excel spreadsheet was then modified so that column headers were compatible with ArcGIS. In addition, the site attribute was extended to populate every row of the table with the appropriate value. A salinity value of -9999 was used as a nodata value in places with no salinity values where the grain size of the samples was too coarse to permit pore water extraction. This table was then exported as a comma-delimited text file. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: core_porewater.xls Process_Date: 2007 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: core_porewater.csv Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Marine 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 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Attribute: Attribute_Label: Site Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to the drill location. Attribute_Definition_Source: Chief scientist. Attribute: Attribute_Label: depth_cm Attribute_Definition: The depth interval within the core in units of centimeters below the seafloor from where the pore water was extracted. Attribute_Definition_Source: Measured value. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: character set defining a range of depths Attribute: Attribute_Label: salinity_ppt Attribute_Definition: The salinity (in parts per thousand) of the pore water. A value of -9999 indicate samples locations where the grain size was too coarse to permit pore water extraction. Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: These core pore water salinity measurements are related to the coreloc_2006 shapefile by the common field "Site". Porewater was extracted from the core samples in the laboratory using a hydraulic press and sediment squeezer. Salinity was measured by refractometer due to small sample volumes. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: John F. Bratton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 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 x2254 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbratton@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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: CSV File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip Transfer_Size: 16 KB Fees: None. Technical_Prerequisites: These data are available as a generic ASCII formatted text file. The user must have a software program capable of reading the comma delimited data file. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20080225 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Marine 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 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@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_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile