Point Shapefile of Core Locations Collected August, 2006 in the Nauset Marsh Area of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: John F. Bratton
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Point Shapefile of Core Locations Collected August, 2006 in the Nauset Marsh Area of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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/coreloc_2006.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
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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:
This shapefile is used to provide the drilling locations where cores were acquired within the Cape Cod National Seashore in 2006. Two files are related to this location file: core_porewater.csv is a comma-delimited text file containing the porewater measurement results; corelog_csv.csv is a comma-delimited text file containing the visual log of each core after it was split. Each of these files is related by the common field "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: ground-water
Theme_Keyword: marine resistivity
Theme_Keyword: OF 2006-1169
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report
Theme_Keyword: point
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: submarine ground-water
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
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: location
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:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for topological consistency other than visual inspection were performed on the data.
Completeness_Report:
This dataset is complete inasmuch as the location for all the cores are represented.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The GPS location and various other information was recorded by the chief scientist in a log book for each drilling site.
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:
This recorded information was reformatted and imported from a comma delimited text file and converted to a shapefile using ArcGIS 9.1.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: drilling_2006.csv
Process_Date: 2006
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: coreloc_2006.shp
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Unnecessary attributes were deleted from the shapefile. For example, latitude was represented as latitude degrees in one field, latitude decimal minutes in another, and latitude decimal degrees in a third. Only the decimal degree latitude was kept.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: coreloc_2006.shp
Process_Date: 2006
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: coreloc_2006.shp
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The attributes "IMAGE" and "AV3HOTLNK" were added to the attribute table. "IMAGE" gives the JPEG filename of the composite image of the core photos. "AV3HOTLNK", together with some scripts within the ArcView 3.3 project file, enable hot linking the core location to the composite image from within ArcView.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: coreloc_2006.shp
Process_Date: 2007
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: coreloc_2006.shp
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
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: 4
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 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: coreloc_2006
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: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Latitude position of the data point.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Recorded value as acquired by a GPS.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.830567
Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.835817
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Longitude position of the data point.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Recorded value as acquired by a GPS.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -69.972178
Range_Domain_Maximum: -69.96346
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COLDATE
Attribute_Definition: Date of drilling.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Field scientist.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: character set
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SITE
Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to the drill location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Chief scientist.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: character set
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CORELENGTH
Attribute_Definition: Total length of core.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Chief scientist.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 400
Range_Domain_Maximum: 607
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: IMAGE
Attribute_Definition: Composite image of the core sections.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: character set
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AV3HOTLNK
Attribute_Definition:
Field specifically used for hotlinking to the core images from within ArcView 3.3.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: character set
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Cores were collected to see the real geology to compare to the remotely sensed data (i.e. resistivity data). The cores were collected with a vibracorer with an 8-cm diameter aluminum pipe advanced through a moon pool in a large Whaler (~20'). The locations of the cores were selected to approximately reoccupy some of the 2005 drilling locations represented in the piezlocs_2005.shp and geoprobeloc_2005.shp files. These locations are related by the number contained in the site attribute of each shapefile.
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: SHP
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip
Transfer_Size: 19 KB
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 the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20080305
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
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