Postglacial deposits of the Norton-Manomet-Westport-Sconticut Neck 23-Quadrangle Area in Southeast Massachusetts

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Byron D. Stone
Originator: Janet R. Stone
Originator: Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
Originator: Kevin A. Kincare
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
Postglacial deposits of the Norton-Manomet-Westport-Sconticut Neck 23-Quadrangle Area in Southeast Massachusetts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1260-F
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
This data layer is one of three data layers representing the compilation of surficial geologic materials.
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1260/F>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Byron D. Stone
Originator: Janet R. Stone
Originator: Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
Originator: Kevin A. Kincare
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
Surficial Geologic Map of the Norton-Manomet-Westport-Sconticut Neck 23-Quadrangle Area in Southeast Massachusetts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1260-F
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
web publication include maps and text documents (pdf format) as well as GIS data layers (shapefile format).
Description:
Abstract:
The postglacial data layer is part of a comprehensive study to produce a statewide digital map of the surficial geology at 1:24,000 scale. This compilation of surficial geologic materials defines the boundaries between glacial till, glacial stratified deposits, and overlying postglacial deposits. The postglacial layer shows areas of swamp deposits, salt-marsh deposits, alluvium, cranberry bogs, and artificial fill for a twenty-three-quadrangle area in southeast Massachusetts. Swamp polygons may overlie alluvium polygons; artificial fill polygons may overlie all other postglacial polygons. This data layer should be used in conjunction with the underlying till_bedrock and stratified_deposits data layers.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to provide fundamental geologic data for the evaluation of natural resources, hazards, and land information within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The postglacial deposits data layer is part of a comprehensive effort to produce a statewide digital map of the surficial geology at 1:24,000 scale. This compilation of surficial geologic materials defines the boundaries between glacial till, glacial stratified deposits, and overlying postglacial deposits. The postglacial layer shows areas of swamp deposits, salt-marsh deposits, alluvium, cranberry bogs, and artificial fill deposits for a twenty-three-quadrangle area in southeast Massachusetts. This data layer should be used in conjunction with the underlying till_bedrock and stratified_deposits data layers. This map of twenty-three quadrangles revises previous digital surficial geologic maps (Stone and others, 1993; MassGIS, 1999) that were compiled on base maps at regional scales of 1:250,000.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.346032
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.501816
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.002992
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.495139
Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: surficial geology
Theme_Keyword: stratified materials
Theme_Keyword: stratified deposits
Theme_Keyword: till
Theme_Keyword: glacial deposits
Theme_Keyword: moraine
Theme_Keyword: alluvium
Theme_Keyword: swamp deposits
Theme_Keyword: artificial fill
Theme_Keyword: beach
Theme_Keyword: cranberry bog
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Norton
Place_Keyword: Taunton
Place_Keyword: Bridgewater
Place_Keyword: Plympton
Place_Keyword: Plymouth
Place_Keyword: Manomet
Place_Keyword: East Providence
Place_Keyword: Somerset
Place_Keyword: Assonet
Place_Keyword: Assawompset Pond
Place_Keyword: Snipatuit Pond
Place_Keyword: Wareham
Place_Keyword: Sagamore
Place_Keyword: Bristol
Place_Keyword: Fall River
Place_Keyword: Fall River East
Place_Keyword: New Bedford North
Place_Keyword: Marion
Place_Keyword: Onset
Place_Keyword: Tiverton
Place_Keyword: Westport
Place_Keyword: New Bedford South
Place_Keyword: Sconticut Neck
Place_Keyword: Pocasset
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Temporal_Keyword: Quaternary
Temporal_Keyword: Pleistocene
Temporal_Keyword: Holocene
Access_Constraints:
None. The data is in the public domain and may be redistributed.
Use_Constraints:
No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the data. The data are suitable for use at appropriate scale, and are not intended for maps printed at scales with higher resolution than 1:24,000 scale (1 inch = 2,000 feet). Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, neither the U.S. Geological Survey nor the United States Government nor the Commonwealth of Massachusetts makes any warranty, expressed or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy of these data or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States Government, or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data are distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata. When printing these data on a map or using them in a software application, analysis, or report, please acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the source for this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Janet Stone
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 101 Pitkin St.
City: East Hartford
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06108
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860 291-6748
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 860 291-6799
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jrstone@usgs.gov
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Norton quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Taunton quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet3_bridgewater.pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Bridgewater quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Plympton quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet5_plymouth.pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Plymouth quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Manomet quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the East Providence quadrangle with the Massachusett's portion of the Bristol quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Somerset quadrangles with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Assonet quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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Browse_Graphic:
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Assawompset Pond quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet11_snipatuit_pond.pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Snipatuit Pond quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet12_wareham.pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Wareham quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet13_sagamore.pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrockof the Sagamore quadrangle with the northerly part of the Pocasset quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Fall River quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Fall River East quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet16_new_bedford_north.pdf
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the New Bedford north quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Marion quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet18_onset.pdf
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Onset quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sheet19_Westport.pdf
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Westport quadrangle with the Massachusett's portion of the Tiverton quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Browse_Graphic:
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the New Bedford South quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
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Browse_Graphic:
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This map shows the postglacial deposits, stratified deposits, and till and bedrock of the Sconticut Neck quadrangle with a scanned topographic base at 1:24,000 scale.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf
Data_Set_Credit:
Multiple agencies and individuals contributed to this data layer: MassGIS scanned and georeferenced paper copies of the published surficial geologic maps for fifteen quadrangles; the Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist vectorized the georeferenced images and compiled geologic units in order to digitally retain the original information on the published maps (Mabee and others, 2004); U.S. Geological Survey personnel compiled and digitized the basic units for nine unpublished quadrangles from scanned field maps, and then joined and edge-matched the twenty four quadrangles in order to form a seamless geologic map.
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: none
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: none
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attributes have been visually checked by the compilers.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Polygon features conform to the following topological rules. There are no duplicate polygons. Polygons do not self overlap. Swamp deposits may overlap floodplain alluvium polygons. Artificial fill polygons may overlie all other postglacial polygons. No automated procedures or tests were performed to guarantee desired topology other than visual inspection.
Completeness_Report:
The completeness of the data reflects the feature content of the basic units chosen for this interim product for all data sources. Additional information can be found on the data sources, which may be utilized in future compilations. The layer is complete in the sense that it accurately reflects the postglacial units for this twenty-three-quadrangle area, noting that edits (including additional units) may occur to this data set when it is edge-matched to surrounding quadrangles during future compilations.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The horizontal positional accuracy of these data complies with the United States National Map Accuracy Standards for 1:24,000-scale maps. According to this standard, not more than 10 percent of the locations tested are to be in error by more than 1/50 inch (40 feet) measured on the publication scale of a USGS 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle map.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Hartshorn, J.H.
Publication_Date: 1967
Title:
Geology of the Taunton quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Issue_Identification: 1163-D
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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Source_Contribution:
Glacial deposits - some stratified deposits have been modified (including, but not limited to, extention beneath water bodies and postglacial deposits).
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Hartshorn, J.H.
Publication_Date: 1960
Title: Geology of the Bridgewater quadrangle, Massachusetts
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map
Issue_Identification: GQ-127
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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Source_Contribution:
Glacial deposits - some stratified deposits have been modified (including, but not limited to, extention beneath water bodies and postglacial deposits).
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Koteff, Carl
Publication_Date: 1964
Title: Geologic map of the Assawompset Pond quadrangle, Massachusetts
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map
Issue_Identification: GQ-265
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Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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Source_Contribution:
Glacial deposits - some stratified deposits have been modified (including, but not limited to, extention beneath water bodies and postglacial deposits).
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Smith, J.H.
Publication_Date: 1955
Title:
Surficial Geology of the Bristol quadrangle and vicinity, Rhode Island and Massachusetts
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map
Issue_Identification: GQ-70
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Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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Source_Contribution: glacial deposits
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Originator: Peper, J.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the Norton quadrangle
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Goldthwait, R.P.
Originator: Thiesmeyer, L.R.
Publication_Date: 1940
Title: Unpublished field map of the Plympton quadrangle
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Source_Information:
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Publication_Date: 1940
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Originator: Kincare, K.A.
Publication_Date: 2010
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Publication_Date: 1940
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Originator: Stone, B.D.
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Publication_Date: 2010
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Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
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Source_Information:
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Citation_Information:
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the Assonet quadrangle
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Source_Citation:
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Originator: Thiesmeyer, L.R.
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Publication_Date: 1940
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Originator: Stone, B.D.
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Publication_Date: 2010
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Publication_Date: 1940
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Publication_Date: 2010
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Originator: Stone, B.D.
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Publication_Date: 2010
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Title: Unpublished field map of the Fall River quadrangle
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
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Originator: Peper, J.D.
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Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Peper, J.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the New Bedford North quadrangle
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Originator: Thiesmeyer, L.R.
Originator: Goldthwait, R.P.
Publication_Date: 1940
Title: Unpublished field map of the Marion quadrangle
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Originator: Peper, J.D.
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the Marion quadrangle
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Originator: Thiesmeyer, L.R.
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Publication_Date: 1940
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
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Citation_Information:
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the Tiverton quadrangle
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Peper, J.D.
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the Westport quadrangle
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Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Peper, J.D.
Originator: Stone, B.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the New Bedford South quadrangle
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: New Bedford South
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Peper, J.D.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Unpublished field map of the Sconticut Neck quadrangle
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sconticut Neck
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Williams, J.R.
Originator: Willey, R.E.
Publication_Date: 1973
Title:
Bedrock topography and texture of unconsolidated deposits, Taunton River basin, southeastern Massachusetts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: I-742
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 48,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Williams and Willey
Source_Contribution: bedrock outcrops
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Lyons, P.C.
Publication_Date: 1977
Title:
Report on the bedrock geology of the Narragansett Basin, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 77-816
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Lyons
Source_Contribution: bedrock outcrops
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Willey, R.E.
Originator: Williams, J.R.
Originator: Tasker, G.D.
Publication_Date: 1978
Title:
Water Resources of the coastal drainage basins of southeastern Massachusetts, Westport River, Westport to Seekonk
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas
Issue_Identification: HA-275
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 48,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Willey and others
Source_Contribution: bedrock outcrops
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Williams, J.R.
Originator: Tasker, G.D.
Publication_Date: 1978
Title:
Water Resources of the coastal drainage basins of southeastern Massachusetts, northwest shore of Buzzards Bay
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas
Issue_Identification: HA-560
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 48,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Williams and Tasker
Source_Contribution: bedrock outcrops
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Paper copies of the published surficial geologic maps (4 quadrangles) were scanned at 500 dpi and georeferenced using lat/long coordinates (2nd-order polynomial transformation). Images were projected to UTM, zone 19, NAD27.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Taunton
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Bridegwater
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Assawompset Pond
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Bristol
Process_Date: 2002
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geotiffs for published quadrangles
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Philip John
Contact_Organization: MassGIS
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Information Technology Division - MassGIS
Address: One Ashburton Place - Room 1601
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02108
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (617) 619-5637
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: philip.john@state.ma.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist vectorized the georeferenced images in order to digitally retain the original line work of the published maps (Mabee and others, 2004). Digital geologic map units were compiled and grouped into basic units and attributed: artificial fill, swamp deposits, floodplain alluvial deposits, cranberry bogs, glacial stratified deposits, glacial till, and bedrock areas (outcrops and areas of shallow bedrock).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geotiffs for published quadrangless
Process_Date: 2004
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: basic unit coverages
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Stephen B. Mabee
Contact_Position: State Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Department of Geosciences
Address: University of Massachusetts
Address: 611 North Pleasant St.
City: Amherst
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 01003
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (413) 545-4814
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (413) 545-1200
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sbmabee@eclogite.geo.umass.edu
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Basic unit coverages for each layer in each quadrangle were projected to Massachusetts state plane NAD83, then edited, edge-matched, and appended into a single layer for each geologic unit (covering all published quadrangles).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: basic unit coverages
Process_Date: 2008-2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: pub coverages
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen
Contact_Organization: USGS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 101 Pitkin St.
City: East Hartford
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06108
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860 291-6769
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mdicohen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Unpublished field sheets were scanned and georeferenced. Published maps were consulted, and scanned and georeferenced if necessary. Geologic units were vectorized or created (on screen digiziting). Basic unit polygons for each layer in each quad were edited, edge-matched, and appended into a single layer for each geologic unit (covering all unpublished quadrangles).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Norton
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Plympton (Goldthwait and Thiesmeyer)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Plympton (Stone and Kincare)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Plymouth (Thiesmeyer)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Plymouth (Stone and Kincare)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Manomet (Goldthwait and Thiesmeyer)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Manomet (Stone and Kincare)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: East Providence
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Somerset
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Assonet
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Snipatuit Pond (Thiesmeyer and Goldthwait)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Snipatuit Pond (Stone and Kincare)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Wareham (Goldthwait and Thiesmeyer)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Wareham (Stone and Kincare)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sagamore (Thiesmeyer)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sagamore (Stone and Kincare)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Fall River
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Fall River East
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: New Bedford North
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Marion (Thiesmeyer and Goldthwait)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Marion (Peper and Stone)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Onset (Thiesmeyer and Goldthwait)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Onset (Peper and Stone)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Tiverton
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Westport
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: New Bedford South
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sconticut Neck
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Williams and Willey
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Lyons
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Willey and others
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Williams and Tasker
Process_Date: 2009-2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: unpub shapefiles
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen
Contact_Organization: USGS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 101 Pitkin St.
City: East Hartford
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06108
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860 291-6769
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mdicohen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Coverages were converted to shapefile format. Basic unit shapefiles for unpublished and published areas were edge-matched, edited as needed, and appended into layers for the twenty three quadrangle area, then combined into the three final layers.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: pub coverages
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: unpub shapefiles
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: till and bedrock
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: stratified_deposits
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: postglacial
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen
Contact_Organization: USGS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 101 Pitkin St.
City: East Hartford
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06108
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860 291-6769
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mdicohen@usgs.gov
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4250
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State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2001
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Standard_Parallel: 41.71666667
Standard_Parallel: 42.68333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.500000
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False_Easting: 20000.000000
False_Northing: 750000.000000
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Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
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Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: compiler
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: map unit
Attribute_Definition_Source: compiler
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Sand, gravel, silt, and some organic material, stratified and well sorted to poorly sorted, beneath the floodplains of modern streams. The texture of alluvium commonly varies over short distances both laterally and vertically, and generally is similar to the texture of adjacent glacial deposits. Along smaller streams, alluvium is commonly less than 5 ft thick. The most extensive deposits of alluvium in the map area are along the Taunton, Threemile, Runnins, Palmer, and Acushnet Rivers. Alluvium overlies thicker stratified deposits; thin alluvial deposits probably lie beneath salt-marsh deposits in coastal valley reaches that were flooded during the postglacial rise of sea level
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Earth materials and manmade materials that have been artificially emplaced, primarily in highway and railroad embankments, and in dams; may also include landfills, urban development areas, and filled coastal wetlands
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: beach and dune deposits
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sand and fine gravel deposited along the shoreline by waves and currents, and by wind action. The texture of beach deposits varies over short distances and is generally controlled by the texture of nearby glacial materials exposed to wave action. Sand beach deposits are composed of moderately sorted, very coarse to fine sand, commonly laminated. Coarser layers locally contain some fine gravel particles; finer layers contain some very fine sand and silt. Gravel beach deposits are composed of granule- to cobble-size clasts in moderately sorted thin beds; deposits contain minor amounts of sand within gravel beds, and thin beds of sand as alternating layers. Beach deposits are rarely more than a few feet thick. Dune deposits are composed of moderately to well sorted, fine to medium sand, variably massive, laminated, and crossbedded. Dune deposits are as much as 50 ft thick. Unit includes artificial sand deposits in locally replenished beaches
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: cranberry bog
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Some natural freshwater swamps or peat bogs overlain locally by artificially emplaced sand or other fill; in many places in southeastern Massachusetts, cranberry bogs are created by excavation into sand and gravel deposits which form the bed; peat and other organic material have been artificially emplaced over the bed and water drainage pathways are diverted into the area to control seasonal flooding of the bog
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Peat and organic muck interbedded with sand and silt, deposited in saltwater or brackish-water environments of low wave energy along the coast and in river estuaries. Salt-marsh deposits are generally a few feet to 25 ft thick. In the major estuaries, these deposits locally overlie estuarine deposits (not mapped), which are sand and silt with minor organic material as much as 30 to 80 ft thick. The salt-marsh and estuarine deposits generally are underlain by adjacent glacial stratified deposits
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Organic muck and peat that contain minor amounts of sand, silt, and clay, stratified and poorly sorted, in freshwater swamps and marshes, kettle depressions, or poorly drained areas. Swamp and marsh deposits are shown only where they are estimated to be at least 3 ft thick, most deposits are less than 10 ft thick. Swamp and marsh deposits overlie glacial meltwater deposits and postglacial pond deposits in kettle depressions. They locally overlie glacial till in stream channels that have been eroded through thin glacial meltwater deposits
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: compiler
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1260/F>
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, neither the U.S. Geological Survey nor the United States Government nor the Commonwealth of Massachusetts makes any warranty, expressed or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy of these data or related materials.
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Technical_Prerequisites:
Users should have GIS software capable of reading or importing ESRI shapefile format.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20110314
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 101 Pitkin St.
City: East Hartford
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06108
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860 291-6769
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mdicohen@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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