Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: N.K. Soderberg Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Geological Framework Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980: A Digital Data Release Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1003 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: 2 DVD-ROMs Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/ Description: Abstract: During 1975 and 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted two seismic-reflection surveys in Rhode Island Sound (RIS) aboard the research vessel Asterias: cruise ASTR75–June surveyed eastern RIS in 1975 and cruise AST–80–6B surveyed southern RIS in 1980. Data from these surveys were recorded in analog form and archived at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's Data Library. In response to recent interest in the geology of RIS and in an effort to make the data more readily accessible while preserving the original paper records, the seismic data from these cruises were scanned and converted to black and white Tagged Image File Format and grayscale Portable Network Graphics images and SEG-Y data files. Navigation data were converted from U.S. Coast Guard Long Range Aids to Navigation time delays to latitudes and longitudes that are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., shapefile format and as eastings and northings in space-delimited text format. This report complements two others that contain analog seismic-reflection data from RIS (McMullen and others, 2009) and Long Island and Block Island Sounds (Poppe and others, 2002) and were converted into digital form. Purpose: Seismic-reflection data have been scanned and navigation fixes have been digitized in order to make the data more readily accessible to those interested in the geological framework of Rhode Island Sound and to help preserve the original paper records. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.423661 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.424530 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.502251 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.044571 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report Theme_Keyword: OFR 2009-1003 Theme_Keyword: OFR2009-1003 Theme_Keyword: R/V Asterias Theme_Keyword: navigation Theme_Keyword: geophysical data Theme_Keyword: ship track Theme_Keyword: SEG-Y Theme_Keyword: TIFF Theme_Keyword: single point vector datasets Theme_Keyword: ArcView project Theme_Keyword: ArcMap document Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: shapefiles Theme_Keyword: Uniboom seismics Theme_Keyword: Cruise ASTR-80-6B Theme_Keyword: Field activity number 80012 Theme_Keyword: Cruise ASTR75-June Theme_Keyword: Field activity number 75011 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Sound Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast Place_Keyword: northeast United States Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Southwest Buzzards Bay Place_Keyword: Westport Harbor Place_Keyword: Cuttyhunk Island Place_Keyword: No Mans Land Place_Keyword: Marthas Vineyard Place_Keyword: Cox Ledge Place_Keyword: Nuskeget Channel Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of this dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: C.J. O'Hara Originator: R.N. Oldale Publication_Date: 1980 Title: Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map Issue_Identification: MF-1186 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: N.K. Soderberg Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Western Rhode Island Sound, 1980 Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1002/ Data_Quality_Information: Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Dataset moved. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: D:\ris_seis\eris_round2\of2009-1003_metadata1.txt Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: This report contains digital versions of the seismic data collected during USGS survey ASTR75-June in eastern Rhode Island Sound and survey AST-80-6B in southern Rhode Island Sound, including SEG-Y, PNG, and TIFF files of the seismic records and 1- and 15-minute navigation point and line shapefiles. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/ Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 2009-1003 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 names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 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