H12007_SEDENV.SHP: Interpretation of Sedimentary Environments from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12007 in the Vicinity of Cross Rip Channel in Nantucket Sound, Offshore Southeastern Massachusetts (Geographic, WGS84)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Larry Poppe
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
H12007_SEDENV.SHP: Interpretation of Sedimentary Environments from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12007 in the Vicinity of Cross Rip Channel in Nantucket Sound, Offshore Southeastern Massachusetts (Geographic, WGS84)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2011-1222
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1222/data/sedenv/h12007_sedenv.zip>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1222/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: J.D. Schaer
Originator: D.B. Wright
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
Sea-Floor Geology and Sedimentary Processes in the Vicinity of Cross Rip Channel, Nantucket Sound, Offshore Southeastern Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS data report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2011-1222
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1222/>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities off southern New England, shows the character and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During April-May 2009 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H12007 in the vicinity of Cross Rip Channel in Nantucket Sound off southern Cape Cod, Massachusetts and during June 2011 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of ground-truth reconnaissance surveys of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and the ground-truth data used to verify them.
Purpose:
To release an interpretation of sedimentary environments based on bathymetry data collected during NOAA survey H12007 and sediment samples and bottom photography collected during USGS survey 2011-006-FA in the vicinity of Cross Rip Channel in Nantucket Sound, in a geographic, WGS84 coordinate system. These data can be used to provide information on surface geology and sedimentary processes.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20110613
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition, however, calendar date is for the bottom samples and photography. Multibeam bathymetry used in the interpretation were collected during 2009.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.304530
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.223744
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.462343
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.439548
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Environments
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H12007
Theme_Keyword: H12007
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 2011-006-FA
Theme_Keyword: ESRI Shapefile
Theme_Keyword: Erosion or Nondeposition
Theme_Keyword: Coarse Bedload Transport
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2011-1222
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2011-1222
Theme_Keyword: polygon
Theme_Keyword:
<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-006-FA>
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: location
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Island
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod
Place_Keyword: Cross Rip Channel
Place_Keyword: Cross Rip Shoal
Place_Keyword: Horseshoe Shoal
Place_Keyword: Halfmoon Shoal
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The interpretation was completed at map scales between 1:4,000 and 1:5,000, but is not intended for use at map scales smaller than 1:10,000. Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
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 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the interpreted sedimentary environments within NOAA survey H12007 in the vicinity of Cross Rip Channel, Nantucket Sound
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
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: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Butman, B.
Originator: Moser, M.S.
Originator: Stewart, H.F.
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS data report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1357
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Williams, S.J.
Originator: Moser, M.S.
Originator: Stewart, H.F.
Originator: Glomb, K.A.
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS data report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1138
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: McMullen, K.Y.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Williams, S.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Barnum, S.R.
Originator: Brennan, R.T.
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS data report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.,
Originator: McMullen, K.Y.,
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Williams, S.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Moser, M.S.
Originator: Glomb, K.A.,
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Geological interpretation of the sea floor offshore of Edgartown, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS data report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2009-1001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: McMullen, K.Y.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Irwin, B.J.
Originator: Schaer, J.D.
Originator: Forrest, M.R.
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
Sea-floor geology and character of eastern Rhode Island Sound west of Gay Head, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS data report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2011-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1004/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
Completeness_Report:
All collected data with the study area were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Navigation of the underlying data on which the interpretation is based was by differential GPS. Interpretation good to 1:10,000.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20110613
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition, however, calendar date is for the bottom samples and photography. Multibeam bathymetry used in the interpretation were collected during 2009.
Source_Contribution:
The original acoustic data acquired during NOAA survey H12007 aboard the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson and the portion of the sediment samples and bottom photography collected during USGS survey 2011-006-FA that fall within the study area.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The geographic GeoTIFF image of the multibeam bathymetry data from survey H12007 and the point data layer from grain-size analyses and textural descriptions of sediments collected from USGS cruise 2011-006-FA to the survey area were imported into the ArcView 3.3 GIS project view. Sedimentary environments were interpreted based on geomorphology and relief in the bathymetry, and on the bottom photography and textural data. The individually interpreted environments (Erosion or Nondeposition and Coarse Bedload Transport) were outlined using the available graphic tools then converted to an ESRI shapefile using ArcView 3.3. Polygons were traced at a scale of 1:4,000 to 1:5,000, but union and subtraction edits were conducted at 1:5,000 to 1:8,500 scales. Therefore, use of this interpretation datalayer is not recommended at scales of less than 1:10,000.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h12007_1mmb_geo.tif
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 2011_006_crseddata.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 2011_006_crbotphotos.shp
Process_Date: 2011
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h12007_sedenv.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
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 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
ArcGIS 9.2 was used to define the projection of the ESRI shapefile as geographic WGS84 and to create the .prj file using the ArcToolbox Define Projection tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h12007_sedenv.shp
Process_Date: 2011
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h12007_sedenv.prj
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
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 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
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Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
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Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
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Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
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High-energy environment within which sea-floor sediments are either removed or do not accumulate
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Environment within which sea-floor sand and pea gravel sized sediments are transported
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Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Shapefile containing interpretations of sedimentary environments on the seafloor in the vicinity of Cross Rip Channel in Nantucket Sound, offshore southeastern Massachusetts. Shapefile shows distribution of environments characterized by erosion or nondeposition and coarse bedload transport.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
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 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Distribution_Liability:
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nor the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) 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, NOAA, or the CT DEP 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.
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Online_Option:
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Recording_Format: UDF
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The user must be capable of uncompressing WinZip files. Also, 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 data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
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City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
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