U.S. Geological Survey
2016
Polygon boundary describing the source surveys used to build the Bathymetric Terrain Model of the U.S. Atlantic Margin of 100-meter resolution compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (Esri Shapefile, Geographic WGS 84 Coordinate System)
2
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2012-1266
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/GIS/shapefile/AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/data_catalog.html
Brian D. Andrews
Jason D. Chaytor
Uri S. ten Brink
Daniel S. Brothers
James V. Gardner
Elizabeth A. Lobecker
Brian R. Calder
2016
Bathymetric Terrain Model of the Atlantic Margin for Marine Geological Investigations
2
Open-File Report
2012-1266
Reston, Virginia
U.S. Geological Survey
http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121266
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/
Bathymetric Terrain Models (BTMs) of seafloor morphology are an important component of marine geological investigations. Advances in acquisition and processing technologies of bathymetry data have facilitated the creation of high-resolution bathymetric surfaces that approach the resolution of those available for onshore investigations. These BTMs provide a detailed representation of the Earth's subaqueous surface and when combined with other geophysical and geologic datasets, allow for interpretation of modern and ancient geologic processes.
The purpose of this polygon shapefile is to delineate the extent of each survey that contributed to the final BTM.
19900310
20150828
ground condition
This polygon may be updated along with the BTM as newer, high resolution, bathymetry is publicly available from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
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-60.10277
41.477867
28.11144
None
U.S. Geological Survey
University of New Hampshire
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
multibeam
bathymetry
shapefile
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
boundaries
National Geospatial GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
Atlantic Ocean
Georges Canyon
Corsair Canyon
Nygren Canyon
Munson Canyon
Powell Canyon
Lydonia Canyon
Gilbert Canyon
Oceanographer Canyon
Welker Canyon
Dogbody Canyon
Hydrographer Canyon
Veatch Canyon
Nantucket Canyon
Atlantis Canyon
Alvin Canyon
Block Canyon
Ryan Canyon
Uchupi Canyon
Emery Canyon
Jones Canyon
McMaster Canyon
Babylon Canyon
Hudson Canyon
Toms Canyon
Carteret Canyon
Lindenkohl Canyon
Spencer Canyon
Wilmington Canyon
Wilmington Valley
Knauss Seamount
Baltimore Canyon
Accomac Canyon
Phoenix Canyon
Washington Canyon
Hull Canyon
Norfolk Canyon
Keller Canyon
Hatteras Canyon
Hatteras Ridge
Pamlico Canyon
Carrituck Landslide
Blake Canyon
Blake Spur
Blake Escarpment
Blake Ridge
Bear Seamount
Physalia Seamount
Retriever Seamount
Picket Seamount
Balanus Seamount
Kiwi Seamount
Kelvin Seamount
Atlantis II Seamounts
Sheldrake Seamount
Gosnold Seamount
Gregg Seamount
San Pablo Seamount
Manning Seamount
New England Seamounts
Asterias Seamount
Panulirus Seamount
Buell Seamount
Mytilus Seamount
Caryn Seamount
Hudson Fan
None
Atlantic Margin
Munson-Nygren Landslide
Retriever Landslide
Cape Fear Landslide
Cape Lookout Landslide
Currituck Landslide
None
Seafloor
Sea floor
None
1990
1992
1999
2004
2005
2008
2009
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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.
None
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/GIS/shapefile/AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.jpg
Thumbnail image of bathymetric source polygon the Atlantic Margin.
JPEG
U.S. Geological Survey
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095
U.S. Geological Survey
2016
ambath100
2.0
raster digital data
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/GIS/raster/AMBath100m_V2.zip
Brian D. Andrews
Jason D. Chaytor
Uri S. ten Brink
Daniel S. Brothers
James V. Gardner
Elizabeth A. Lobecker
Brian R. Calder
2016
Bathymetric Terrain Model of the Atlantic Margin for Marine Geological Investigations
2.0
Open-File Report
2012-1266
Reston, Virginia
U.S. Geological Survey
http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121266
http:/pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/
Polygon boundaries are generated from 100 meter resolution bathymetric surface in CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.0-4.1.14) prior to interpolation to fill small holes in the base surface. Therefore, this shapefile may have holes or "no data" values within the boundaries of the shapefile that represent these "no data" values in the source surface. These holes were subsequently filled in the grid using interpolation in CARIS or filtering in ArcMap (v.10.3.1).
The individual polygons only delineate the extent of bathymetric data used to compile the bathymetric terrain model and may not include all the data collected during the individual survey.
Step 1: The extents of each surface (contributor) are used as input during the combine process in CARIS Base Editor and is transferred to a new feature layer and eventually exported as an Esri shapefile. Within CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.0- 4.1.14, Software was updated as new versions were available over the course of this project) select the "Create" a "new feature layer" from the main menu and use the spatial extent of the combined surface and name the new feature layer.The general naming convention for the output shapefile is output name= "VesselName+Cont" (example= OECont for OkeanosExplorer and Cont for Contributor). Select the new feature layer and then export to a shapefile using the "export selection to shp" from the File menu. Attributes carried over during this process include the "Inform" field which is the location and name of the input .csar file
RBPFKN_Cont (CARIS contributor layer)
20151028
RBPHKN_ConV2_cvrage.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Step 2: Convert CARIS Contributor Layer to polygon Shapefile. Within CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.1.14) select the "Create" a "new feature layer" from the main menu and use the spatial extent of the combined surface and name the new feature layer. The extents of each surface used as input during the combine process is transferred to new feature layer. Select the new feature layer and then export to a shapefile using the "export selection to shp" from the File menu. Attributes carried over during this process include the "Inform" field which is the location and name of the input .csar file.
HenPF_100mV2_cont. (contributor Layer)
20151028
HenPF_100mV2.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Step 3: Convert CARIS Contributor Layer to polygon Shapefile. Within CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.1.14) select the "Create" a "new feature layer" from the main menu and use the spatial extent of the combined surface and name the new feature layer. The extents of each surface used as input during the combine process are transferred to a new feature layer. Select the new feature layer and then export to a shapefile using the "export selection to shp" from the File menu. Attributes carried over during this process include the "Inform" field which is the location and name of the input .csar file Part 2: Make new Esri File Geodatabase (ver 9.3) to manage the contributor layers. Import the shapefiles from Part 1 above into the geodatabase using the context menu in ArcCatalog (ver 9.3). Input shapefile="VesselName"ContPgon.shp. Output feature class = "VesselName"ContPgon
OkeanosCombV2CDIG (contributor layer)
20151028
OkeanosCombV2CDIG.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Step 4: Convert CARIS Contributor Layer to polygon shapefile. Within CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.1.14) select the "Create" a "new feature layer" from the main menu and use the spatial extent of the combined surface and name the new feature layer. The extents of each surface used as input during the combine process are transferred to new feature layer. Select the new feature layer and then export to a shapefile using the "export selection to shp" from the File menu. Attributes carried over during this process include the "Inform" field which is the location and name of the input .csar file.
OECombFH100mV2 (contributor Layer)
20151028
OECombFH100mV2.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Step 5: Convert CARIS Contributor Layer to polygon Shapefile. Within CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.1.14) select the "Create" a "new feature layer" from the main menu and use the spatial extent of the combined surface and name the new feature layer. The extents of each surface used as input during the combine process are transferred to new feature layer. Select the new feature layer and then export to a shapefile using the "export selection to shp" from the File menu. Attributes carried over during this process include the "Inform" field which is the location and name of the input .csar file.
RBPFKN_HenPFCombMGL (contributor Layer)
20151102
RBPFKN_HenPFCombMGL.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Step 6. Mosaic the individual Contributor feature class layers into one feature class using the "Update" tool in ArcGIS (v. 10.3.1). The update features are used to erase, then replace, the features in the input feature class or feature layer. Three consecutive update steps were performed: Update 1: Input feature: RBPFKN_ContV2.shp Update feature: HenPF_100mV2.shp Output feature: UpdateRBPFKNHen.shp Update 2: Input feature: UpdateRBPFKNHen.shp Update feature: OkeanosCombV2CDIG.shp Output feature: UpdateRBPFKNHenOE.shp Update 3: Input feature: UpdateRBPFKNHenOE.shp Update feature:OECombFH100mV2.shp Output feature:UpdateRBPFKNHenOEFH.shp
RBPFKN_ContV2.shp
UpdateRBPFKNHen.shp
UpdateRBPFKNHenOE.shp
20151102
OECombFH100mV2.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Step 7: Update the AtlanticMarginBathSource.shp published in version 1, with UpdateRBPFKNHenOEFH.shp to produce AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.shp. Finally, project the shapefile from Mercator to Geographic WGS 84 coordinate system using ArcToolbox (v. 10.3.1)
UpdateRBPFKNHenOEFH.shp
AtlanticMarginBathSource.shp
20151210
AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.shp
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
Vector
G-polygon
22
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
Decimal degrees
0.000001
0.000001
AtlanticMarginBathSource
polygon shapefile delineating the source of all input bathymetric grids.
USGS
FID
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
Shape_Leng
Perimeter length of feature in meters (Mercator, WGS84) automatically calculated in the feature class before it was exported as a shapefile.
Esri
36200.11
4920990.45
meters
Shape_Area
Area of feature in square meters (mercator projection) calculated in the feature class before it was exported to a shapefile.
Esri
26070128.63
142207623191.30
meters
CruiseName
The name of the cruise as listed at NCEI/NGDC. CruiseName value of "none" means the data were not archived or distributed by NGDC/NCEI.
NGDC
Character set
NGDC_ID
The Identification number generated by NCEI/NGDC. NGDC_ID value of N/A means that data do not have a NGDC_ID because the data are not archived or distributed by NGCD/NCEI.
NGDC
Character set
Source
The name of the CARIS fieldsheet that was used generate the polygon boundary.
USGS
Character set
vessel
Name of the survey vessel used to collect the data. Vessel name of "None" describes the boundary of the TIN used to fill small gaps between surveys.
NGDC
Character set.
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.zip: contains the Esri polygon shapefile (AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.shp), AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.jpg browse graphic, and the associated FGDC metadata in xml, txt, HTML, and FAQ format.
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shapefile
ArcGIS 10.3.1
Esri polygon shapefile.
This WinZip file contains an Esri polygon shapefile and associated metadata.
WinZip
1.0
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/GIS/shapefile/AtlanticMarginBathSource_V2.zip
Data can be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW)
none
This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) shapefile format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and displaying the shapefile.
20160317
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time