Entry_ID: (required) Entry_Title: Sediment-Texture Units of the Sea Floor for Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (BuzzardsBay_sedcover, polygon shapefile, Geographic, WGS84) Group: Data_Set_Citation Originator(s): David S. Foster Title: Sediment-Texture Units of the Sea Floor for Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (BuzzardsBay_sedcover, polygon shapefile, Geographic, WGS84) Publication: Open-File Report Publication_Date: 2014 Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Edition: 1.0 Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1220/GIS_catalog/SedimentTexture/BuzzardsBay_sedcover.zip End_Group Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Keyword: USGS Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Keyword: CMGP Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Keyword: WHCMSC Keyword: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Keyword: CZM Keyword: Sea floor Keyword: Marine Geology Keyword: Interpretation Keyword: Bathymetry Keyword: Backscatter Keyword: Slope Keyword: Topography Keyword: Esri Shapefile Keyword: Bottom type Keyword: Sediment Cover Keyword: Sediment Texture Keyword: Sediment Distribution Keyword: Bottom Photographs Keyword: Sediment Samples Keyword: Seismic-reflection Profiles Keyword: Sea floor Group: Temporal_Coverage Start_date: 20040101 Stop_date: 20110831 End_Group Data_Set_Progress: Complete Group: Spatial_Coverage Southernmost_Latitude: 41.369362 Northernmost_Latitude: 41.766648 Westernmost_Longitude: -71.122548 Easternmost_Longitude: -70.612718 End_Group Location: Buzzards Bay Location: Atlantic Ocean Location: Westport Location: Dartmouth Location: New Bedford Location: Fairhaven Location: Mattapoisett Location: Marion Location: Wareham Location: Bourne Location: Falmouth Location: Woods Hole Location: Elizabeth Islands Location: Naushon Island Location: Gosnold Location: Cuttyhunk Island Location: Penikese Island Group: Data_Resolution Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 End_Group Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Not to be used for navigation. 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. Additionally, there are limitations associated with qualitative sediment mapping interpretations. Because of the scale of the source geophysical data and the spacing of samples, not all changes in sea floor texture are captured. The data were mapped between 1:5,000 and 1:20,000, but the recommended scale for application of these data is 1:25,000. Not all digitized sea floor features contained sample information, so often the sea floor texture is characterized by the nearest similar feature that contains a sample. Conversely, sometimes a digitized feature contained multiple samples and not all of the samples within the feature were in agreement (of the same texture). In these cases the dominant sediment texture was chosen to represent the primary texture for the polygon. Samples from rocky areas often only consist of bottom photographs, because large particle size often prevents the recovery of a sediment sample. Bottom photo classification can be subjective, such that determining the sediment type that is greater than 50% of the view frame is estimated by the interpreter and may differ among interpreters. Bottom photo transects often reveal changes in the sea floor over distances of less than 100 m and these changes are often not observable in acoustic data. Heterogeneous sea floor texture can change very quickly, and many small-scale changes will not be detectable or mappable at a scale of 1:25,000. The boundaries of polygons are often inferred on the basis of sediment samples, and even boundaries that are traced on the basis of amplitude changes in geophysical data are subject to migration. Polygon boundaries should be considered an approximation of the location of a change in texture. Originating_Center: (required) Group: Data_Center Data_Center_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Dataset_ID: Downloadable Data Group: Data_Center_Contact Last_name: Foster First_name: David Middle_name: S. Email: dfoster@usgs.gov Phone: 508-548-8700 x2271 Group: Address 384 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 USA End_Group End_Group End_Group Storage_Medium: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095 Group: Distribution Distribution_Media: online Distribution_Format : Shapefile Distribution_Size: 2.0 Fees: None End_Group Group: Multimedia_Sample URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1220/GIS_catalog/SedimentTexture/BuzzardsBay_sedcover_browse.png Format: PNG Caption: Image of the sediment texture and distribution shapefile for Buzzards Bay End_Group Group: Reference Citation_Information: Originator: Kelley, J.T. Originator: Barnhardt, W.A. Originator: Belknap, D.F. Originator: Dickson, S.M. Originator: Kelley, A.R. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: The Seafloor Revealed: The Geology of the Northwestern Gulf of Maine Inner Continental Shelf Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Maine Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-6 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Augusta, Maine Publisher: Maine Geological Survey, Natural Resources Information and Mapping Center Online_Linkage: https://www1.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/explore/marine/seafloor/96-6.pdf Citation_Information: Originator: Barnhardt, W.A. Originator: Kelley, J.T. Originator: Dickson, S.M. Originator: Belknap, D.F. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Mapping the Gulf of Maine with Side-scan Sonar: a New Bottom-type Classification for Complex Seafloors Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Journal of Coastal Research Issue_Identification: 14(2) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Royal Palm Beach, FL Publisher: Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc. Citation_Information: Originator: McMullen, K.Y. Originator: Paskevich, V.F. Originator: Poppe, L.J. Publication_Date: 2011 Title: GIS data catalog (version 2.2), in Poppe, L.J., Williams, S.J., and Paskevich, V.F., eds., 2005, USGS East-coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data Edition: 2.2 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Citation_Information: Originator: Ford, K.H. Originator: Voss, S.E Publication_Date: 2010 Title: Seafloor Sediment Composition in Massachusetts Determined Using Point Data Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report Issue_Identification: TR-45 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: New Bedford, MA Publisher: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Online_Linkage: http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dmf/publications/tr-45.pdf End_Group Group: Summary These sea floor sediment cover data were created from geophysical and sample data collected from Buzzards Bay, and are used to characterize the sea floor in the area. Sediment type and distribution maps are important data layers for marine resource managers charged with protecting fish habitat, delineating marine boundaries, and assessing environmental change due to natural or human impacts. Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of Massachusetts. End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://www1.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/explore/marine/seafloor/96-6.pdf Group: Description Originator: Kelley, J.T. Originator: Barnhardt, W.A. Originator: Belknap, D.F. Originator: Dickson, S.M. Originator: Kelley, A.R. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: The Seafloor Revealed: The Geology of the Northwestern Gulf of Maine Inner Continental Shelf Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Maine Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-6 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Augusta, Maine Publisher: Maine Geological Survey, Natural Resources Information and Mapping Center Online_Linkage: https://www1.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/explore/marine/seafloor/96-6.pdf End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Group: Description Originator: McMullen, K.Y. Originator: Paskevich, V.F. Originator: Poppe, L.J. Publication_Date: 2011 Title: GIS data catalog (version 2.2), in Poppe, L.J., Williams, S.J., and Paskevich, V.F., eds., 2005, USGS East-coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data Edition: 2.2 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dmf/publications/tr-45.pdf Group: Description Originator: Ford, K.H. Originator: Voss, S.E Publication_Date: 2010 Title: Seafloor Sediment Composition in Massachusetts Determined Using Point Data Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report Issue_Identification: TR-45 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: New Bedford, MA Publisher: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Online_Linkage: http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dmf/publications/tr-45.pdf End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/ Group: Description 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 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1357 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/ Group: Description Originator: Pendleton, E.A. Originator: Twichell, D.C. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Worley, C.R Originator: Irwin, B.J. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Publication_Date: 2012 Title: High-resolution geophysical data from the sea floor surrounding the Western Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1184 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1091/ Group: Description Originator: Turecek, A.M. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Baldwin, W.E. Originator: Barnhardt, W.A. Publication_Date: 2012 Title: High-resolution geophysical data collected within Red Brook Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in 2009 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2010-1091 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1091/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1002/ Group: Description Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Andrews, B.D. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Baldwin, W.E. Originator: Schwab, W.C. Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-Resolution Geophysical Data from the Inner Continental Shelf: Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1002/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/ Group: Description Originator: Pendleton, E.A. Originator: Andrews, B.D. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Foster, D.S. Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-resolution geophysical data collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey research vessel Rafael to supplement existing datasets from Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2013-1020 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/ Group: Description 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: raster digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open File Report Issue_Identification: 2008-1004 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/ End_Group End_Group Group: Related_URL URL_Type: URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141220 Group: Description Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Pappal, A.L. Originator: Huntley, E.C. Originator: Blackwood, D.S. Originator: Schwab, W.C. Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Geological Sampling Data and Benthic Biota Classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Open file Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1220 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141220 End_Group End_Group Group: DIF_Author Last_name: Foster First_name: David Middle_name: S. Email: dfoster@usgs.gov Phone: 508-548-8700 x2271 Group: Address 384 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 USA End_Group End_Group DIF_Revision_Date: 20160512 Science_Review_Date: