U.S. Geological Survey, 2014, PRcore_locations: Locations and information for 38 cores (27 from U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2008-008-FA and 11 cores from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) from offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (geographic, WGS 84): Open-File Report 2014-1277, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
Hoy, Shannon K. , Chaytor, Jason D. , and Uri S. ten Brink, 2014, Core Data From Offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Open-File Report 2014-1227, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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J. Chaytor | Jason D. Chaytor from USGS |
LDEO | Archive cores from LDEO published through NGDC |
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(508) 548-8700 x2351 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
jchaytor@usgs.gov
This data set contains spatial information for 27 core sites (full core, grab sample, or both) collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2008 and 11 archive cores (LDEO) within the area surrounding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These data are available in shapefile, comma separated (CSV), and Microsoft Excel (XLS) formats.
NGDC, Unknown, Robert Conrad Cruise 08- Preliminary Megascopic Descriptions of Split Cores.Online Links:
NGDC, Unknown, Robert Conrad Cruise 09- Preliminary Megascopic Descriptions of Split Cores.Online Links:
NGDC, Unknown, Vema Cruise 20 - Preliminary Megascopic Descriptions of Split Cores.Online Links:
NGDC, Unknown, Vema Cruise 22 - Preliminary Megascopic Descriptions of Split Cores.Online Links:
NGDC, Unknown, Vema Cruise 24 - Preliminary Megascopic Descriptions of Split Cores.Online Links:
Andrews, B.D., ten Brink, U.S., Danforth, W.W., Chaytor, J.D., Granja Burna, J.L., Llanes Estrada, P., and Carbo-Gorosabel, A., in prep, Bathymetric Terrain Model of Puerto Rico Trench and the Northeast Caribbean Region: Marine Geological Investigations: Open File Report, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Hoy, Shannon K. , Chaytor, Jason D. , and Uri S. ten Brink, 2014, Core data from offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Open File Report 2014-1227, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.Online Links:
Person who carried out this activity:
(508) 548-8700 x2351 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
jchaytor@usgs.gov
Data sources used in this process:
Person who carried out this activity:
(508) 548-8700 x2297 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
shoy@usgs.gov
Person who carried out this activity:
(508) 548-8700 x2297 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
shoy@usgs.gov
All attributes were checked to ensure that the data translation from spreadsheet to shapefile and back was correct.
The 2008 latitude and longitude were taken from the R/V Seward Johnson's DGPS system which gives about 20 centimeter accuracy. The location of the archive cores were provided through the NGDC log report. Since these cores were collected in the 1960's we assume they used a LORAN navigation system. The LORAN system has less accuracy than the DGPS. Because of the variety of horizontal datums of the originally collected data, the horizontal datum will be defined as WGS 84 to agree with the most recent and largest concentration of the data.
The R/V Seward Johnson was not equipped with a multibeam echosounder during the 2008 cruise. The depths were taken from a 50 m resolution grid bathymetric map with a Instantaneous Sea Level datum (Andrews and others, PR Bathymetry OFR (in prep)). Where cores fell outside the bathymetry map, the depth was taken from the 3.5 kHz echosounder (local surface). The depths for the archive cores were provided through their original report. We cannot be sure of what system was used to get depths, however we compared the reported depth with the same bathymetric grid and the greatest difference in depth was 660 meters for the RC08-118 core. The rest of the archive cores had no more than a 100 meter difference. Because of the variety and uncertainty of the depth information, the vertical datum will be defined as Instantaneous Sea Level, as defined in (Andrews and others, in prep).
This report contains all the samples collected during 2008. There are missing core numbers because each site was given a number regardless if it was a failure or a success. The 27 successful sites from the R/V Seward Johnson 2008 cruise were: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, and 40. There are eleven archive cores from LDEO that had radiocarbon age dates in the area of investigation. These were: RC08-115, RC08-116, RC08-118, RC09-38, RC09-39, RC09-40, RC09-42, RC09-43, VM20-002, VM22-18, and VM24-261.
Any spurious data points were removed during creation of the spreadsheet file. The data are related to whole-core or grab sample determinations.
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- Access_Constraints: None
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- The Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.
(508) 548-8700 x2351 (voice)
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jchaytor@usgs.gov
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Data format: | The WinZip 18 file contains a shapefile, a Microsoft excel file, and a CSV file of core locations around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the associated metadata. in format shapefile (version ArcGIS 9.3.1) Esri Point Shapefile Size: 0.03 |
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Network links: |
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/1-CoreLocations/PRcore_locations.zip> |
Data format: | The WinZip file contains a shapefile, a Microsoft excel file, and a CSV file of core locations around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the associated metadata. in format XLS (version Microsoft Excel 2010) Excel Spreadsheet Size: 0.03 |
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Network links: |
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/1-CoreLocations/PRcore_locations.zip> |
Data format: | The WinZip file contains a shapefile, a Microsoft excel file, and a CSV file of core locations around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the associated metadata. in format CSV (version Microsoft Excel 2010) comma separated value Size: 0.03 |
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Network links: |
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/1-CoreLocations/PRcore_locations.zip> |
Must be able to unzip a WinZip 18 compressed file and view a shapefile, CSV or XLS.
(508) 548-8700 x2297 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
shoy@usgs.gov