Core descriptions and sand bed thickness data from Kahana Valley, O'ahu, Hawai'i

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: SeanPaul M. La Selle
Originator: Bruce M. Richmond
Originator: Frances R. Griswold
Originator: Brent D. Lunghino
Originator: Bruce E. Jaffe
Originator: Haunani H. Kane
Originator: Piero Bellanova
Originator: Maria E.M. Arcos
Originator: Alan R. Nelson
Originator: Catherine Chague
Originator: James M. Bishop
Originator: Guy R. Gelfenbaum
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:

Core descriptions and sand bed thickness data from Kahana Valley, O'ahu, Hawai'i

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Portable Document Format (PDF), comma-delimited text, shapefile
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9X4STJM

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9X4STJM
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5b9309b3e4b0702d0e80a3ca

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Core logs, scans, photographs, grain-size, and radiocarbon data from coastal wetlands on the Hawaiian islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Hawai'i

Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9X4STJM

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9X4STJM

Description:

Abstract:

This portion of the data release contains information on cores that were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Kahana Valley, O'ahu, Hawaii in 2015 and 2017. Sites were cored in order to describe wetland stratigraphy and to identify potential tsunami deposits. These cores contain mud, peat, fluvial sands, and marine carbonate sands, reflecting deposition in a variety of coastal environments. PDF files describe twenty-four (24) gouge and ‘Russian’ cores (hand held, side-filling peat augers) that were collected and described in the field. Cores collected in 2017 were described using the Troels-Smith sediment classification scheme (Troels-Smith, 1955; Nelson, 2015). Another pdf file (Kahana_cores_legend.pdf) contains a core-log legend. A comma-delimited text file (Kahana_sand_thickness.csv) includes tabulated information on the depth and thickness of sand bed K1. In addition, a shapefile (kahana_cores_locations.shp) provides sample locations of the vibracores.

Purpose:

This dataset was collected in order to identify evidence of tsunami inundation in Kahana Valley, O'ahu.

Supplemental_Information:

Information about the data collection field activities can be found at:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-639-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-609-FA
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20150512
Ending_Date: 20170223

Currentness_Reference: ground condition at the time the samples were collected

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.88004
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.87271
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.552958
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.549959

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:5b9309b3e4b0702d0e80a3ca

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: core analysis

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: tsunamis
Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Nonliving resources
Theme_Keyword: Physical/Chemical Features
Theme_Keyword: Substrate
Theme_Keyword: Physical Habitats and Geomorphology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Kahana Valley
Place_Keyword: O'ahu
Place_Keyword: Hawaiian Islands
Place_Keyword: State of Hawai'i

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:

USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the originator of the dataset and in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J. Troels-Smith
Publication_Date: 1955
Title: Karakterisering af lo se jordarter
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Book
Issue_Identification: Danmarks Geologiske Underso gelse Series IV. 3(10), 73 pp.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Publisher: Geological Survey of Denmark

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: A. Nelson
Publication_Date: 2015
Title: Chapter 4: Coastal Sediments
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Book
Issue_Identification: Handbook of Sea-level Research

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: West Sussex, UK
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118452547.ch4

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted
Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The locations of samples were determined using a Garmin eTrex 30x handheld global satellite navigation system (GNSS) receiver capable of receiving wide area augmentation system (WAAS) signals. The manufacturer reported accuracy for horizontal positions is 3-5 m while receiving WAAS signals.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Cores were collected between May 12, 2015 and February 23, 2017 and described in the field. A handheld global satellite navigation system (GNSS) receiver was used to determine the locations of cores.

Process_Date: 2017

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Data were collected in Kahana Valley, O'ahu, HI
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 24

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Kahana_cores_legend.pdf
Entity_Type_Definition:

pdf file of symbols and abbreviations used in the Kahana core log descriptions

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Symbols and abbreviations used in Kahana core logs
Attribute_Definition: legend for core logs
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

legend of symbols and abbreviations used in the core log descriptions

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: pdf files of Kahana core log descriptions
Entity_Type_Definition: Description of header information in each core log pdf file.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FAN
Attribute_Definition: USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Field Activity Number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2015-639-FA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

USGS CMG Field Activity Number 2015-639-FA. Detailed information about the field activity may be found at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-639-FA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2015-609-FA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

USGS CMG Field Activity Number 2017-609-FA. Detailed information about the field activity may be found at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-609-FA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Core ID
Attribute_Definition: Core identifier
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique identifier for the core given in the field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition: Date of sample collection in mm/dd/yyyy format
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 05/12/2015
Range_Domain_Maximum: 02/23/2017
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Dates in mm/dd/yyyy format

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of core in decimal degrees
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 21.54996
Range_Domain_Maximum: 21.55296
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of sample in decimal degrees
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -157.88004
Range_Domain_Maximum: -157.87271
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Kahana_sand_thickness.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

Comma-delimited text file with depths and thicknesses of sand layers observed in cores in Kahana Valley, Oahu, HI.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Site_id
Attribute_Definition:

Name of site in LocalityYear-CoreID format, where LocalityYear is the first three letters of the field locality (KAH = Kahana) followed by the 2-digit year (15=2015; 17=2017), and CoreID is the unique name given to a core.

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique identifier for the site given in the field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of sample in decimal degrees, north
Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 21.54996
Range_Domain_Maximum: 21.55296
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of sample in decimal degrees, east
Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -157.88004
Range_Domain_Maximum: -157.87271
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sample_type
Attribute_Definition:

Type of coring device used to collect sediment and determine sand bed thicknesses.

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: gouge core
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Side-filling hand-operated peat-coring auger. Either 3 cm or 6 cm-diameter and 100 cm-long.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Russian core
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Side-filling hand operated peat-coring auger with a flap that traps sediment. 6 cm-diameter and 50 cm-long.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SandK1_min_Depth_cm
Attribute_Definition:

The minimum depth in centimeters of Sand K1 in the core (measured from the ground surface). NaN=sand bed was not observed in core

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 83
Range_Domain_Maximum: 152
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SandK1_max_Depth_cm
Attribute_Definition:

The maximum depth in centimeters of Sand K1 in the core (measured from the ground surface). NaN=sand bed was not observed in core

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 87.5
Range_Domain_Maximum: 155
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SandK1_thickness_cm
Attribute_Definition:

The thickness of Sand K1 in the core. NaN=sand bed was not observed in core

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 14
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: kahana_cores_locations.shp
Entity_Type_Definition: point shapefile of Kahana core sample locations
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Core_ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for the core given in the field
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique identifier for the core given in the field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of core in decimal degrees
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 21.54996
Range_Domain_Maximum: 21.55296
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of sample in decimal degrees
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -157.88004
Range_Domain_Maximum: -157.87271
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

PDF files of core log descriptions and a legend, as well as a csv file of sediment thickness, and a shapefile containing core locations are downloadable in a single zip file that includes CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata.

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Portable Document Format, comma-delimited text, shapefile
Format_Version_Number: Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.16)
Format_Information_Content:

zip file contains the pdf files, comma-delimited text file, shapefile, and associated metadata

File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip
Transfer_Size: 11.6

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5a6fbc11e4b06e28e9cad6f6

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9X4STJM

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped data file. The second link points to a landing page for the entire data release.

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

The zip file contains data 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 the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from Esri at www.esri.com. Other data are available in Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe Acrobat and similar programs can be used to view files.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201019
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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