Tabular data: Sediment Sample Locations Collected in July 2013 from the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 13BIM05)

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Noreen A. Buster
Publication_Date: 20131231
Title:

Tabular data: Sediment Sample Locations Collected in July 2013 from the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 13BIM05)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Tabular digital data
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0894/downloads/13BIM05_samplesites.zip
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Noreen A. Buster
Originator: Kyle W. Kelso
Originator: Julie C. Bernier
Originator: James G. Flocks
Originator: Jennifer L. Miselis
Originator: Nancy T. DeWitt
Publication_Date: 20131231
Title:

Sediment Data Collected in 2013 from the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Multimedia presentation
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: 894

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds894

Description:

Abstract:

As part of the Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) project, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) collected sediment samples from the northern Chandeleur Islands in July 2013. The overall objective of this project, which integrates geophysical (bathymetric, seismic, and topographic) and sedimentologic data, is to better understand the depositional and erosional processes that drive the morphologic evolution of barrier islands over annual to interannual timescales (1 to 5 years). Between June 2010 and April 2011, in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the State of Louisiana constructed a sand berm extending more than 14 kilometers (km) along the northern Chandeleur Islands platform. The construction of the berm provided a unique opportunity to investigate how this new sediment source will interact with and affect the morphologic evolution of the barrier-island system. Data collected from this study will be used to describe differences in the physical characteristics and spatial distribution of sediments both along the axis of the berm and also along transects across the berm and onto the adjacent barrier island. Comparison of these data with data from prior sampling efforts will provide information about sediment interactions and movement between the berm and the natural island platform, improving our understanding of short-term morphologic change and processes in this barrier-island system. This data series serves as an archive of sediment data collected in July 2013 from the Chandeleur Islands sand berm and adjacent barrier-island environments. Data products, including descriptive core logs, core photographs and x-radiographs, results of sediment grain-size analyses, sample location maps, and Geographic Information System (GIS) data files with accompanying formal Federal Geographic Data Committee (FDGC) metadata, can be downloaded from https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/894/ds894_data.html.

Purpose:

This zip archive includes the geographic locations, site descriptions, and interpolated elevations in Microsoft Excel format for sediment samples collected in July 2013 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 13BIM05).

Supplemental_Information: None

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20130705
Ending_Date: 20130719

Currentness_Reference: Ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.85065
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.82056
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.01723
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.88687

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:b1edca4c-16fb-41eb-87d5-ca6cdbaea8a0

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: unconsolidated deposits

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Sediment
Theme_Keyword: Grab sample
Theme_Keyword: Push core
Theme_Keyword: Barrier Island Evolution Research project
Theme_Keyword: Barrier Island Mapping
Theme_Keyword: 13BIM05
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Chandeleur Islands

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey requests that it be acknowledged as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Noreen Buster

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nbuster@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Microsoft Excel Version 2010

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The positional accuracy of the sample locations was determined by the accuracy of the raw position data recorded by the GPS antenna during data collection. Differential Geographic Positioning System (DGPS) coordinates were obtained using post-processing software packages (National Geodetic Survey, NGS, On-Line Positioning User Service, OPUS, and Waypoint Product Group GrafNav, version 8.40). For the five sample sites at which DGPS data were not collected, the positional accuracy of the sample locations is determined by the accuracy of the Garmin GPSMAP 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver used to locate the samples at the time of collection.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Sample locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Garmin GPSMAP 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The final sample locations, including elevation, are the post-processed DGPS coordinates.

Completeness_Report:

This dataset includes the locations of 11 surface grab samples and 18 push cores that were collected from the northern Chandeleur Islands in July 2013 (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number, FAN, 13BIM05). As part of a collaborative sampling effort (USGS FAN 13BIM06), an additional 10 push cores were collected from back-barrier marsh and tidal flat sites; sedimentologic and geochemical analysis of those sediments are described in a separate report (U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2014-1079).

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

All static GPS base station sessions were processed through the On-Line Positioning User Service (OPUS) maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Geodetic Survey (NGS). The OPUS base-station solutions were entered into a spreadsheet to compute a final positional coordinate (latitude, longitude, and ellipsoid height). Using the OPUS values and duration of each session, the final position was calculated as a time-weighted average of all GPS sessions. Base-station positional error was calculated as the absolute value of the final position minus the session position value. The maximum horizontal error of the base station coordinates used for post-processing the sample locations was 0.00090 seconds latitude and 0.00027 seconds longitude. All sample locations were post-processed to the final base station coordinates. For the five sample sites at which DGPS data were not collected, sample locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Garmin GPSMAP handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver with a manufacturer's specified accuracy of 3 to 5 meters (95% typical).

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

All static GPS base station sessions were processed through OPUS, and the resulting base-satation solutions were entered into a spreadsheet to compute a final, time-weighted positional coordinate (latitude, longitude, and ellipsoid height). Base-station positional error for each GPS session was calculated as the absolute value of the final position minus the session position value. For this survey, the maximum vertical error for the base station was 0.035 meters. All sample locations were post-processed to the final base station coordinates. For the five sample sites at which DGPS data were not collected, the surface elevations of the sediment samples were interpolated from USGS lidar data collected in July 2013 with a vertical root mean square error (RMSEz) of 0.073 meters.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Sample locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Garmin GPSMAP 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver along with a physical description of each sample site.

Process_Date: 2013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Julie Bernier

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbernier@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A GPS base station was erected at a previously installed USGS benchmark (TMRK) located on the sound side of the Chandeleur Islands within about 8 km of the farthest sample site. A Magellan ProFlex 500 GPS receiver recorded the 12-channel full-carrier-phase positioning signals (L1/L2) from satellites via a Thales choke-ring antenna at the base station. A similar GPS instrument combination (Ashtech Z-Xtreme receiver and Ashtech geodetic antenna) was used for the rover GPS. The base receiver and the rover receiver record their positions concurrently at 1-second recording intervals throughout the survey. A rapid-static survey technique was used, with a static occupation duration of 5 minutes at each sample site.

Process_Date: 2013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Julie Bernier

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbernier@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coordinate values of the GPS base station (TMRK) are the time-weighted average of values obtained from the National Geodetic Survey On-Line Positioning User Service (OPUS). The base station coordinates were imported into GrafNav, version 8.4 (Waypoint Product Group) and the data from the rover GPS were post-processed to the concurrent GPS session data at the base station. The GPS data were acquired and processed in the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84) (G1150) geodetic datum.

Process_Date: 2013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Julie Bernier

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbernier@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Using the NOAA transformation software VDatum, version 3.2 (http://vdatum.noaa.gov/), the sample locations were transformed from the GPS acquisition datum (WGS84) to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 16 reference frame and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) orthometric elevation using the NGS geoid model of 2009 (GEOID09) and imported into Esri ArcGIS version 10.1.

Process_Date: 2013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Julie Bernier

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Surface elevations for sample sites at which DGPS data were not collected were interpolated from a 2.5-meter by 2.5-meter gridded surface of USGS lidar data collected in July 2013 using the Spatial Analyst Extract Values to Points tool in Esri ArcGIS version 10.2.

Process_Date: 2014
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Julie Bernier

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbernier@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Keywords section of metadata optimized by adding theme keyword thesauri and associated keywords.

Process_Date: 20180327
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Arnell S. Forde

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aforde@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.

Process_Date: 20201013
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_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 16
Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 87.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Altitude_Resolution: 0.01
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute values

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: 13BIM05_samplesites.xlsx
Entity_Type_Definition:

Microsoft Excel workbook defining the location of sediment samples collected in July 2013 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 13BIM05)

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLE
Attribute_Definition:

Sample identification number based on Field Activity Number and sample number or site

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE
Attribute_Definition: Physical description of sample location
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 12BIM01 SAMPLE
Attribute_Definition:

Sample identification of samples collected in 2012 that were reoccupied in 2013.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of sample location in decimal degrees (NAD83)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 29.88717
Range_Domain_Maximum: 30.01684
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of sample location in decimal degrees (NAD83)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -88.85065
Range_Domain_Maximum: -88.82153
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EASTING
Attribute_Definition:

X-coordinate (easting) of sample location in meters (NAD83, UTM Zone 16N)

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 321523.391
Range_Domain_Maximum: 324198.285
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NORTHING (m)
Attribute_Definition:

Y-coordinate (northing) of sample location in meters (NAD83, UTM Zone 16N)

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3307684.114
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3322094.140
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ELEVATION (m)
Attribute_Definition: Elevation of sample location in meters (NAVD88, GEOID09)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

No Data - Sample location was collected outside of the lidar elevation dataset extent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.25
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.11
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Noreen Buster

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nbuster@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: 13BIM05_samplesites.xlsx
Distribution_Liability:

This publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, 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 imply any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Microsoft Excel
Format_Version_Number: 2010
Format_Specification: Tabular data
Format_Information_Content:

This zip archive contains a Microsoft Excel workbook with sample information for sediment samples collected in July 2013 (USGS Field Activity Number 13BIM05) and associated metadata.

File_Decompression_Technique: Unzip
Transfer_Size: 0.033

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0894/downloads/13BIM05_samplesites.zip

Fees: None, if obtained online

Technical_Prerequisites:

This workbook was created using Microsoft Excel 2010 and can be opened using Microsoft Excel 2007 or higher; these data may also be viewed using the free Microsoft Excel Viewer (http://www.microsoft.com/).

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20231102
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Noreen Buster

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nbuster@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey requests that it be acknowledged as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None

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