Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Alisha M. Ellis Originator: Marci E. Marot Originator: Cathryn J. Wheaton Originator: Julie C. Bernier Originator: Christopher G. Smith Publication_Date: 20151205 Title: Sediment Sample Locations Collected in March/April 2014 and October 2014 from Chincoteague Bay, Virginia and Maryland (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Numbers 14CTB01, and 14CTB22) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Tabular digital data Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1219/data/CTB-Tables/14CTB_Spring-and-Fall_Site-Information.xlsx.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Alisha M. Ellis Originator: Marci E. Marot Originator: Cathryn J. Wheaton Originator: Julie C. Bernier Originator: Christopher G. Smith Publication_Date: 20151205 Title: A seasonal comparison of surface sediment characteristics in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, USA Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Multimedia presentation Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2015-1219 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219 Description: Abstract: Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted a seasonal collection of surficial sediments from Chincoteague Bay and Tom's Cove, located between Assateague Island and the Delmarva Peninsula in March/April 2014 (2014-301-FA) and October 2014 (2014-322-FA). The sampling efforts were part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey study to assess the effects of storm events on sediment distribution. The objective of this study was to characterize the sediments of Chincoteague Bay in order to create baseline conditions to incorporate with hydrodynamic and sediment transport models in order to evaluate pre- and post-storm (Hurricane Sandy) change. This report serves as an archive for sedimentological data derived from the surface sediment. Data are available for a seasonal comparison between March/April 2014 and October 2014. Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets (sediment samples) and as JPEG files (maps). Additional files include: detailed results of sediment grain size analyses, and formal Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata (data downloads). Purpose: The file 14CTB_Spring and Fall_Site Information.xlsx.zip includes all site information and water quality parameters collected from each lagoonal surface sediments sample site collected in Chincoteague Bay in Spring March 26 – April 4, 2014 (14CTB01) and fall October 21 – 30, 2014 (14CTB02) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. Supplemental_Information: None Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20140326 Ending_Date: 20141030 Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.46667 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.11111 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.26667 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.82222 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:3516c57a-c41e-402a-a55b-c15f0de2fc81 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: lagoon Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: surface Theme_Keyword: sampling date Theme_Keyword: latitude Theme_Keyword: longitude Theme_Keyword: water depth Theme_Keyword: temperature Theme_Keyword: barometric pressure Theme_Keyword: dissolved oxygen Theme_Keyword: specific conductance Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: pH Theme_Keyword: oxidation-reduction potential Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Virginia Place_Keyword: Chincoteague Bay Place_Keyword: Tom's Cove Place_Keyword: Assateague Island Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: sediment Stratum_Keyword: surface Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: March 2014 Temporal_Keyword: April 2014 Temporal_Keyword: October 2014 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: Alisha M. Ellis 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) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@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: Apple OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5; Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 Version 14.5.5 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 handheld Garmin GSPmap 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, which is accurate to within 3 meters,used to locate the sample sites during time of collection. Logical_Consistency_Report: Sample locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Garmin 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Completeness_Report: This dataset includes 99 [Ponar] surface grab samples collected in Chincoteague Bay and Tom's Cove in March, April and October of 2014. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Sample locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Garmin GPSmap 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Surface elevations of the sediment samples were interpolated from USGS lidar data collected in February 2012. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Water quality parameters including salinity, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO), specific conductance, and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), were collected at each site using a YSI Professional Plus multi-sensor meter at a depth of 1 m below the water surface. Water depth was also recorded at all sample locations at the time of collection by either a Garmin depth sounder or direct measurement. Site coordinates were recorded on a Garmin GSPmap 76S handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Process_Date: 2014 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis 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) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@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 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: 14CTB_Spring and Fall_Site Information.xlsx.zip Entity_Type_Definition: Microsoft Excel workbook defining the location and water quality parameters at each sediment sample site collected from March/April 2014 and October 2014 from Chincoteague Bay, Virginia and Maryland (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 14CTB01 and 14CTB22). Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sample ID Attribute_Definition: Sample identification number Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string. Sample IDs listed within the table used the naming convention ##CTB-^^G. Where “##” is the two digit representation of the data collection year (14 for 2014), “^^” is the site location number, and “G” are lagoonal PONAR grab sites). Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sampling Date Attribute_Definition: Date sample was collected Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 04/01/2014 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10/30/2014 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mm/dd/yyyy Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 day 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: 37.87006 Range_Domain_Maximum: 38.24602 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: -75.18492 Range_Domain_Maximum: -75.41255 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Water Depth (m) Attribute_Definition: Water depth of sample location in meters Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.4 Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.3 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Temperature (°C) Attribute_Definition: Water temperature in degrees Celsius at each sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 8.4 Range_Domain_Maximum: 18.3 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees Celsius Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Barometric Pressure (mmHg) Attribute_Definition: Barometric pressure at each sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 758.6 Range_Domain_Maximum: 767.7 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: millimeters of mercury Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Dissolved Oxygen (%) Attribute_Definition: Percent dissolved oxygen at each sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 172.3 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) Attribute_Definition: Dissolved oxygen at each sample site expressed in milligrams per liter Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 14.0 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: milligrams per liter Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Specific Conductance (mS/cm) Attribute_Definition: Specific conductance in millisiemens per centimeter at each sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 31.96 Range_Domain_Maximum: 49.63 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: millisiemens per centimeter Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Salinity Attribute_Definition: Salinity at each sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 19.07 Range_Domain_Maximum: 32.48 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: pH Attribute_Definition: pH at each sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 6.36 Range_Domain_Maximum: 8.70 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: hydrogen ion concentration Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: pH (mV) Attribute_Definition: pH at each sample location in millivolts Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -92.7 Range_Domain_Maximum: -71.3 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ORP (mV) Attribute_Definition: Oxidation-reduction potential at each sample location in millivolts Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 44.3 Range_Domain_Maximum: 151.6 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: millivolts Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis 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) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable data Distribution_Liability: 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. Any use of trade, firm, or product name is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Microsoft Excel Format_Version_Number: 2011 Format_Specification: Tabular data Format_Information_Content: This Microsoft Excel workbook contains site information for sediment samples collected from March/April 2014 and October 2014 (USGS Field Activity Numbers 14CTB01 and 14CTB02). File_Decompression_Technique: None Transfer_Size: 0.069 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1219/data/CTB-Tables/14CTB_Spring-and-Fall_Site-Information.xlsx.zip Fees: None, if obtained online Technical_Prerequisites: This workbook was created using Microsoft Excel 2011 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: 20201013 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis 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) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC 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