Julie C. Bernier
2016
Vibracore locations collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
Tabular digital data, vector digital data
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0985/downloads/BB-SPCMSC_coresites.zip
Julie C. Bernier
Chelsea A. Stalk
Kyle W. Kelso
Jennifer L. Miselis
Rob Tunstead
2016
Sediment data collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
Multimedia presentation
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
985
St. Petersburg, FL
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds985
In response to the 2010 Governor’s Action Plan to clean up the Barnegat Bay–Little Egg Harbor (BBLEH) estuary in New Jersey, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) partnered with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in 2011 to begin a multidisciplinary research project to understand the physical controls on water quality in the bay. Between 2011 and 2013, USGS scientists mapped the geological and morphological characteristics of the seafloor of the BBLEH estuary using a suite of geophysical tools. However, this mapping effort included only surficial characterization of bay sediments; to verify the sub-surface geophysical data, sediment cores were required.
Data Series 985 associated with this metadata record serves as an archive of sedimentologic data from 18 vibracores collected from Barnegat Bay between May and August of 2014 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on behalf of the USGS. The vibracores were collected in conjunction with an ongoing NRCS subaqueous soil survey for the BBLEH estuary. The data presented in this report, including descriptive core logs, core photographs, processed grain-size data, and Geographic Information System (GIS) data files with accompanying formal Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata, can be viewed or downloaded from https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0985/ds985_data/.
This zip archive includes the geographic locations, site descriptions, interpolated elevations, and core lengths in Microsoft Excel, Esri shapefile, and Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format for vibracores collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.
The locations of vibracore sites were chosen based on analysis of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles collected by the USGS throughout the bay (Andrews and others, 2015). A total of 18 marine vibracores were collected from Barnegat Bay in water depths greater than 1.5 m between May and August of 2014 from the NRCS Research Vessel (R/V) Doerner. A vessel-mounted tripod system was used to position, deploy, and recover the vibracores. At 2 additional target sites, coring efforts failed to recover sediment. A 5 1/2-horsepower Briggs and Stratton motor attached to a concrete vibrator head with a 3-meter shaft was used to vibrate 7.62-centimeter (cm) diameter aluminum core barrels into the estuarine seafloor to refusal. After recovery, cores were capped, sealed, and labeled. Measurements of compaction were recorded for each core based on a comparison of the external riser height and the depth of the sediment-water interface inside the barrel. Date, time, site location (latitude and longitude), water depth, tidal period, total extracted core length, and estimated compaction were recorded for each core. All vibracores were stored in a refrigerator at the NRCS Plant Materials Center (PMC) in Cape May, N.J., until they were transported from the NRCS PMC to the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) in early September for description and textural analysis.
20140513
20140819
Ground condition
None planned
-74.176810
-74.073801
40.016900
39.759430
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:c7d15174-c2e6-45ba-bb0b-7adc52dba9f1
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
location
oceans
USGS Thesaurus
geology
marine geology
geomorphology
unconsolidated deposits
coastal processes
None
Sediment
Vibracore
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Geographic Names Information System
New Jersey
Barnegat Bay
None
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.
U.S. Geological Survey
Julie Bernier
Geologist
Mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-502-8000
jbernier@usgs.gov
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Microsoft Excel Version 2010; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552
Brian D. Andrews
Jennifer L. Miselis
William W. Danforth
Barry J. Irwin
Charles R. Worley
Emile M. Bergeron
Dann S. Blackwood
2015
Marine geophysical data collected in a shallow back-barrier estuary, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
937
Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds937
The positional accuracy of the core locations is determined by the accuracy of the Hemisphere Crescent XF100 Series Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver used to locate the samples at the time of collection.
Core locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Hemisphere Crescent XF100 Series GPS receiver.
This dataset includes the locations of 18 vibracores collected in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey from May to August, 2014. At two additional target sites, coring efforts failed to recover sediment.
Core locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Hemisphere Crescent XF100 Series GPS receiver.
2.5
Meters, manufacturer's specified accuracy (95% confidence)
Surface elevations of the core sites were interpolated from a 10-meter cell size USGS terrain model encompassing the Barnegat Bay study area (Andrews and others, 2015).
Core locations were recorded at the time of collection using a Hemisphere Crescent XF100 Series Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver.
2014
U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service
Rob Tunstead
Mailing and physical
August Professional Center
858 S. White Horse Pike, Suite 3
Hammonton
NJ
08037
USA
609-561-3223
rob.tunstead@nj.usda.gov
Sample locations were imported into Esri ArcGIS version 10.2 and surface elevations of the core sites were interpolated from a 10-meter cell size USGS terrain model encompassing the Barnegat Bay study area (Andrews and others, 2015) using the Spatial Analyst Extract Values to Points tool.
2014
U.S. Geological Survey
Julie Bernier
Geologist
Mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-502-8000
jbernier@usgs.gov
Keywords section of metadata optimized by adding theme keyword thesauri and associated keywords.
20180327
U.S. Geological Survey
Arnell S. Forde
Geologist
Mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
(727) 502-8000
aforde@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20201013
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Vector
Point
18
0.00001
0.00001
Decimal degrees
GCS_WGS_1984
WGS 1984
6378137.0
298.257223563
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
0.001
Meters
Attribute values
BB-SPCMSC_core-sites_FINAL.xlsx
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet defining the location of sediment vibracores collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
USGS
BB-SPCMSC_core-sites_FINAL.shp
Esri shapefile defining the location of sediment vibracores collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
USGS
BB-SPCMSC_core-sites_FINAL.kml
Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file defining the location of sediment vibracores collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
USGS
FID
Internal feature number
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated
Shape
Feature geometry
Esri
Coordinates defining the features
CORE_ID
Core identification number
USGS
Character string
LOCATION
Description of the core location
USGS
Character string
LAT_WGS84
Latitude of the core location in decimal degrees (WGS84)
USGS
39.75943
40.01690
Decimal degrees
0.00001
LON_WGS84
Longitude of the core location in decimal degrees (WGS84)
USGS
-74.17681
-74.07380
Decimal degrees
0.00001
NAVD88_m
Elevation of the sample location in meters (NAVD88, GEOID09)
USGS
-3.46
-1.68
Meters
0.01
LENGTH_m
Measured core length in centimeters
USGS
91
267.5
Centimeters
0.1
U.S. Geological Survey
Julie Bernier
Geologist
Mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-502-8000
jbernier@usgs.gov
Downloadable data
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.
Compressed (zip) file
2016
Vector digital data, tabular digital data
This zip archive includes the geographic locations, site descriptions, interpolated elevations, core lengths, and the associated metadata in Microsoft Excel, Esri shapefile, and Kehyhole Markup Language (KML) format for vibracores collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.
Unzip
0.017
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0985/downloads/BB-SPCMSC_coresites.zip
None, if obtained online
The sample locations table was created in 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://office.microsoft.com/). The sample locations are also provided as GIS data files in Esri shapefile (SHP) and Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format; these files can be opened using the free ArcGIS Explorer or Google Earth GIS viewers.
20201013
U.S. Geological Survey
Julie Bernier
Geologist
Mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-502-8000
jbernier@usgs.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
None
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.
None
Unclassified
None