Gamma spectroscopy data for box core sediments collected from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey in May 2014 (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 2014-310-FA)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Marci E. Marot
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 20160301
Title:
Gamma spectroscopy data for box core sediments collected from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey in May 2014 (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 2014-310-FA)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: 993
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0993/ds993_data.html
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Marci E. Marot
Originator: Christopher G. Smith
Originator: Alisha M. Ellis
Originator: Cathryn J. Wheaton
Publication_Date: 20160415
Title:
Evaluating the Potential Effects of Hurricanes On Long-term Sediment Accumulation in Two Micro-tidal Sub-estuaries: Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, USA
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: multimedia presentation
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: 993
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds993
Description:
Abstract:
Barnegat Bay, located along the eastern shore of New Jersey, was significantly impacted by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed a multidisciplinary study of sediment transport and hydrodynamics to understand the mechanisms that govern estuarine and wetland responses to storm forcing. This report details the physical and chemical characteristics of surficial and downcore sediments from two areas within the bay. Eleven sites were sampled in both the central portion of the bay near Barnegat Inlet and in the southern portion of the bay in Little Egg Harbor. Laboratory analyses include Be-7, Pb-210, bulk density, porosity, x-radiographs, and grain-size distribution. These data will serve as a critical baseline dataset for understanding the current sedimentological regime and can be applied to future storms for understanding estuarine and wetland evolution. This report serves as an archive for sedimentological and radiochemical data derived from the surface sediments and box cores. Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, and JPEG files, and includes sediment core data plots and x-radiographs, as well as, physical-properties, grain-size, alpha-spectoscopy, and gamma-spectroscopy data. Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata are available for analytical datasets in the data downloads page of this report.
Purpose:
The 14BRN_Gamma_Spec_Data.zip file includes all gamma spectroscopy analysis results from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey collected in May 2014 (USGS FAN 2014-310-FA) by the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Supplemental_Information: None
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20140512
Ending_Date: 20140514
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.32585
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.12662
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.57150
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.78782
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:345af161-b365-4e73-ba9d-df6d6312ce3e
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: box core
Theme_Keyword: sediment
Theme_Keyword: radiochemistry
Theme_Keyword: gamma spectroscopy
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: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: Barnegat Bay
Place_Keyword: Little Egg Harbor
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: sediment
Stratum_Keyword: subsurface
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: Mary 2014
Access_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Marci E. Marot
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: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8057
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmarot@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1; Microsoft Excel Version 2010
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey requests that it be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The radioisotopic activities reported in the Excel spreadsheets include the counting error for all samples. The critical level is reported for each core set.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The data include sample depth interval in core (cm), Be-7 activity and error, Cs-137 activity and error, Pb-210 activity and error, Ra-226 activity and error, Th-234 activity and error, K-40 activity and error.
Completeness_Report:
This is a complete processed gamma spectroscopy data file for Barnegat Bay sediments collected during U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-310-FA.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In the field, the cores were sectioned at 1-cm intervals for the length of the core, placed in individual storage bags, and stored on ice. The section core samples were transported to the USGS SPCMSC.
Process_Date: 2014
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Marci E. Marot
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: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8057
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmarot@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Each subsample (approximately 35 - 50 g of wet sediment) was oven-dried at 60°C for 48 hours. The dried sediment was homogenized to a fine powder using a porcelain mortar and pestle. Dried ground sediments (15 g) were sealed in airtight polypropylene containers. The sample weights and counting container geometries were matched to pre-made calibration standards. The sealed samples were allowed to sit for a minimum of 3 weeks to allow Ra-226 to come into secular equilibrium with its daughter isotopes Pb-214 and Bi-214. The sealed samples were then counted for 24 - 48 hours on a planar-style, low energy, high purity germanium, gamma-ray spectrometer. Sample count rates were corrected for detector efficiency (referenced to the IAEA RGU-1 standard), standard photopeak intensity, and self-absorption corrections using a U-238 sealed source. Activities are decay-corrected to the date of field collection.
Process_Date: 2014
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Marci E. Marot
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: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8057
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmarot@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: 14BRN Box Core Gamma Spec Data.xlxs
Entity_Type_Definition:
Gamma spectroscopy radiochemistry results of sediment box cores collected in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Core ID
Attribute_Definition: Box core site number
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Core site identification number assigned by USGS scientist
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Depth (cm)
Attribute_Definition:
Sample interval depth range measured from top of the core in centimeters
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0-1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4-5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Be-7 Activity (pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Beryllium-7 specific activity measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: Not detected
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.55
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Be-7 Error (+/- pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Beryllium-7 specific activity counting error measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: Null
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.35
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cs-137 Activity (pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Cesium-137 specific activity measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: Not detected
Range_Domain_Maximum: Not detected
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cs-137 Error (+/- pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Cesium-137 specific activity counting error measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: Null
Range_Domain_Maximum: Null
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pb-210 Activity (pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Lead-210 specific activity measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.33
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.41
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pb-210 Error (+/- pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Lead-210 specific activity counting error measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.32
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.83
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Ra-226 Activity (pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Radium-226 specific activity measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.10
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.00
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Ra-226 Error (+/- pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Radium-226 specific activity counting error measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.11
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.27
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Th-234 Activity (pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Thorium-234 specific activity measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.62
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.97
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Th-234 Error (+/- pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Thorium-234 specific activity counting error measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.34
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.87
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: K-40 Activity (pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Potassium-40 specific activity measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 28.10
Range_Domain_Maximum: 43.65
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: K-40 Error (+/- pCi/g)
Attribute_Definition:
Potassium-40 specific activity counting error measured in picocuries per gram of dry sediment at the date of field collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.19
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.76
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Marci E. Marot
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 502-8057
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmarot@usgs.gov
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, 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.
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Fees: none
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Format_Version_Number: 1
Format_Specification: .zip
Transfer_Size: 0.016
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0993/downloads/14BRN_Gamma_Spec_Data.zip
Resource_Description: Downloadable data
Custom_Order_Process: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
The spreadsheet included in this .zip file was created for use with Microsoft Excel 2010. It may also be viewed with the Microsoft Excel viewer or by downloading a Microsoft Compatibility Pack to view with older versions of Microsoft Excel. The .zip file also contains a comma delimited file (.csv) of the gamma spectroscopy radioisotopic data for box core sediments. The .csv data file contains the tabular data in plain text and may be viewed with a standard text editor.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210104
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Marci E. Marot
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: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8057
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmarot@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
Metadata_Security_Information:
Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
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.
This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/spcmsc/ds993_Gamma_Spec-metadata.html>
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