Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015-16

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: O'Keefe Suttles, Jennifer A.
Originator: Eagle, Meagan J.
Originator: Mann, Adrian G.
Originator: Spivak, Amanda
Originator: Sanks, Kelly
Originator: Roberts, Daniel
Originator: Kroeger, Kevin D.
Publication_Date: 20210630
Title:
Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015-16
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Tabulated comma separated text (*.csv) file
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI: 10.5066/P9R154DY
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Suggested citation: O'Keefe Suttles, J.A., Eagle, M.J., Mann, A.G., Spivak, A., Sanks, K., Roberts, D., and Kroeger, K.D., 2021, Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015 -2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R154DY
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R154DY
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
Nineteen sediment cores were collected from five salt marshes on the northern shore of Cape Cod where previously restricted tidal exchange was restored to part of the marshes. Cores were collected in duplicate from two locations within each marsh complex: one upstream and one downstream from the former tidal restriction (typically caused by an undersized culvert or a berm). The unaltered, natural downstream sites provide a comparison against the historically restricted upstream sites. The sampled cores represent a chronosequence of restoration occurring between 2001–10. Collected cores were up to 168 cm in length with dry bulk density ranging from 0.04 to 2.62 grams per cubic centimeter and carbon content 0.12 % to 48.91 %. Land surface elevation was measured at each site (ranging from 0.484 meters to 1.51 meters relative to NAVD88) to determine the boundaries of each site within current tidal conditions. Gamma counting results for excess lead-210 were used to construct Constant Rate of Supply age models to date individual depth intervals in the core. Additionally, gamma counting results for other radionuclides, particularly cesium-137, gave further insight to evaluate how vertical accretion and carbon burial rates have changed during the past century. Carbon isotopes were measured to evaluate organic matter source.
Purpose:
Sediment cores were collected, age dated, and their carbon content measured to determine vertical sediment accretion and carbon burial rates. Site locations were selected to determine how a change in local tidal hydrology affected these rates.
Supplemental_Information:
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20150603
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20150610
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20150629
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20150707
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20160618
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20160719
Currentness_Reference:
Ground Condition. These are the dates when the cores were collected.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.669555664063
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.908752441406
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.941105783816
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.510634060621
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: soil chemistry
Theme_Keyword: radiometric dating
Theme_Keyword: piston coring
Theme_Keyword: carbon isotope analysis
Theme_Keyword: carbon
Theme_Keyword: nitrogen
Theme_Keyword: sea-level change
Theme_Keyword: sedimentation
Theme_Keyword: wetland ecosystems
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: salt marsh
Theme_Keyword: Constant Rate of Supply (CRS) model
Theme_Keyword: age model
Theme_Keyword: lead-210
Theme_Keyword: cesium-137
Theme_Keyword: accretion rate
Theme_Keyword: carbon burial
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Agricultural Library Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: salt marshes
Theme_Keyword: wetland soils
Theme_Keyword: wetlands
Theme_Keyword: ecological restoration
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:60bfb987d34e86b938916dc9
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod (606914)
Place_Keyword: Town of Sandwich (618259)
Place_Keyword: Barnstable County (606927)
Place_Keyword: Commonwealth of Massachusetts (606926)
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Place_Keyword: Boat Meadow River (616844)
Place_Keyword: Town of Orleans (618257)
Place_Keyword: Town of Eastham (619414)
Place_Keyword: Dock Creek (616591)
Place_Keyword: Mill Creek (616621)
Place_Keyword: Town of Bourne (619412)
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Canal (619536)
Place_Keyword: Scusset Beach (616340)
Place_Keyword: Sagamore Beach (617797)
Place_Keyword: Bass Creek (617465)
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Meagan J Eagle
Contact_Organization: Northeast Region: WOODS HOLE COASTAL and MARINE SCIENCE
Contact_Position: Research Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2280
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meagle@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Photograph of a tidal salt marsh creek at low tide with a restored tidal restriction/bridge in the background (Bass Creek, Yarmouth, MA).
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Data_Set_Credit:
Barry Irwin (USGS Geophysicist), Sandra Brosnahan (USGS Physical Scientist), and Jonathan Borden (USGS Electronics Technician) helped with RTK GPS data collection at these study sites.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: O’Keefe Suttles, Jennifer A.
Originator: Brosnahan, Sandra M.
Originator: Gonneea, Meagan E.
Originator: Kroeger, Kevin D.
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
Continuous monitoring data from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2016-17
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9YLXOY8
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YLXOY8
Online_Linkage:
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Radionuclide detection limits are specific to an individual sample and are a function of: 1) the detector efficiency at the energy level of the peak being measured; 2) the branching ratio (expected fraction of decay events at the energy level), 3) the background activity within the sample. Detector efficiency was determined from EPA standard pitchblende ore in the same geometry as the samples. Activities of 7Be, 137Cs, and excess 210Pb (i.e. unsupported) were decay-corrected to time of collection. Suppression of low energy peaks by self-absorption was corrected for according to Cutshall and others, 1983. Peak detection, with respect to background activity, is calculated for each radionuclide in the APTEC peak integration spectroscopy software during sample analysis. Generally, measured radionuclide activity greater than or equal to 0.270 (210Pb), 0.036 (226Ra), 0.466 (7Be), and 0.003 (137Cs) dpm/g were accepted as above detection limit for this dataset.
Samples were analyzed for carbon and nitrogen content in one of two laboratories. 1) Samples reported with both isotopic signature and weight percent of carbon and nitrogen were analyzed by the University of California - Davis (UC Davis), Stable Isotope Facility (SIF) with an Elementar Vario EL Cube or Micro Cube elemental analyzer interfaced to a PDZ Europa 20-20 isotope ratio mass spectrometer. During analysis, samples were interspersed with several replicates of at least four different laboratory reference material; these reference materials have a long term standard deviation is 0.2 per mil for 13C and 0.3 per mil for 15N. 2) Samples reported with only weight percent of carbon and nitrogen (no istopic signature reported) were analyzed for Total Carbon (TC) and Nitrogen (TN) on a Perkin-Elmer Series II CHNS/O Elemental Analyzer at USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. A series of calibration blanks and reference standards were analyzed daily. A standard reference estuarine marine sediment, MESS-2, was analyzed throughout each set of sample runs and was determined to have an average wt%C of 2.10 ± 0.04 and wt%N of 0.17 ± 0.03, compared to published values of 2.14 ± 0.03 and 0.16 respectively. For determination of Organic Carbon (OC) and Nitrogen (ON), samples, along with blanks and standards were placed in a fuming hydrochloric acid desiccator overnight. Fumed Mess-2 was determined to have an average of 1.40 ± 0.08 wt%OC and 0.15 ± 0.01 wt%ON. Triplicate samples had an average relative standard deviation of 6.3 % OC and 5.0 % ON. The detection limit was determined as wt%OC of 0.10 and wt%ON of 0.01. Any analysis value below detection is given the numerical value of 0. Any attribute that was not measured for a specific sample is left as a blank cell.
Cutshall, N.H., Larsen, I.L., and Olsen, C.R., 1983, Direct analysis of 210 Pb in sediment samples—Self-absorption corrections: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, v. 206, issues 1–2, p. 309–312, https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5087(83)91273-5.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Dataset was queried for maximum and minimum values to be sure sample analyses were within expected ranges for the environmental conditions. Data were plotted to look for any obvious outliers that may have been indicative of analytical error. Samples with questionable results were re-analyzed. Detection limits are defined in the attribute accuracy section of the metadata. Any analysis value below detection is given the numerical value of 0. For samples that had detectable total 210Pb but 226Ra was below detection, an estimate of 226Ra, based on the measured values throughout the core, was used to create the age-model. Those estimated 226Ra values and their uncertainties are: 0.5000, 0.0000 for core IDs QCNA and QCNB; 0.5000, 0.1000 for core IDs QCRA, BMRA; 0.6000, 0.1000 for core IDs SBNA, SBNB, SBRB, BMRB; 0.4000, 0.1000 for core ID SBRA; 0.7513, 0.0757 for core SMB. Any attribute that was not measured for a specific sample is listed as an empty or blank cell. Each sample was treated in the same manner for each analysis.
Completeness_Report:
The dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. All sample measurements are reported. Note that no samples were analyzed (and no data is reported) for two cores that were collected (QCRB or SMA) because these cores were found to be unusable once brought back for sectioning in the laboratory. Scusset Marsh (SM) is the only site from which a "C" core was collected. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Latitude and Longitude were measured with a handheld Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx unit in the field at time of collection. The GPS unit indicated accuracy was within 3 meters. No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Land surface elevations were measured by Trimble Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS across the collection area after core collection. Surveyors returned to the core collection sites, navigated to the core collection locations, and surveyed several points. Average vertical accuracy of this method is +/- 5 centimeters. No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
19 sediment cores were collected in coastal salt marshes in 2015 and 2016. A piston coring system was used, where the PVC core liner (diameter 11 cm, 1-2 m in length) was fitted with a gasketed piston that was placed on the sediment surface. The clear, sharpened core liner was pushed down into the marsh subsurface, while the piston was maintained at the marsh surface via tension on the piston. We visually observed the sediment surface to ensure that the soil column did not compact during collection. Once the core reached the desired depth, the core liner and piston were removed from the marsh with a pulley system. The process date reflects the last occurrence of the work.
Process_Date: 2016
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Meagan J Eagle
Contact_Organization: Northeast Region: WOODS HOLE COASTAL and MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
Contact_Position: Research Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2280
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meagle@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
At the end of each core collection date, the sediment cores were immediately returned to the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. They were placed in a refrigerator for 1 to 3 days, then split vertically, sectioned at 1 or 2 cm intervals, frozen, and then freeze dried for 7 days, until sediment weights did not change further. Dry bulk density was determined as the dry weight of a known volume of sample. Approximately 5 g of dried sediment sample was blended and homogenized prior to sealing in a jar for a minimum of three weeks and then placed on a planar-type gamma counter for 24 to 48 hours to measure 7Be, 137Cs, 210Pb, and 226Ra at 477, 662, 46.5 and 352 kiloelectron volts (KeV) energies, respectively (Canberra Inc., USA). Detector efficiency was determined from EPA standard pitchblende ore in the same geometry as the samples. Excess 210Pb was calculated as the decay-corrected difference between total 210Pb and supported 210Pb (considered to be equal to 226Ra). Activities of 7Be, 137Cs, and excess 210Pb were decay-corrected to time of collection, using their respective half-lives. Suppression of low energy peaks by self-absorption was corrected for according to Cutshall and others, 1983. Gamma spectroscopy detection limits were determined in APTEC software for each sample; refer to the attribute accuracy section of this metadata for further details. Values reported are above this limit, while values below are reported as 0. Core sections not analyzed are reported as blank cells. Sediment ages and accretion rates were calculated with the Constant Rate of Supply (CRS) excess 210Pb age model, a variant on the advection-decay equation (Appleby and Oldfield, 1978; Goldberg, 1963). This model assumes that 210Pb supply to the sediment surface is constant through time, but allows for changing sedimentation rates, in addition to decay, to control the down-core activity of excess 210Pb. The common form of the CRS model, as derived by Appleby and Oldfield (1978), solves for age based on the distribution of excess 210Pb in the sediment record. Prior to application of the age model, excess 210Pb profiles were evaluated to ensure they were sufficiently resolved to apply the CRS model without bias towards ages that are too old or accretion rates that are too low at depth (Binford, 1990). All gamma analyses were ongoing from 2015 and completed in 2017.
Appleby, P.G., and Oldfield, Frank, 1978, The calculation of lead-210 dates assuming a constant rate of supply of unsupported 210Pb to the sediment: Catena, v. 5, issue 1, p. 1–8, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0341-8162(78)80002-2.
Binford, M.W., 1990, Calculation and uncertainty analysis of 210 Pb dates for PIRLA project lake sediment cores: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 3, issue 3, p. 253-267, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219461.
Cutshall, N.H., Larsen, I.L., and Olsen, C.R., 1983, Direct analysis of 210 Pb in sediment samples—Self-absorption corrections: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, v. 206, issues 1–2, p. 309–312, https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5087(83)91273-5.
Goldberg, E.D., 1963, Geochronology with 210 Pb, in Miller, J.A., convener, Radioactive dating: International Atomic Energy Agency Symposium on Radioactive Dating, Athens, Greece, November 19-23, 1962, [Proceedings], p. 121-131.
Process_Date: 2017
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Meagan J Eagle
Contact_Organization: Northeast Region: WOODS HOLE COASTAL and MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
Contact_Position: Research Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2280
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meagle@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A sub-sample of freeze dried sediment (0.5 g) was ball-milled to a fine powder and packaged for analysis Total Carbon and Nitrogen. Samples were analyzed for carbon and nitrogen content in one of two laboratories. 1) Samples reported with both isotopic signature and weight percent of carbon and nitrogen were analyzed by the University of California - Davis (UC Davis), Stable Isotope Facility (SIF) with an Elementar Vario EL Cube or Micro Cube elemental analyzer interfaced to a PDZ Europa 20-20 isotope ratio mass spectrometer. During analysis, samples were interspersed with several replicates of at least four different laboratory reference material; these reference materials have a long term standard deviation is 0.2 per mil for 13C and 0.3 per mil for 15N. 2) Samples reported with only weight percent of carbon and nitrogen (no isotopic signature reported) were analyzed by the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Sample preparation involved weighing 10-30 micrograms of ball-milled sediment into a silver capsule, sediment was moistened and placed in a fuming hydrochloric acid desiccator overnight. The sample was subsequently dried at 60 degrees Celsius and then encapsulated for carbon and nitrogen analysis via a Perkin Elmer 2400 Series II CHNS/O analyzer. Standards, blanks, and reference sediment with a known carbon and nitrogen content were run to verify results (see attribute accuracy report for further details). Analysis of fumed samples yields organic carbon and nitrogen; analysis of non-fumed samples yields total carbon and nitrogen. These analyses occurred concurrently with analyses in the previous process step; after radionuclide analysis was completed on a core, we would begin the carbon and nitrogen analysis (as other cores were still in the process of being analyzed for radionuclide)
Process_Date: 2019
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Raw data was entered into an Excel spreadsheet where all calculations were completed. The Excel spreadsheet was exported as a CSV file from Excel for Mac version 15.33. The CSV file was processed in MATLAB to round calculated values to appropriate place values and again exported as a comma separated text file (*.csv). Note that all calculations were performed prior to rounding and truncating values reported in this data release.
Process_Date: 2020
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Meagan J. Eagle
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Research Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2280
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meagle@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) placenames are included as keywords to give the general location of core collections. The entity contains attributes with specific latitude and longitude of each core collection; several attributes are also included to describe the core collection location: nearest body of water, vegetation type, and in some cases, the nearest road. Refer to the entity and attribute definitions for "Site", "Status", and "ID" for details.
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: 1075
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 1.0E-5
Longitude_Resolution: 1.0E-5
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88)
Depth_Resolution: 0.01
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Data_RestoredMarshes_Cores.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:
Comma separated text file with soil core data collected from natural and restored salt marsh sites Cape Cod, MA. The csv file includes latitude and longitude of core collection, calculated values of soil dry bulk density, mass accumulation rates, vertical accretion rates, and carbon burial rates. Also included are the data required for those calculations: radionuclide data, soil carbon and nitrogen content. The dataset includes 1075 records
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Site
Attribute_Definition: A text identifier for the general location of the study site.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Quivett
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quivett Creek, Dennis, MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bass
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bass Creek, Yarmouth, MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Stony
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stony Brook, Brewster, MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Boat
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boat Meadow, Eastham and Orleans, MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Scusset
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Scusset marsh (restored) and Mill Creek marsh (natural), Sagamore and Sandwich, MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Status
Attribute_Definition:
A text identifier indicating whether the core was collected in a natural marsh or a formerly restricted (now restored) marsh.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Natural
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marsh with no history of hydrologic restriction.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Restored
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Marsh with history of hydrologic restriciton, now with tidal exchange restored.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition:
Abbreviated alphabetical identification code of each core to indicate: 1) the marsh site from which it was collected (using a two letter abbreviation); 2) the status of the marsh (N for natural, R for Restored); and 3) a qualifier of A, B or C to indicate the order of core collection over time.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QCNA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quivett Creek, natural core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QCNB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quivett Creek, natural core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QCRA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quivett Creek, restored core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BCNA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bass Creek, natural core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BCNB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bass Creek, natural core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BCRA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bass Creek, restored core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BCRB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bass Creek, restored core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SBNA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stony Brook, natural core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SBNB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stony Brook, natural core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SBRA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stony Brook, restored core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SBRB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stony Brook, restored core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BMNA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boat Meadow, natural core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BMNB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boat Meadow, natural core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BMRA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boat Meadow, restored core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BMRB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boat Meadow, restored core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMRB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Scussett Marsh, restored core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMRC
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Scussett Marsh, restored core C
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MCNA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mill Creek, natural core A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MCNB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mill Creek, natural core B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the date the core was collected in the format of month/day/year.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 06/03/2015
Range_Domain_Maximum: 07/19/2016
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: date: month/day/year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Lat
Attribute_Definition: Latitude decimal degrees north, NAD83.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.71575
Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.80291
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Lon
Attribute_Definition:
Longitude decimal degrees west, NAD83. The negative value indicates a location in the western hemisphere.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.51978
Range_Domain_Maximum: -69.98568
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Depth
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the interval mid-point depth below the sediment interface in centimeters. Note that depth = 0 cm is given as a reference point in order to include the land surface elevation within the dataset. Sediment core analyses are not reported for this sample depth because it is not a sampled horizon within a collected core. The minimum interval mid-point for each core is 0.5 cm.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 167.0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Elevation
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of interval mid-point elevation relative to NAVD88 datum in centimeters. Calculated by subtracting the mid-interval sample depth from the NAVD88 elevation of the core location reported as depth = 0 cm within the dataset for each core.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -118.6
Range_Domain_Maximum: 151.0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeter
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DBD
Attribute_Definition:
Dry Bulk Density: A numeric identifier of the sediment dry bulk density in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3). Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0358
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.6248
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: grams per cubic centimeter
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 210Pb
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the sediment total lead-210 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g). Measured at 46.5 kiloelectron volts (KeV) on a planar gamma counter. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2709
Range_Domain_Maximum: 34.9084
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 210Pb_e
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the measurement error in sediment total lead-210 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g). Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0345
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.9975
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 226Ra
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the sediment total radium-226 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g). Measured at 352 kiloelectron volts (KeV) on a planar gamma counter. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. The value 0.00 is given to analyzed samples found to be below detection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0360
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.0504
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 226Ra_e
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the measurement error in sediment total radium-226 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g). Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. The value 0.00 is given to analyzed samples found to be below detection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0098
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.4011
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 210Pbex
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the sediment excess lead-210 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g), decay-corrected to date of core collection. Calculated as the difference between total lead-210 and total radium-226 activities. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.3410
Range_Domain_Maximum: 34.2095
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 210Pbex_e
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the propagated measurement error in sediment excess lead-210 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g), decay-corrected to date of core collection. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0385
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.0243
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 137Cs
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the sediment total cesium-137 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g), decay-corrected to date of core collection. Measured at 662 kiloelectron volts (KeV) on a planar gamma counter. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. The value 0.00 is given to analyzed samples found to be below detection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0037
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12.3840
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 137Cs_e
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the measurement error in sediment total cesium-137 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g), decay-corrected to date of core collection. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. The value 0.00 is given to analyzed samples found to be below detection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0010
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.9418
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 7Be
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the total sediment beryllium-7 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g), decay corrected to date of core collection. Measured at 477 kiloelectron volts (KeV) on a planar gamma counter. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. The value 0.00 is given to analyzed samples found to be below detection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.4667
Range_Domain_Maximum: 38.0003
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 7Be_e
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier of the measurement error in sediment total beryllium-7 activity in decays per minute per gram (dpm/g), decay-corrected to date of core collection. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. The value 0.00 is given to analyzed samples found to be below detection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0773
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.3151
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decays per minute per gram
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: wtC
Attribute_Definition:
Either total carbon or total organic carbon by weight percent in soil. Sediments in this sample set that were analyzed for both carbon content and isotopic carbon signature were not fumed prior to analysis and reported wtC is total carbon. Sediment sections without a reported isotopic signature were run in a separate lab and were fumed to remove inorganic carbon prior to analysis. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. Refer to the attribute accuracy and process step sections for further details.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.12
Range_Domain_Maximum: 48.91
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unitless
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: wtN
Attribute_Definition:
Either total nitrogen or total organic nitrogen by weight percent in soil. Sediments in this sample set that were analyzed for both nitrogen content and isotopic nitrogen signature were not fumed prior to analysis and reported wtN is total nitrogen. Sediment sections without a reported isotopic signature were run in a separate lab and were placed in an acid fuming desiccator to remove inorganics prior to analysis. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done. Refer to the attribute accuracy and process step sections for further details.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.01
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.94
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unitless
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 13C
Attribute_Definition:
The carbon isotopic signature of the soil sample relative to Pee Dee Belemnite (PDB) standard. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -29.10
Range_Domain_Maximum: -11.84
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: parts per thousand OR per mil
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 15N
Attribute_Definition:
The nitrogen isotopic signature of the soil sample relative to air. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -1.24
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.79
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: parts per thousand OR per mil
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Age
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier for the age in years, from the collection date, of the core interval based on the Constant Rate of Supply excess lead-210 age model. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.4
Range_Domain_Maximum: 136.2
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Age_e
Attribute_Definition:
A numeric identifier for the age model uncertainty, in years of the core interval, based on the Constant Rate of Supply excess lead-210 age model. Error is propagated through the model. Blank/empty cells indicate the measurement was not done.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.6
Range_Domain_Maximum: 51.8
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VAR
Attribute_Definition:
Vertical Accretion Rate: A numeric identifier for the vertical accretion rate of the sediment in millimeters per year (mm/y). Calculated as the difference in interval midpoint divided by the difference in ages of those adjacent sediment intervals.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.8
Range_Domain_Maximum: 26.2
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: millimeters per year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MAR
Attribute_Definition:
Mass Accumulation Rate: A numeric identifier for the mass accumulation rate of the sediment in grams per square meter per year (g/m2/y). Calculated by multiplying dry bulk density times vertical accretion rate.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 163
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7858
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: grams sediment per square meter per year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CAR
Attribute_Definition:
Carbon Accumulation Rate: A numeric identifier for the carbon mass accumulation rate of the sediment in grams of carbon per square meter per year (gC/m2/y). Calculated by multiplying the average mass accumulations rate for the combined depth interval of the elemental sample times weight percent carbon.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 15
Range_Domain_Maximum: 603
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: grams of carbon per square meter per year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition:
The year corresponding to the soil horizon based on the Constant Rate of Supply excess lead-210 age model. Calculated as collection date minus age of sediment at each depth interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1879.4
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2016.6
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: calendar year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Year_restored
Attribute_Definition: Calendar year corresponding to when restoration occurred.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2001
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2010
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: calendar year
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: ScienceBase
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
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: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
The dataset contains one CSV file containing the data (Data_RestoredMarsh_Cores.csv), the browse graphic, and the FGDC CSDGM metadata in XML format.
Distribution_Liability:
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names 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: CSV
Format_Version_Number: Microsoft Excel Office 365
Format_Information_Content:
The data release includes 1 comma separated file, a browse graphic, and the FGDC CSDGM metadata.
Transfer_Size: 1
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
The first link is to download the data in a ZIP file. The second and third links are to the landing page of the data. The last two links go to the same place; one is the DOI designation of the publication.
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
The data release includes 1 comma-delimited text file. The user must have software capable of opening the text file and reading the data formats.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210630
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Jennifer A. O'Keefe Suttles
Contact_Organization: Northeast Region: WOODS HOLE COASTAL AND MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
Contact_Position: Chemist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2385
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jokeefesuttles@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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