Trackline navigation for multi-channel seismic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on U.S. Atlantic Seaboard in 2014 (Geographic, WGS84, polyline shapefile 2014-011-FA_seistrk.shp)

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Trackline navigation for multi-channel seismic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on U.S. Atlantic Seaboard in 2014 (Geographic, WGS84, polyline shapefile 2014-011-FA_seistrk.shp)

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:F7V69HHS

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7V69HHS
Online_Linkage:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2014-011-FA/

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Arsenault, M.A.
Originator: Miller, N.C.
Originator: Hutchinson, D.R.
Originator: Baldwin, W.E.
Originator: Moore, E.M.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: O'Brien, T.F.
Originator: Fortin, W.F.
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Geophysical data collected along the Atlantic continental slope and rise 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-011-FA, cruise MGL1407

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:F7V69HHS

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested Citation:
Arsenault, M.A., Miller, N.C., Hutchinson, D.R., Baldwin, W.E., Moore, E.M., Foster, D.S., O’Brien, T.F., and Fortin, W.F., 2017, Geophysical data collected along the Atlantic continental slope and rise 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-011-FA, cruise MGL1407: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7V69HHS.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7V69HHS
Online_Linkage:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2014-011-FA/

Description:

Abstract:

In summer 2014, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a 21-day geophysical program in deep water along the Atlantic continental margin by using R/V Marcus G. Langseth (Field Activity Number 2014-011-FA). The purpose of the seismic program was to collect multichannel seismic reflection and refraction data to determine sediment thickness. These data enable the United States to delineate its Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) along the Atlantic margin. The same data can also be used to understand large submarine landslides and therefore assess their potential tsunami hazard for infrastructure and communities living along the eastern seaboard. Supporting geophysical data were collected as marine magnetic data, gravity data, 3.5-kilohertz shallow seismic reflections, multibeam echo sounder bathymetry, and multibeam backscatter.
The survey was conducted from water depths of approximately 1,500 meters to abyssal seafloor depths greater than 5,000 meters. Approximately 2,761 kilometers of multi-channel seismic data was collected along with 30 sonobuoy profiles.
This field program had two primary objectives: (1) to collect some of the data necessary to establish the outer limits of the U.S. Continental Shelf, or Extended Continental Shelf, as defined by Article 76 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea and (2) to study the sudden mass transport of sediments down the continental margin as submarine landslides that pose potential tsunamigenic hazards to the Atlantic and Caribbean coastal communities.
More information regarding the field activity can be found in the cruise report:

Purpose:

This shapefile contains trackline navigation for approximately 2,761 kilometers of multi-channel seismic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during USGS survey 2014-04-FA. These data were collected off the U.S. Seaboard Atlantic as part of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf project and investigations of tsunami hazards. Trackline navigation is generally used to aid in interpretation, and loads quicker than multi-point shapefiles.

Supplemental_Information:

For more information on the field activity, see the field activity page https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-011-FA

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20140823
Ending_Date: 20140911

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.0712509229095
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.7862940327174
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.2502207326285
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.6754905941078

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:87a4ea1c-7371-4b48-a330-9284ce0e1a52

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2014-011-FA
Theme_Keyword: multi-channel seismic
Theme_Keyword: seismic
Theme_Keyword: C-NAV 3050
Theme_Keyword: reflection seismic
Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: R/V Marcus G. Langseth

Theme:

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

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection methods
Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Hudson Canyon
Place_Keyword: Caryn Seamount

Access_Constraints: None
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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Nathan C. Miller
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2293
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncmiller@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2014-011-FA/data/seismics/2014-011-FA_seistrk.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image showing trackline navigation for seismic navigation data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on the R/V Marcus G. Langseth, 2014

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.3

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Publication_Date: 2014
Title: Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: UNCLOS
Publisher: UNCLOS

Other_Citation_Details:

Standard data products listed on the Rolling Deck to Repository website include cruise level metadata with an expedition summary including cruise id, vessel, operator, project titles and funding awards, science party, ports, dates, survey targets, and trackline geometry. There is also quality-controlled shiptrack navigation, and scientific sampling event logs. Some post-processed geophysical trackline profiles (underway gravity, magnetics, bathymetry, etc), for vessels equipped with these instrument types; and hydrographic profiles (depth, temperature, salinity, etc from CTD).

Online_Linkage: http://www.rvdata.us/catalog/MGL1407

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Field work is inherently unpredictable, and the original cruise plan was modified to accommodate a hurricane, a medical evacuation, and extreme feathering of the streamer due to the Gulf Stream. While the original cruise plan identified sequentially numbered cruise tracks, interruptions to data collection necessitated the renaming and renumbering of seismic lines to include A and B segments, and the exclusion of lower-priority lines (like 4 and 5). Regardless of name, seismic lines were collected in a consistent manner.
Although data quality was in general excellent, there are several known problems with the data, including noisy channels (up to 71 channels out of 636 in the 8-km configuration, and 65 channels out of 480 in the 6-km configuration), extreme feathering of the streamer on lines which crossed the Gulf Stream, occasional reduced source size for maintenance on the airgun strings, and one 12-minute power down for a protected species. Rough weather also produced wave noise on the streamer. The events, and timing of these events are too numerous to list here, and the logs archived on the Rolling Deck to Repository Archive system (http://www.rvdata.us/catalog/MGL1407) should be referenced for the exact timing of events effecting the quality of the data presented here.

Completeness_Report:

This shapefile contains trackline navigation for all of the multi-channel seismic data collected during USGS field activity 2014-011-FA. 16 multi-channel seismic lines were collected in total, and the lines are not sequentially numbered, and some lines are partitioned into A and B sections.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Multi-channel Seismic Data

Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20140822
Ending_Date: 20140911

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
Source_Contribution:

Multi-channel seismic data were acquired with a 36-element, 6600 cubic inch airgun source array, and 8-km-long solid state digital hydrophone streamer towed behind the R/V Marcus G. Langseth. The source air guns were configured in four parallel, 9-gun strings and towed at the rear of the ship at a depth of 9 meters. The Sentry Solid Streamer Sercel hydrophone cable consists of 12 hydrophones, which are summed in analog, and the spacing between the center of these groups is 12.5 m. Streamer depth was set to 9 m for all lines. Approximately 2,761 km of data were collected. Data were recorded at a 4-millisecond (ms) sample rate and in Society of Exploration Geophysicists D (SEG-D) format.
Source and receiver positions were determined by LDEO staff using Concept Systems's Spectra multichannel seismic navigation software. Source positions were logged using differential GPS antennas on three of the four source sub arrays. Receiver positions were calculated using data from Digicourse Digirange acoustic pods on the source array and on the head, middle, and tail of the streamer; depth and heading data from Digicourse depth control birds located every 300 m along the streamer; and a differential GPS on the streamer tail buoy. All survey positions use the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS84), and both global and local geodetic calculations utilized the WGS84 reference ellipsoid with a semi-major axis of 6378137.0 m and an inverse flattening of 298.257224.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Navigation was acquired using the R/V Marcus G. Langseth's fully integrated multicomponent navigation system, consisting of echosounder, speedlog, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), gyrocompass, POS/MV Integrated Navigation System, Kongsberg Seapath 200 Inertial Navigation System and Lamont Data Systems (LDS) data logger. Source and receiver positions were determined by LDEO staff using Concept Systems's Spectra multichannel seismic navigation software. Source positions were logged using differential GPS antennas on three of the four source sub arrays. Receiver positions were calculated using data from Digicourse Digirange acoustic pods on the source array and on the head, middle, and tail of the streamer; depth and heading data from Digicourse depth control birds located every 300 m along the streamer; and a differential GPS on the streamer tail buoy. All survey positions use the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS84), and both global and local geodetic calculations utilized the WGS84 reference ellipsoid with a semi-major axis of 6378137.0 m and an inverse flattening of 298.257224. Streamer geometry calculations were performed in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) northern hemisphere projection 19 North . Source-receiver midpoints were calculated using source and receiver positions from the processed P190 seismic navigation. All midpoint and bin calculations were made in UTM 19N coordinates using Shearwater’s OpenCPS seismic processing software. To handle extreme streamer feathering, CMP bin assignments were made using 1000-m wide rectangular bins spaced every 6.25m along prescribed CMP lines. Midpoints that fall outside these 6.25x1000m bins were assigned CMP=0 and were excluded from processing. CMP lines were drawn to maximize the number of midpoints from source-receiver offsets of <1000m in each bin (i.e., fold).

Process_Date: 2016
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Matthew A. Arsenault
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2354
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marsenault@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

XTOOLS Pro (version 12.2), an extension added onto Esri ArcMap 10.3 was used to convert the CMP navigation to trackline navigation grouped by LINENAME.

Process_Date: 2017
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Matthew A. Arsenault
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2354
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marsenault@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

An error was fixed in one of the originator names. Also fixed in the suggested citation.

Process_Date: 20180129
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

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.

Process_Date: 20200908
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_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: string
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 20

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.0000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: GCS_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: 2014-011-FA_seistrk
Entity_Type_Definition:

Trackline) navigation for multi-channel seismic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in U.S. Atlantic Seaboard in 2014

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LINENAME
Attribute_Definition:

Line and file number for corresponding seismic files. This information is used during data acquisition, processing and archival. Format: SHPCCCCMCSXX, where SHP = Ship name abbreviation; CCCC = Cruise number; MCS= Type of data; XX = Line number. An example would be MGL1407MCS01; MGL = The R/V Marcus G. Langseth, 1407 = the Cruise ID, MCS = multi-channel seismic, 01 = Line 01.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

text defining line and file number for corresponding seismic files

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Matthew A. Arsenault
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2354
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marsenault@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

USGS data release 2014-011-FA multi-channel seismic data from the Atlantic Ocean (2014-011-FA_seistrk.zip). The compressed file contains an Esri formatted vector shapefile in geographic coordinates (2014-011-FA_seistrk.shp), a mapview image of the data (2014-011-FA_seistrk.jpg) and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) metadata files in xml, txt and html formats are also included in the compressed file.

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: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 10.3
Format_Specification: Esri polyline shapefile
Format_Information_Content:

Zip file containing trackline navigation for multi-channel seismic data from the U.S. Seaboard of the Atlantic Ocean survey area. This also includes associated metadata (Geographic, WGS84, EPSG code 4326).

File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip, 7zip, Peazip or pkUnzip
Transfer_Size: 3.8

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2014-011-FA/data/seismics/2014-011-FA_seistrk.zip

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7V69HHS
Network_Resource_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2014-011-FA/

Access_Instructions:

Network Resource links are provided as easy shortcuts to informational resources. The first link is for downloading a compressed file containing all of the data. The second link is a link to the data catalog page of the publication. The third link also goes to the data catalog page of the publication, but does so via the DOI publication number.

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

This compressed file contains data available in Esri shapefile format. The compressed file also contains associated metadata. The user must have software capable of reading and processing the data file. The data are also available as text format.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240318
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Matthew A. Arsenault
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2354
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:

The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318)

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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