L.J. Poppe
2005
Surficial Sediment Data Collected during USGS Cruise R/V RAFAEL 04011 off of Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts (RAFA04011_SEDDATA.SHP)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2005-1048
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051048
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.zip
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.xls
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.txt
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm
L.J. Poppe
V.F. Paskevich
B. Butman
S.D. Ackerman
W.W. Danforth
D.S. Foster
D.S. Blackwood
2005
Geological Interpretation of Bathymetric and Backscatter Imagery of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts
1.0
Open-File Report
2005-1048
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/
This data set includes the locations, identifiers, grain-size data and(or) textural descriptions of surficial sediments collected at 89 stations on topographic and backscatter data of the sea floor offshore east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The sediments were collected with a modified Van Veen grab (small SEABOSS) during USGS survey 04011, conducted May 25- June 4, 2004.
This data set was produced to ground-truth (verify) topography and backscatter intensity of the sea floor offshore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. These acoustic data were collected with a multibeam sea floor mapping system during USGS survey 98015, conducted November 9 - 25, 1998.
20040525
20040604
ground condition
None planned
-70.125650
-69.848580
42.089150
41.623450
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:7d653c5f-8c62-4e0d-b5f4-b4d1d3c1363e
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
RV Rafael
ArcView Shapefile
surficial sediment classification
sediment data
sediments
sediment samples
ground-truth
gravel
sand
silt
clay
stations
sea floor
Field Activity Number 04011
Van Veen grab sampler
small SEABOSS sampler
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
environment
location
USGS Thesaurus
grain-size analysis
navigational data
geospatial datasets
sea-floor characteristics
marine geology
General
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Cape Cod National Seashore
northeast United States
North America
United States
Atlantic Ocean
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 (USGS) as the source of this information.
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata-thumb.gif
Thumbnail image showing the location and extent of sediment data collected during R/V RAFAEL cruise 04011 off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
GIF
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.gif
Image showing the location and extent of sediment data collected during R/V RAFAEL cruise 04011 off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
GIF
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
All attributes were checked in a consistent manner
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
All available grain-size data collected during the RV Rafael cruise 04011 are included in this data set.
Navigation was by differential GPS; positional accuracy to less than 10 m
Information unavailable from original metadata.
unknown
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
20040525
20040604
publication date
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Information unavailable from original metadata.
Samples were collected by grab sampler and analyzed in the laboratory. Coarse fraction determined by sieve; fine fraction determined by Coulter Counter. Visual descriptions were used for rocky/bouldery stations where samples could not be collected. The shapefile was created in Arc View from the ASCII comma-delimited files created by the laboratories software. See Poppe and Polloni (2000) for analytical specifics.
rafa04011_seddata.txt
unknown
rafa04011_seddata.shp
L.J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Removed an invalid link in the distribution section. Minor fixes to the attribute format for some attributes were needed. Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. The semi-major axis and denominator of flattening ratio values indicated NAD27, but the datum and ellipsoid names referenced NAD83. Because the navigation was GPS, the semi-major axis and denominator of flattening ratio were set to NAD83 parameters. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.
20170201
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
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
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
Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
20191118
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
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
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
Entity point
88
0.00001
0.00001
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137
298.257
rafa04011_seddata
Shapefile Attribute Table
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
LABNO
USGS unique identifier consisting of two characters and three numerics
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
String of width 5
STATIONID
Sample name assigned in the field
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
String of width 5
PROJECTID
Project under which the samples were taken
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Information unavailable from original metadata.
CRUISEID
Name or number of cruise during which the samples were collected
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Information unavailable from original metadata.
PRINCIPAL
Name (initial and last name ) of the principal investigator
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Information unavailable from original metadata.
MONTH
Calendar month sample was analyzed
USGS
Information unavailable from original metadata.
DAY
Day sample was analyzed
USGS
Information unavailable from original metadata.
YEAR
Year sample was analyzed
USGS
Information unavailable from original metadata.
LATITUDE
Latitude coordinate of sample location
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
41.62345
42.08915
Decimal degrees
0.00001
LONGITUDE
Longitude coordinate of sample location
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-70.12565
-69.84858
Decimal degrees
0.00001
DEVICE
Device used to collect sample
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
SMALL SEABOSS
AREA
General geographic area
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
CAPE COD
DEPTH_M
Depth or sounding in meters
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
18.2
99.9
meters
0.1
T_DEPTH
Top depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
Depth in cm
Information unavailable from original metadata.
B_DEPTH
Bottom depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
2
Depth in sediment in cm
Information unavailable from original metadata.
WEIGHT
Weight of dry sample in grams
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
14.3623
513.73
grams
0.0001
ZGRAVEL
Gravel content in percent dry weight
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
65.59
percent
0.01
ZSAND
Sand content in percent dry weight
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
27.88
99.98
percent
0.01
ZSILT
Silt content in percent dry weight
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
29.14
percent
0.01
ZCLAY
Clay content in percent dry weight
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
42.98
percent
0.01
SEDCLASS
Sediment description based on a rigorous definition
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
See Shepard (1954)
MEDIAN
Middle point in the grain-size distribution in phi units
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-3.41
7.58
phi
0.01
MEAN
Average value in the grain-size distribution in phi units
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-2.8
6.64
phi
0.01
STDDEV
Standard deviation of the grain size distribution
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.48
3.09
phi
0.01
SKEWNESS
Deviation from symmetrical form of the grain-size distribution
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-0.61
2.86
0.01
KURTOSIS
Degree of curvature near the mode of the grain-size distribution
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-1.49
74.84
0.01
MODE_1_CLA
First mode in phi units
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-5.5
9.5
phi
0.5
MODE_1_FRE
Frequency percent of the first mode
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
17.38
75.19
percent
0.01
MODE_2_CLA
Second mode in phi units
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-4.5
7.5
phi
0.5
MODE_2_FRE
Frequency percent of the second mode
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-4.5
7.5
phi
0.5
MODE_3_CLA
Third mode in phi units
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
2.5
phi
0.5
MODE_3_FRE
Frequency percent of the third mode
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
2.5
phi
0.5
NMODES
Number of modes
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
1
3
modes
1
PHI_11
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 11 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
99.93
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_10
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 10 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
90.08
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_9
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 9 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
72.69
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_8
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 8 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
57.02
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_7
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 7 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
40.47
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_6
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 6 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
30.27
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_5
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 5 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
28.14
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_4
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 4 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
27.88
100.02
percent
0.01
PHI_3
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 3 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
22.87
100.0
percent
0.01
PHI_2
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 2 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
11.77
99.85
percent
0.01
PHI_1
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 1 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
1.99
97.2
percent
0.01
PHI_0
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 0 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.07
81.54
percent
0.01
PHIM1
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -1 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
65.59
percent
0.01
PHIM2
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -2 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
54.38
percent
0.01
PHIM3
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -3 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
52.22
percent
0.01
PHIM4
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -4 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
46.81
percent
0.01
PHIM5
Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -5 phi fraction
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
33.27
percent
0.01
L.J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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.
SHP
3.3
ESRI point shapefile
The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.zip
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
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None
These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
2004
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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.
XLS
Information unavailable from original metadata.
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.xls
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
None
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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.
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Information unavailable from original metadata.
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First record contains field headings. Data fields are comma separated.
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/seddata/rafa04011_seddata.txt
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
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None
20211116
L.J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
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