K.Y. McMullen
2007
Interpretation of NOAA H11310 Sidescan Sonar and Bathymetric Data from Central Narragansett Bay (H11310INT.SHP)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2006-1199
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061199
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/data/interpretation/mosaicinterp/mosaicinterp.zip
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/html/catalog.html
K.Y. McMullen
L.J. Poppe
R.P. Signell
J.F. Denny
J.M. Crocker
A.L. Beaver
P.T. Schattgen
2007
Surficial Geology in Central Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Interpretations of Sidescan Sonar and Multibeam Bathymetry
1.0
Open-File Report
2006-1199
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061199
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is working cooperatively with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to interpret the surficial geology in estuaries along the coast of the northeastern United States. The purpose of our present study is to interpret the distributions of surficial sediments and sedimentary environments in an area of Narragansett Bay using sidescan sonar imagery, high-resolution bathymetry, and sediment data. The mosaic presented herein covers an area of the sea floor in central Narragansett Bay. The mosaic and their interpretations (represented in part by this data layer) serve many purposes, including: (1) defining the geological variability of the sea floor, which is one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity; (2) improving our understanding of the processes that control the distribution and transport of bottom sediments and the distribution of benthic habitats and associated infaunal community structures; and (3) providing a detailed framework for future research, monitoring, and management activities. The sidescan sonar mosaics also serve as base maps for subsequent sedimentological, geochemical, and biological observations, because precise information on environmental setting is important for selection of sampling sites and for accurate interpretation of point measurements.
This data layer is a component of the H11310 Survey, Narragansett Bay, GIS database and represents an interpretation of the sidescan sonar mosaic and multibeam bathymetry for the study area. The interpretation can be used as an overlay for the mosaic image and shows areas of backscatter, depressions and features such as shipwrecks, bridge pilings, piers, and cables/pipelines.
2007
publication date
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:07c70dd1-34b5-4d7d-8f4e-39c04216852a
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
NOAA Ship RUDE
sidescan sonar interpretation
backscatter
pipelines
bridge pilings
Quaternary
Holocene
polygon shapefile
Open-File Report 2006-1199
OFR 2006-1199
interpretation
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
scientific interpretation
sea-floor characteristics
marine geology
geospatial datasets
None
Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island
U.S. East Coast
North America
United States
Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
northeast United States
None
Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the originator of this dataset.
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Sediment Lab Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/data/interpretation/mosaicinterp/h11310interp.gif
Image of the interpretations of NOAA H11310 sidescan sonar and bathymetric data
GIF
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780
Attributes have been visually checked by the compilers.
Several shapefiles representing various features identified on the mosaic were combined to create this data layer. The layers were edited and processed in a consistent manner.
Layer is complete as interpreted for these features.
U.S. Geological Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2004
H11310_1m_sss_utm19nad83.tif
remote-sensing image
1 meter resolution
DVD-ROM
2004
ground condition
h11310_1m_sss_geo1_wgs84_inv.tif
Modified sidescan sonar mosaic (originally created by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)). The sonar image was visually interpreted to create this data layer.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2004
H11310_1m_utm19nad83.txt
1 meter resolution
DVD-ROM
2004
ground condition
h11310_wgs84
Modified multibeam bathymetry data (originally created by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)). The bathymetry image was visually interpreted to create this data layer.
The sidescan sonar imagery and multibeam bathymetry was interpreted to create the shapefiles representing various geologic/bottom characteristic themes (sand wave fields, trawl marks, rocky areas).
h11310_1m_sss_geo1_wgs84_inv.tif
h11310_wgs84
2006
lowbkstr.shp
highbkstr.shp
pipeline.shp
rocky.shp
shipwreck.shp
depression.shp
pierpilings.shp
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Sediment Lab Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
The shapefiles were merged into one shapefile and polygons were attributed.
lowbkstr.shp
highbkstr.shp
pipeline.shp
rocky.shp
shipwreck.shp
depression.shp
pierpilings.shp
2006
merge7.shp
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Sediment Lab Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 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.). Minor fixes to the attribute format for some attributes was needed. The online links in the Distribution_Information section had to be fixed. 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.
20160413
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
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
Fixed a broken link and added the DOI link.
20190130
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
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G-polygon
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Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
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h11310int
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
ID
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
INTERP
interpretation of features from the NOAA H11310 sidescan sonar mosaic
compiler
pipeline
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
depressions
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
shipwreck
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
pier
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
bridge
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
rocky
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
lowbkstr
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
highbkstr
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
mottled
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Assumed to be compiler.
Polygons are attributed as features based on the interpretation of the sidescan sonar mosaic and multibeam bathymetry, such as high backscatter, pipelines, ship wrecks, etc.
U.S. Geological Survey
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
SHP
Information unavailable from original metadata.
ESRI polygon 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).
zip archive
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/data/interpretation/mosaicinterp/mosaicinterp.zip
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
Information unavailable from original metadata.
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 the importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
2007
20211116
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Sediment Lab Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(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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