U.S. Geological Survey
2007
Interpretation Showing the Distribution of Sea-Floor Sedimentary Environments in Quicks Hole, MA (H11076_SEDENV.SHP, Geographic)
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2006-1357
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061357
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/data/interpretation/environment/h11076_sedenv.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/html/catalog.html
L.J. Poppe
S.D. Ackerman
D.S. Foster
D.S. Blackwood
B. Butman
M.S. Moser
H.F. Stewart
2007
Sea-Floor Character and Surface Processes in the Vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
1.0
Open-File Report
2006-1357
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan sonar data collected in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, a passage through the Elizabeth Islands that extend in a chain southwestward off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In June 2005, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconaissance survey.
To release an interpretation of the sedimentary environments generated from data collected during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) survey H11076 in Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts, in geographic.
2007
publication date
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:5e0c4a33-3409-48f0-9976-668ee273368c
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U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Science Center
Sedimentary Environments
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
WHSC
NOAA Survey H11076
H11076
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Field Activity Number 05007
Shapefile
Erosion
Nondeposition
Sorting
Reworking
Deposition
Coarse Bedload Transport
Open-File Report 2006-1357
interpretation
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
scientific interpretation
sea-floor characteristics
ocean processes
sediment transport
geospatial datasets
None
Quicks Hole
Elizabeth Islands
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
New England
U.S. East Coast
United States
North America
Atlantic Ocean
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 information.
U.S. Geological Survey
Larry Poppe
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2314
508-457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/data/interpretation/environment/h11076_sedenv.gif
Thumbnail image showing the distribution of sedimentary environments within NOAA survey H11076
GIF
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All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Navigation was by differential GPS
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The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Only the source media, time period of content, and source contribution were supplied.
DVD-ROM
2004
ground condition
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The original acoustic data acquired during NOAA survey H11076 aboard the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
The geographic GeoTIFF image of the sidescan sonar and multibeam data from survey H11076 and the point data layer from grain-size analyses of sediments collected from this survey area were imported into the ArcView GIS project view. Sedimentary environments were interpreted based on tonal changes in the sidescan sonar imagey, the bathymetry and textural analyses. The interpreted sedimentary environments were outlined using the available graphic tools then converted to an ArcView shapefile for each environment. Thses shapefiles were merged into one file with the Geoprocessing Wizard extension.
h11076_geo_1msss.tif
h11076_geo_1mmbes.tif
h11076_seddata.shp
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h11076_sedenv.shp
h11076_sedenv.shx
h11076_sedenv.dbf
h11076_sedenv.avl
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2314
508-457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
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20151130
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.
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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
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h11076_sedenv
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FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
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SEDENV
Interpreted sedimentary environments
Scientist
Four Sedimentary environments (Erosion or Nondeposition, Coarse Bedload Transport, Sorting or Reworking, and Deposition)
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2314
508-457-2310
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SHP
3.3
ESRI shapefile
The shapefile (h11076_sedenv.shp, h11076_sedenv.shx, h11076_sedenv.dbf) and browse graphic.
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/data/interpretation/environment/h11076_sedenv.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/data/interpretation/environment/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
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2007
20211111
U.S. Geological Survey
Larry Poppe
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
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
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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