U.S. Geological Survey
2009
15-Minute Navigation for Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in Southern Rhode Island Sound in 1980 (A80_6NAV_SORT.SHP)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2009-1003
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091003
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/nav/sris/a80_6nav/a80_6nav.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/catalog.html
K.Y. McMullen
L.J. Poppe
N.K. Soderberg
2009
Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980
1.0
Open-File Report
2009-1003
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
2 DVD-ROMs
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/
During 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a seismic-reflection survey utilizing Uniboom seismics in southern Rhode Island Sound aboard the Research Vessel Asterias. This cruise totalled 3 survey days. Data from this survey were recorded in analog form and archived at the USGS. Due to recent interest in the geology of Rhode Island Sound and in an effort to make the data more readily accessible while preserving the original paper records, the seismic data from this cruise were scanned and converted to TIFF images and SEG-Y data files. Navigation data were converted from LORAN-C time delays to latitudes and longitudes, which are available in ESRI shapefile format and as eastings and northings in space-delimited text format.
This GIS layer contains the ship-track navigation collected aboard the R/V Asterias during a 1980 geophysical cruise in southern Rhode Island Sound. This 15-minute navigation point shapefile corresponds to a80_6lines2.shp and the black and white TIFF images. It is part of a digital version of a regional map showing the distribution of sub-bottom seismic profiles collected in Rhode Island Sound. The seismic data collected along these ship tracks can be used to provide useful information about the framework geology in this region.
19800610
19800612
ground condition
None planned
-71.423661
-70.424530
41.378131
41.044571
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:14fb5304-20bc-499e-8ebe-c727fc6e35b2
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
R/V Asterias
point shapefile
navigation
geophysical data
ship track
OFR 2009-1003
Open-File Report 2009-1003
Cruise AST-80-6B
LORAN-C
Field activity number 80012
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
location
USGS Thesaurus
navigational data
marine geophysics
geospatial datasets
None
Southern Rhode Island Sound
Rhode Island
U.S. East Coast
North America
United States
Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
northeast United States
Massachusetts
Cox Ledge
Muskeget Channel
Nantucket Sound
None
Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey 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/2009/1003/data/nav/sris/a80_6nav/a80_6nav_sort.gif
Browse image of 15-minute shotpoint navigation from cruise AST-80-6B.
GIF
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
C.J. O'Hara
R.N. Oldale
1980
Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
1.0
map
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
MF-1186
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1186
K.Y. McMullen
L.J. Poppe
N.K. Soderberg
2009
Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Western Rhode Island Sound, 1980
1.0
Open-File Report
2009-1002
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1002/
Attribute data were recorded by the science party and entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.
The layers were edited and processed in a consistent manner.
Navigation points are spaced at approximately 15-minute intervals and at course changes or line events (start/end of line). Continuous navigation is not available.
All navigation was done by LORAN-C and was manually recorded. The cruise used the Group Repetition Interval 9960 Northeast U.S. chain and recorded time delays from Caribou, Maine (W) and Carolina Beach, N.C. (Y) slave transmitters. Absolute accuracy is 185 to 463 m based on a link no longer available from http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/. The original link referred to the loran/handbook/h-book.htm (see Chapter III). A possible new link with similar information is available from: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/loran/handbook/loran-c_users_handbook_entire.pdf.
C. O'Hara
J. Eusden
A. Whitney
1980
Geophysics Log, ASTERIAS 80-6B, Southern Rhode Island Sound,
http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/1980/80012/archive/80012sei.pdf
online
19800610
19800612
ground condition
Geophysics Log, ASTERIAS 80-6B, Southern Rhode Island Sound
LORAN-C navigation data were manually recorded during field work in southern Rhode Island Sound. This data set contains the latitude and longitude coordinates converted from the LORAN-C time delays.
LORAN-C time delays (chain 9960) from the R/V Asterias Cruise AST-80-6B Geophysics Logbook were converted in a batch to latitude and longitude (WGS84 projection) using LoranGPS 6.2 using the W and Y chains and selecting the output as decimal degrees.
http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/1980/80012/archive/80012sei.pdf
2008
80012.txt
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
Latitudes and longitudes converted by LoranGPS were copied into an Excel file containing additional information (date, time, line number, comments). Lines are named using the following convention: for instance, 7a signifies the line 7, section a. Lower case letters refer to sections of the line that were split during data collection or during scanning (if a line was too long to scan at once).
80012.txt
2009
80012timedelays.xls
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
Data from the Excel file were added to ArcMap 9.2 (tools, add xy data) and converted to a shapefile (data, export data) and the projection was defined as geographic WGS84.
80012timedelays.xls
2009
n80_1nav.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
Added attribute field 'Minutes', the time in minutes after midnight, to the 15-minute navigation file using the field calculator in ArcGIS 9.2 to make the following calculation: (int ([time value]/100)*60) + [time value] - ((int([time value]/100))*100) where the attribute 'Time' is used as the time value. Added attribute field 'LineSplit', the line identification based on TIFF line segments. Added attribute field 'CommentSpl', the notation of start and end of line segments. Added attribute field 'LineOrig', the line identification of lines as recorded in the logbook. Added attribute fields 'CommentOri', the notation of start and ends of lines as recorded in the logbook; 'Source', the source of the data (logbook or 1-minute navigation shapefile); and 'Cruise_ID', the cruise identification.
a80_6nav.shp
2009
a80_6nav.shp
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Sediment Lab Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 458-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Added point with time 1522 of line 7a from a80_6_1minnav_sort.shp to record end point of line 7a.
a80_6nav.shp
a80_6_1minnav_sort.shp
2009
a80_6nav.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
Used Table Sort tool in VACExtras version 1.91 to sort the data such that points are sorted primarily by Line and secondarily by Time.
a80_6nav.shp
2009
a80_6nav_sort.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 were needed. 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.
20160523
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
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
122
0.000001
0.000001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
a80_6nav_sort
Shapefile attribute table
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
TD2
LORAN-C time delay from Carolina Beach, NC
LORAN-C receiver
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Time
Local time of navigation fix recorded as hhmm.xxx
Recorded by LORAN-C navigation system and noted in cruise log book.
hhmm.xxx where xxx are decimal minutes when recorded
Hours, minutes, and decimal minutes in EDT
Recorded by LORAN-C navigation system and noted in cruise log book.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Date_
Date on which the navigation data were collected (mm/dd/yyyy).
Chief Scientist
6/10/1980
6/12/1980
Latitude
Latitude coordinate position of navigation fix.
Converted from time delays using LoranGPS
41.044571
41.378131
Decimal degrees
0.000001
Longitude
Longitude coordinate position of navigation fix.
Converted from time delays using LoranGPS
-70.42453
-71.423661
Decimal degrees
0.000001
Minutes
Time in minutes
Compiler
mmmm.xxx where xxx are decimal minutes when recorded
Time in minutes after midnight EDT calculated by the following calculation: (int ([time value]/100)*60) + [time value] - ((int([time value]/100))*100) where 'Time' attribute is used for the time value.
Compiler
TD1
LORAN-C time delay from Caribou, ME
LORAN-C receiver
Information unavailable from original metadata.
LineOrig
Line name as recorded in logbook
Chief Scientist
Information unavailable from original metadata.
CommentOri
Navigation notes made to position fixes in log book, including Start of Line (SOL) and End of Line (EOL).
Geophysics logbook
Information unavailable from original metadata.
LineSplit
Line names based on sections split during data collection or scanning; corresponds to black and white TIFF images.
Compiler
Information unavailable from original metadata.
CommentSpl
Notation for the start and end of line segments (SOL, EOL) based on split lines; corresponds to black and white TIFF images.
Compiler
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source
Source of data
Compiler
logbook
Data came directly from the cruise logbook
Information unavailable from original metadata.
a80_6_1minnav_sort
Data came from the 1-minute navigation file a80_6_1minnav_sort.shp
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Cruise_ID
Cruise identification
Compiler
ASTR-80-6B
Cruise ID
Compiler
Zeros in the fields TD1, TD2, latitude and longitude occur where a data point was imported from the 1-minute navigation shapefile (a80_6_1minnav_sort.shp). This point was not recorded in the logbook, so it does not have values for the time delays or the associated latitudes and longitudes attribute fields.
This metadata was partially generated by importing an existing metadata file in text format. A known bug in ArcCatalog is that importing metadata can under certain circumstances scramble some attribute tags. All the attributes and their definitions are present, but the order of the attributes in the metadata does not match the order of the attributes in the attribute table.
Lines are named using the following convention: a80_607a_2 signifies the data is from the R/V Asterias in 1980 (cruise AST-80-6B), line 07, section a, SEG-Y segment 2.
U.S. Geological Survey
Lawrence 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: a80_6nav_sort.shp
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SHP
ArcGIS 9.2
ESRI 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. 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. Three other forms of the metadata are also available: FGDC html, FAQ html, and ASCII text. In addition a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent is included.
WinZip archive
0.08
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/nav/sris/a80_6nav/a80_6nav.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
none
The WinZip 9.0 file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must be able to uncompress the zip file and 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 the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
2009
20211116
U.S. Geological Survey
Katherine McMullen
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
None
None