Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Seismic-Reflection Profiles in SEG-Y Format From Southern Rhode Island Sound Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: profile Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1003 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091003 Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/catalog.html Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/seismics/sris/segy/ Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/sris_prof.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: N.K. Soderberg Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980 Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1003 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: 2 DVD-ROMs Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/ Description: Abstract: 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. Purpose: This data set contains the seismic-reflection data in SEG-Y format collected aboard the R/V Asterias during a 1980 geophysical cruise in southern Rhode Island Sound. It is a digital version of the seismic data collected on the cruise and can be used in seismic interpretation software. The seismic data can be used to provide useful information about the framework geology in this region. This metadata describes the SEG-Y data as a whole. Supplemental_Information: For more information on the seismic surveys see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=1980-012-FA These data are also available via GeoMapApp (http://www.geomapapp.org/) and Virtual Ocean ( http://www.virtualocean.org/) earth science exploration and visualization applications. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19800610 Ending_Date: 19800612 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.215370 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.637272 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.502251 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.233566 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:1cddccb2-45bd-4e49-b6af-3f09b54657b5 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 Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: R/V Asterias Theme_Keyword: high-resolution seismic Theme_Keyword: geophysical data Theme_Keyword: Uniboom seismic reflection Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2009-1003 Theme_Keyword: OFR 2009-1003 Theme_Keyword: SEG-Y Theme_Keyword: Cruise AST-80-6B Theme_Keyword: Field activity number 80012 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning Theme_Keyword: distributions Theme_Keyword: substrate Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Keywords Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection profiling Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection methods Theme_Keyword: sub-bottom profiling Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Southern Rhode Island Sound Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: northeast United States Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Cox Ledge Place_Keyword: Muskeget Channel Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: 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. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/seismics/sris/segy/a80_6lines.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse image of seismic-line locations from cruise AST-80-6B. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: C.J. O'Hara Originator: R.N. Oldale Publication_Date: 1980 Title: Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Miscellaneous Field Studies Map Issue_Identification: MF-1186 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/1980/mf-1186/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: N.K. Soderberg Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Western Rhode Island Sound, 1980 Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2009-1002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1002/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: K.M. Barry Originator: D.A. Cavers Originator: C.W. Kneale Publication_Date: 1975 Title: Report on recommended standards for digital tape formats Series_Information: Series_Name: Geophysics Issue_Identification: 40, no. 02, p. 344-352 Online_Linkage: http://www.seg.org/documents/10161/77915/seg_y_rev1.pdf Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: The data were edited and processed in a consistent manner. Completeness_Report: All available SEG-Y data along seismic acquisition lines collected during the R/V Asterias cruise AST-80-6B is included in this data set. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: USGS (assumed) Publication_Date: unknown Title: Information unavailable from original metadata. Type_of_Source_Media: paper records - assumed Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19800610 Ending_Date: 19800612 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Original seismic-reflection profiles Source_Contribution: Information unavailable from original metadata. Process_Step: Process_Description: Original seismic records of cruise AST-80-6B were obtained using a towed EG&G Uniboom system, towed 15 m astern of the vessel, with a half-second fire rate. The signal was amplified and filtered to a 400- to 4000-Hz bandpass. The seismic data have 1- to 2-m resolution. Seismic data were printed on EPC recorders at a quarter-second sweep rate. The ship speed averaged 5 knots. Shipboard systems include: EG&G Uniboom Catamaran with mounted transducer, EG&G Trigger-Capacitor Bank, EPC Seismic Recorder (4100 series), Teledyne Exploration Seismic Amplifier (Model 300), Del Norte Hydrophone Streamer (30 element), Krohn-Hite Band Pass Filter, Northstar 6000 Loran C Receiver and Repeater. Process_Date: 1980 Process_Step: Process_Description: Original seismic records were scanned at 300 dpi, 8-bit grayscale on an Ideal Contex Crystal TX 40 scanner using Ideal ScanOS version 2.5.4 software and saved as TIFFs, after being roughly rotated and cropped. Some seismic lines were too long to scan at once and were cut into sections, other lines were collected in sections. These sections are noted in the file names with lower-case letters after the line number. For instance, a80_607a_1.tif signifies the cruise as R/V Asterias in 1980 (AST-80-6B), line 7, section a, SEG-Y segment _1, and TIFF format. Process_Date: 2008 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: TIFFs were then opened in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and saved as 200 dpi grayscale TIFFs. Process_Date: 2008 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Grayscale TIFFs were further processed in Adobe Photoshop CS2 in order to aid in creating the SEG-Y files. These TIFF images were rotated so they were nearly perfectly horizontal, cropped to start and end shots with known positions, and resampled using bicubic filtering, such that each horizontal pixel of the image corresponds to a trace and each vertical pixel corresponds to a time sample, based on a 0.5 second fire rate and 0.25 sec sweep rate (250 ms) and an assumed 0.08 sample rate. For instance, a 30-minute image is 3600 shots/pixels wide (30*60/0.5) and 3125 pixels high (250 ms/0.08 ms). Seismic-reflection profiles that had noted changes in ship speed or places where recording stopped for belt changes were split into segments, so each file was obtained at roughly the same speed. These segments are labeled with _1 or _2 after the section, thus the file names differ slightly from the line names as used in the logbook. Since TIFF images were clipped in the process of making SEG-Y files, users are encouraged to view the TIFF images available in this report (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/sris_prof.html) in order to see field notes related to data acquisition and weather conditions, which were written directly on the paper records. Process_Date: 2008 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Rotated, cropped, and resampled grayscale TIFFs were run through tif2segy, a Unix shell script written by Andrew MacRae (Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia) and used to convert TIFFs to SEG-Y format. Tif2segy requires two other programs to run successfully: Seismic Unix (http://www.cwp.mines.edu/cwpcodes) and Netpbm tools (http://netpbm.sourceforge.net). The default sample interval within the Tif2segy script was edited and set to 80 microseconds using the Unix text editor, vi. The ASCII header was also edited to reflect the current processor and processing date. Quality control was performed by viewing the SEG-Y files using SeisVU SEG-Y File Viewer (1.0.0.1). Process_Date: 2009 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: 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.). Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. An online link was added to a cross-reference. Fixed an online link to a cross-reference. The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. 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. Process_Date: 20170213 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: Keywords section of metadata optimized for discovery in USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Data Catalog. Process_Date: 20170124 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alan O. Allwardt Contact_Position: Contractor -- Information Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 2885 Mission Street City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7551 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aallwardt@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Additional information regarding file availability through GeoMapApp was added to the metadata. This included an additional distribution link pointing to CMGDS. Process_Date: 20171201 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: Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata. Process_Date: 20191118 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 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence Poppe 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: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data: WinZipped SEG-Y seismic data files. 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 if for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SEG-Y Format_Information_Content: WinZipped SEG-Y files ranging from 23-143 Mb in size File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/seismics/sris/segy/ Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/catalog.html Network_Resource_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/1980_012_FA/ Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). The third online link gives access to the folder containing the individual SEG-Y files on the USGS CMGDS (Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System) uncompressed. These are the files made availabe through GeoMapApp. Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes Recording_Format: UDF Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The WinZip 9.0 file contains a SEG-Y formatted seismic-reflection profile. The user must be able to uncompress the zip file and have software capable of reading SEG-Y standard files. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20211116 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2277 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 metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid. Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None