Larry Poppe
2010
Interpretation of Bottom Features from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11251 Offshore of Rocky Point, New York (H11251_INTERP.SHP, Geographic, WGS84)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2010-1007
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101007
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/data/interpret/h11251_interp.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/html/catalog.html
L.J. Poppe
K.Y. McMullen
S.D. Ackerman
D.S. Blackwood
B.J. Irwin
J.D. Schaer
P.G. Lewit
E.F. Doran
2010
Sea-floor geology and character offshore of Rocky Point, New York
1.0
Open-File Report
2010-1007
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry and sidescan-sonar imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities in Long Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During October 2008 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H11251 offshore of Rocky Point, New York and during November 2009, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of this area. Interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan-sonar data and the ground-truth data used to verify them. For more information on the ground-truth survey see http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2009/09059/
To release an interpretation of bottom features based on sidescan-sonar and bathymetry data collected during NOAA survey H11251 and sediment samples and bottom photography collected during USGS survey RAFA09059 offshore of Rocky Point, New York, in a geographic, WGS84 coordinate system. These data can be used to provide information on surface geology and sedimentary processes.
20091110
Ground condition, however, calendar date is for the bottom samples and photography. Sidescan backscatter and multibeam bathymetry used in the interpretation were collected during 20081007 to 20081027.
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:b9709ef6-9ef3-4116-9621-2322019e8427
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Interpretations
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
WHCMSC
NOAA Survey H11251
H11251
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Field Activity Number 09059
ESRI shapefile
Boulders
Sand Waves
Open-File Report 2010-1007
OFR 2010-1007
polygon
shipwreck
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
CT DEP
megaripples
bedforms
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
oceans
location
USGS Thesaurus
scientific interpretation
sea-floor characteristics
marine geology
geospatial datasets
None
New York
Rocky Point
Long Island
U.S. East Coast
United States
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
None
The interpretation was completed at map scales less than 1:10,000, and is not intended for use smaller map scales. 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.
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/2010/1007/data/interpret/h11251_interp.gif
Thumbnail image showing the interpreted bottom features within NOAA survey H11251
GIF
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Poppe, L.J.
DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L.
Doran, E.F.
Smith, S.M.
Stewart, H.F.
Forfinski, N.A.
2007
Geological interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in the vicinity of the Race, eastern Long Island Sound
1.0
GIS data release
Open-File Report
2007-1012
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1012/
Poppe, L.J.
Denny, J.F.
Williams, S.J.
Moser, M.S.
Forfinski, N.A.
Stewart, H.F.
Doran, E.F.
2007
The geology of Six Mile Reef, eastern Long Island Sound
1.0
GIS data release
Open-File Report
2007-1191
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1191/
McMullen, K.Y.
Poppe, L.J.
Danforth, W.W.
Blackwood, D.S.
Schaer, J.D.
Ostapenko, A.J.
Glomb, K.A.
Doran, E.F.
2010
Surficial geology of the sea floor in Long Island Sound offshore of Plum Island, New York
1.0
GIS data release
Open-File Report
2010-1005
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1005/
Poppe, L.J.
Hastings, M.E.
DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L.
Manheim, F.T.
Mlodzinska, Z.J.
1998
Surficial sediment database
1.0
Spreadsheet database
Open-File Report
98-502, Chapter 3
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-502/chapt3/chpt3.htm
Poppe, L.J.
Polloni, C.
1998
Long Island Sound environmental studies
1.0
Thematic report
Open-File Report
98-502
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 CD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-502/
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
All collected data with the study area were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Navigation of the underlying data on which the interpretation is based was by differential GPS. Interpretation good to 1:10,000.
The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Assumed to be USGS.
unknown
The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard.
DVD-ROM
20091110
Ground condition, however, calendar date is for the bottom samples and photography. Sidescan backscatter and multibeam bathymetry used in the interpretation were collected during 20081007 to 20081027.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
The original acoustic data acquired during NOAA survey H11251 aboard the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson and the portion of the sediment samples and bottom photography collected during USGS survey RAFA09059 that fall within the study area. Historical grain-size data used in the interpretation are from Poppe and others (1998).
The geographic GeoTIFF image of the sidescan-sonar and multibeam bathymetry data from survey H11251 and the point data layer from grain-size analyses of sediments collected from this survey area were imported into the ArcView 3.3 GIS project view. Bottom features were interpreted based on tonal changes in the sidescan-sonar imagery, the bathymetry, bottom photography, and textural analyses. The individually interpreted features (boulders, bedforms (sand waves and megaripples), and a shipwreck (indentified from the descriptive report) were outlined using the available graphic tools then converted to an ESRI shapefile using ArcView 3.3.
h11251_1msss_geo.tif
h11251_2mmb_geo.tif
rafa09059_seddata.shp
rafa09059_botphotos.shp
2009
h11251_interp.shp
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
ArcGIS 9.2 was used to define the projection of the ESRI shapefile as geographic WGS84 and to create the .prj file using the ArcToolbox Define Projection tool.
h11251_interp.shp
2010
h11251_interp.prj
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02536
USA
508-548-8700 x2314
508-457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 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.). The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. 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.
20160314
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
G-polygon
53
0.000001
0.000001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
h11251_interp
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.
ID
Internal feature number
ESRI
Information unavailable from original metadata.
FEATURES
Interpreted seabed feature
Scientist
Boulders
Sea floor characterized primarily by the presence of boulders as recognized in the bottom photography and by small, distinct, isolated bathymetric highs in the multibeam bathymetry and pared hard returns and shadows in the sidescan-sonar data
Scientist
Bedforms
Sea floor characterized primarily by the presence of sand waves and megaripples as recognized by a ripple-like appearance in the multibeam bathymetry and a tiger-stripe pattern in the sidescan-sonar data
Scientist
Shipwreck
Sunken vessel exposed on the sea floor as reported in the descriptive report
Scientist
Shapefile containing interpretations of the seafloor off Rocky Point, NY. Shapefile shows distributions of boulders, large bedforms, and shipwrecks. Blank areas within the study area are primarily nondescript reworked Holocene sediment.
U.S. Geological Survey
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
Downloadable Data
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nor the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) 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, NOAA, or the CT DEP 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
ArcView 3.3
ESRI polygon shapefile
A zip file containing the geospatial data, metadata, and browse graphic.
zip archive
0.12
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/data/interpret/h11251_interp.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/data/interpret/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
None
The user must be capable of uncompressing WinZip files. Also, 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.
2010
20211116
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 or the email is otherwise invalid.
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
None
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