U.S. Geological Survey
2015
Interpretation of Sedimentary Environments from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12324 in Narragansett Bay (Geographic, WGS 84)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2015-1149
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151149
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1149/html/ofr20151149_catalog.html
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1149/data/sedenv/h12324sedenv.zip
K.Y. McMullen
L.J. Poppe
D.S. Blackwood
M.J. Nardi
M.A. Andring
2015
Sea-floor morphology and sedimentary environments in southern Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
1.0
Open-File Report
2015-1149
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
DVD-ROM
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151149
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1149/
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. Bathymetric data, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a framework for research and management activities along southern Narragansett Bay, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During September 2014, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam-echosounder, sedimentary, and photographic data collected in Narragansett Bay. For more information on the ground-truth survey see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-046-FA.
To release interpretations of sedimentary environments based on bathymetry data collected during NOAA survey H12324 and sediment samples and bottom photography collected during USGS survey 2014-046-FA in Narragansett Bay in a geographic, WGS 84 coordinate system.
2015
publication date
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:6f3d9ea6-2318-466a-8e9c-d5378e76be14
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Sedimentary environments
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
WHCMSC
NOAA Survey H12324
H12324
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Field Activity Number 2014-046-FA
Esri shapefile
Erosion or nondeposition
polygon shapefile
Coarse-grained bedload transport
Sorting and reworking
interpretation
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
oceans
USGS Thesaurus
scientific interpretation
sea-floor characteristics
ocean processes
sediment transport
geospatial datasets
None
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
U.S. East Coast
United States
North America
Atlantic Ocean
None
The interpretation of sedimentary environments was completed at map scales greater than 1:10,000, and is not intended for use with larger 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
Katherine McMullen
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2277
508-457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1149/data/sedenv/h12324sedenv.gif
Thumbnail image showing the sedimentary environments within NOAA survey H12324
GIF
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095
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://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
All collected data within the study area were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Navigation for the sediment samples, photography, and bathymetry data, which the sedimentary environments were based on, was by differential GPS.
National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Unknown
H12324 bathymetry
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/page?url=http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/hsmdb/H12001-H14000/H12324_hsmdb.xml&view=hydro/survey&header=none
online
20110627
20111011
ground condition
bathy
The original acoustic data acquired during NOAA survey H12324 aboard the NOAA vessel S3002 were collected from June 27, 2011 to October 11, 2011.
U.S. Geological Survey
2015
Sediment and photographic data from USGS survey 2014-046-FA in H12324 study area
sediment samples and bottom photographs
20140915
20140916
ground condition
samples and photos
Sediment samples and bottom photography collected during USGS survey 2014-046-FA between September 15-16, 2014.
L.J. Poppe
V.F. Paskevich
S.J. Williams
M.E. Hastings
J.T. Kelley
D.F. Belknap
L.G. Ward
D.M. FitzGerald
P.F. Larsen
2003
Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity-A GIS compilation
1.0
Open-File Report
2003-001
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/
CD-ROM
2003
publication date
samples
Previously published sediment sample data
The GeoTIFF image of the multibeam data from survey H12324 and the point data layers from bottom photography and grain-size analyses of sediments collected from this survey area were imported into ArcMap 9.3.1. Bottom features were interpreted based on the bathymetry, bottom photography, and textural analyses. The individually interpreted features (i.e. sand waves) were outlined using the available graphic tools.
h12324_geo.tif
2014-046_324seddata.shp
2014-046_324botphotos.shp
2015
h12324interp.shp
Lawrence Poppe, emeritus
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
Sedimentary environments were interpreted largely based on the sea floor interpretations, although some polygons have different borders to reflect overlap or other features. The h12324interp.shp file was copied and renamed in ArcCatalog 9.3.1 and polygon labels were changed to reflect sedimentary environments. Rocky areas and scour depressions indicate environments of erosion or nondeposition in this study area, sand waves indicate coarse-grained bedload transport, and the remaining modern marine sediments are likely environments characterized by sorting and reworking. In areas where the interpretation polygons overlapped, the dominant feature on the sea floor was used. Polygons with overlap were intersected, clipped, and either merged with the dominant area or relabeled using the tools in ArcMap 9.3.1.
h12324interp.shp
2015
h12324sedenv.shp
Lawrence Poppe, emeritus
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
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. 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.
20170510
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
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
229
0.000001
0.000001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
h12324sedenv
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
0
0
SEDENV
Interpretation of sedimentary environments from NOAA H12324 multibeam-bathymetry data and USGS 2014-046-FA sediment and photography data
compiler
Erosion or Nondeposition
High-energy environments within which sea-floor sediments are either removed or do not accumulate
USGS
Coarse Bedload Transport
Coarse-grained bedload transport: Environment within which sea-floor sand and pea-gravel sized sediments are transported
USGS
Sorting and Reworking
Environment within which sea-floor sediments are being separated into different fractions according to grain size.
USGS
Shapefile containing sedimentary environments of the sea floor in the Narragansett Bay study area. Shapefile shows distributions of environments characterized by erosion or nondeposition, coarse-grained bedload transport, and sorting and reworking.
U.S. Geological Survey
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2277
508-457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data - h12324sedenv.zip
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Shapefile
ArcMap 9.3.1
Esri polygon shapefile
A zip file (WinZip 14.0) containing the geospatial data, metadata, and browse graphic.
zip archive
0.36
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1149/data/sedenv/h12324sedenv.zip
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1149/html/ofr20151149_catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the Internet.
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 software capable of reading this format. A free data viewer, ArcGIS Explorer, capable of displaying the data is available from Esri at www.esri.com.
20211116
U.S. Geological Survey
Katherine McMullen
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
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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