Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: SEG-Y format of chirp seismic data collected off the southern shore of Martha's Vineyard, MA, 2007 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: The online link is to the field activity page. See the supplemental information and distribution section for additional information regarding viewing and downloading the data. Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2007-011-FA Description: Abstract: The USGS Woods Hole Science Center conducted a nearshore geophysical survey offshore of the southern coast of Martha's Vineyard, in the vicinity of the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) in August 2007. This mapping program was part of a larger research effort supporting the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Ripples Directed-Research Initiative (DRI) studies at MVCO by providing data collection and modeling. The geophysical data will be used to provide initial conditions for wave and circulation models for the study area. Ultimately, geophysical mapping, oceanographic measurements and modeling will help to improve our understanding of coastal sediment-transport processes. The geophysical mapping utilized a suite of high-resolution instrumentation to map the surficial sediment distribution, depth and sub-surface geology: dual-frequency 100/500 KHz sidescan-sonar system, 234-KHz interferometric sonar, and 500 Hz -12 KHz chirp sub-bottom profiler. The survey was conducted aboard the M/V Megan Miller August 9-13, 2007. The study area covers 35 square kilometers from about 0.2 km to 5-km offshore of the south shore of Martha's Vineyard, and ranges in depth from ~ 5 to 20 meters. Purpose: These chirp seismic-reflection data were collected to use for interpretation of shallow subsurface stratigraphy and assess the thickness of modern sediment on the inner shelf along the south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Supplemental_Information: For more information on the seismic surveys see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2008-016-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. The JPEG format of these data (along with other data associated with this field activity) were released through the Open-File Report 2008-1288 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1288/). See the cross-reference for full citation information. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20070809 Ending_Date: 20070813 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.600292 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.511213 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.347370 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.301252 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:01ceab9c-b86e-4da8-84d8-48fb3d919d39 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 07011 Theme_Keyword: R/V Megan Miller Theme_Keyword: SEG-Y Theme_Keyword: seismic-reflection Theme_Keyword: profiles Theme_Keyword: seismic Theme_Keyword: subbottom Theme_Keyword: image Theme_Keyword: chirp Theme_Keyword: EdgeTech SB-0512i Theme_Keyword: JSF Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: sub-bottom profiling Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Southeastern Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Northeast United States Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: The U.S. Geological Survey asks to be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future publications. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane Denny Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 5084572310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1288/GIS_catalog/Seisimage/seisimage_sm.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: JPEG image of seismic-reflection profile Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG 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: Paul Henkart Publication_Date: 2007 Title: SIOSEIS Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Publication_Information: Publication_Place: LaJolla, CA Publisher: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California - San Diego Online_Linkage: http://sioseis.ucsd.edu/index.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: John Stockwell Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Seismic Un*x Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Golden, CO Publisher: Center for Wave Phenomena - Colorado School of Mines Online_Linkage: http://www.cwp.mines.edu/cwpcodes/index.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Denny, J.F. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Sherwood, C.R. Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Geophysical Data Collected off the South Shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: online Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2008-1288 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1288/ Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Processed seismic data were converted to JPEG format for ease of seismic trace display. Quality control was conducted during processing. Completeness_Report: All acquired seismic data were processed and JPEG images produced. Line 92 was saved as l91f1_001 during acquisition. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The EdgeTech SB-0512i was towed approximately 5 meters astern and approximately 1.5 meters below the sea surface. A GPS navigation receiver was mounted on the seismic sled to provide seismic navigation. GPS positions were sent, via radio modem, to a receiver positioned on the aft roof of the acquisition van aboard the R/V Megan Miller. GPS positions were sent directly to the EdgeTech J-Star seismic acquisition software. The horizontal accuracy of GPS is assumed to be ± 10 m (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/). Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Information unavailable from original metadata - assumed USGS Publication_Date: unknown Title: Information unavailable from original metadata Type_of_Source_Media: Information unavailable from original metadata Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20070809 Ending_Date: 20070813 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata Source_Contribution: Approximately 680 km of high-resolution chirp seismic-reflection profiles were collected using an EdgeTech Geo-Star FSSB sub-bottom profiling system and an SB-0512i towfish (0.5-12 kHz) mounted on a catamaran and towed off the stern of the R/V Megan Miller. Edgetech J-Star seismic acquisition software was used to control the Geo-Star topside unit and digitally log trace data in the EdgeTech JSF format (http://www.edgetech.com/productlinemarine.html). Data were acquired using a 0.25-s shot rate, 5-ms pulse length and a 0.5-to-8.0 kHz swept frequency. Recorded trace lengths were approximately 250-ms. Trackline spacing varied from 40 meters in water depths less than 15 meters to 70-meter spacing in water depths greater than 15 meters. Shore perpendicular tracklines spacing ranged from 500 m to 1 km apart. Process_Step: Process_Description: A C program, jsf2segy, created at the USGS Woods Hole was used to convert the Edgetech JSF format files to SEG-Y. Scripts utilizing SIOSEIS (version 2007.8) were then executed in order to remove sea surface heave and mute the water column within seismic traces by: 1)automatically picking the sea floor by identifying peak amplitudes within a vertical window; 2)smoothing sea floor picks using an along track filter approximating the period of sea surface heave (the filter window was set to use 60 traces); 3)creating a series of difference values between the raw and smoothed seafloor picks for each trace; 4)shifting traces up or down according to the difference values; and 5) muting each trace between time zero and the time of the smoothed sea floor pick, thus removing noise within the water column. Changes to the traces within each profile were saved to new "heave corrected" SEG-Y files. An additional SIOSEIS script was executed to apply an automatic gain control (AGC) to the heave corrected SEG-Y files, resulting in more uniform amplitudes throughout the record (SIOSEIS, 2007). Software: SIOSEIS 2007.8 Process_Date: 2007 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dave Foster Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2271 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 5084572310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: A C-Shell script using Seismic Unix (version 4.1) to read the SEG-Y files and plot the data as 8-bit gray scale Postscript files using the Seismic Unix 'psimage' algorithm was then executed. All images were created with a horizontal scale of 200 traces per inch. The profiles contain 50 milliseconds of Two-Way Travel Time within an 8-inch vertical window, yielding 6.25 milliseconds per inch. Postscript images were converted to JPEG format using the UNIX ImageMagick (version 5.5.6). Software: Seismic Unix 4.1, ImageMagick 5.5.6 Process_Date: 2007 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dave Foster Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2271 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 5084572310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@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.). Reordered the links in the identification section so a landing page link is first. Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. 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: 20171020 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: This metadata record was modified from one describing JPEG images to reflect the SEG-Y version of the same data (Open-File Report 2008-1288, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1288/). Changes were made to the Citation and Distribution_Information. Process_Date: 20171121 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: USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section. Process_Date: 20180720 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 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane Denny Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 5084572310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data 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 is 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: Link is to a folder containing SEG-Y files. Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/2007_011_FA/ Access_Instructions: The online link gives access to the folder containing the individual SEG-Y files. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: These data require software that can read SEG-Y data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jane Denny Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2311 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 5084572310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318) 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