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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-002

Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990:

A Digital Data Release

Navigation and Positions of the 1988 MMS Cores

 

Skip Table of Contents group; go to seismic profile discussion and tableOFR02-002 Home: return to OFR02-002 homepageINTRODUCTION: go to introductionSEISMIC DATA: Go to seismic data discussion
CORE DATA: Go to core data discussion
 CERC cores
 1984 MMS cores
 1988 MMS cores
 Summary Report
 Cruise Report
 Core Descriptions
 Core Photographs
  Coresite Locations
  PHOTO GALLERY: view photos of cruise activities and equipmentDATA CATALOG: Go to data catalog and browse available dataREFERENCES: view suggested referencesRELATED WEBSITES: go to a list of Long Island Sound related websitesACKNOWLEDGMENTS: view acknowledgmentsCONTACTS: view contact informationDISCLAIMER: view disclaimer informationREADME: view readme information

Navigation for 1988 MMS cores

The map below shows the locations of 11 vibracores collected in Long Island and Block Island Sounds during 1988 aboard the Atlantic Twin as part of a cooperative between the State of Connecticut, the Minerals Management Service, and the Association of American State Geologists. Navigation is provided for three other cores (not shown on the map) collected on this cruise in Rhode Island Sound. Locations of these 3 cores from Rhode Island Sound are shown in the summary report. Colored lines on map show locations of the tracklines along which the high-resolution seismic-reflection data provided on this DVD were collected. The cores were used to verify interpretations of these seismic data (Lewis and Stone, 1991; Lewis and DiGiacomo-Cohen, 2000).

MMS88: Link to AT88--1 core photograph.  Link will open in new browser window. MMS88: Link to AT88--3 core photograph.  Link will open in new browser window. MMS88: Link to AT88--4 core photograph.  Link will open in new browser window. MMS88: Link to AT88--6 core photograph.  Link will open in new browser window. MMS88: Link to AT88--7 core photograph.  Link will open in new browser window. MMS88: Link to AT88--8 core photograph.  Link will open in new browser window. Map illustration: Location of MMS 88 cores collected during the Atlantic Twin 88-1 (AT88-1) cruise.  Core numbers are linked to preview images.

Map illustration: Location of MMS 88 cores collected during the Atlantic Twin 88-1 (AT88-1) cruise.
Selecting a number from the above image will display the core photograph in a new browser window.
Please note: photographs of cores 88-2, 88-5 and 88-9 thru 88-11 are not available.


The navigation files, which are located in the data/cores/mms88 directory at the top level of this report, are provided in two formats and are listed below.  Select the ArcView shapefile name to view the data layer's metadata.

 

ASCII comma-delimited text mms88.txt
ArcView Shapefile - mms88 zip_file

These files are a compilation of the core-site locations and have the following data fields: cruise id, date, core number, and latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. To download the navigation data from the DVD the user has a couple of options. One option is available while viewing any of the data files through the links above. The user may select the Save As option from the pulldown menu from the File option located on the menu bar. When prompted, the user may then enter the directory and filename of where the data file will be stored on disk. A second option is to access the DVD outside of a WWW browser and copy the file from the data/cores directory on the DVD to a desired location.

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