1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 41183

Dataset description: DUNEX_GrainSize_v2

Grain-size analysis data of sediment samples from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021. (version 2, supersedes version 1)
Version1
Keywordssediment transport, grab sampling, field sampling, grain-size analysis
Formatshapefile; CSV
Amount<1 MB
Comments:
This was a Level 5 revision. Original version archived on CMGDS.

Contacts

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Robert D Bales
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/P9O21FQI
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_P9O21FQI/DUNEX_GrainSize_metadata_v2.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2021-028-FAGrab sampler
Sampling device consisting of a set of jaws and a deployment mechanism designed to collect sediments or loose substrate from the surface of the sea floor.
2021-032-FAshipek grab (WH)
Grab sampler with a cylindrical design (length of the cylinder is parallel to the sea floor) deployed by a weight-released spring mechanism that rotates the inner half cylinder by 180° and cuts through the surface of the seabed.

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
MapDUNEX_grainsize_results_locationsLocations of samples used for grain-size analysis from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021