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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

navigational data, ocean characteristics, image collections, water properties, geospatial datasets, sound velocity

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, geoscientificInformation, location

Other Subject Keywords

MVP, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Esri shapefile, U.S. Geological Survey, moving vessel profiler, Brooke Ocean Moving Vessel Profiler, M/V Scarlett Isabella, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, USGS, SVP, WHCMSC field activity serial number 2014-002-FA, sound velocity profile, WHCMSC, CMGP, speed of sound

Place Keywords

Wallops Island, Virginia, Assawoman Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay, Bethany Beach, Berlin, United States, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island, Assateague Island, Delaware Seashore State Park, Toms Cove, Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, North America, Fenwick Island, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Cape Henlopen, Chincoteague Bay, Parramore Island, Isle of Wight Bay, Ocean City

Location of sound velocity profiles along with profile plots collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2014 along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA (PNG images, CSV text, and Esri point shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84)

The Delmarva Peninsula is a 220-kilometer-long headland, spit, and barrier island complex that was significantly affected by Hurricane Sandy. A U.S. Geological Survey cruise was conducted in the summer of 2014 to map the inner continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula using geophysical and sampling techniques to define the geologic framework that governs coastal system evolution at storm-event and longer timescales. Data collected during the 2014 cruise include swath bathymetry, sidescan sonar, chirp and boomer seismic-reflection profiles, acoustic Doppler current profiler, and sample and bottom photograph data. Processed data in raster and vector format are released here for the swath bathymetry, sidescan sonar, and seismic-reflection profiles. More information about the USGS survey conducted as part of the Hurricane Sandy Response-- Geologic Framework and Coastal Vulnerability Study can be found at the project website or on the WHCMSC Field Activity Web pages: https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/delmarva/ and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-002-FA

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Author(s) Seth Ackerman orcid, William W Danforth orcid, David S Foster orcid, Laura Brothers orcid, Wayne E Baldwin orcid, E. Robert Thieler orcid, Elizabeth P Pendleton orcid
Publication Date 2015
Beginning Date of Data 2014-06-18
Ending Date of Data 2014-07-22
Data Contact
Elizabeth A. Pendleton
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60
Citation Ackerman, S., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D.S., Brothers, L., Baldwin, W.E., Thieler, E.R., and Pendleton, E.P., 2015, Location of sound velocity profiles along with profile plots collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2014 along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA (PNG images, CSV text, and Esri point shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60.
Metadata Contact
Elizabeth Pendleton
Metadata Date 2024-03-18
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Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-22T04:21:20.072Z