Larry Poppe 2008 1.0 vector digital data Open-File Report 2008-1004 Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081004 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.zip http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.xls http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.txt http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html L.J. Poppe K.Y. McMullen D.S. Foster D.S. Blackwood S.J. Williams S.D. Ackerman S.R. Barnum R.T. Brennan 2008 1.0 Open-File Report 2008-1004 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/ The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Woods Hole, a passage through the Elizabeth Islands, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In November 2007, bottom photographs, seismic-reflection profiles, and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconaissance survey. This data set includes the locations, identifiers, grain-size data and(or) textural descriptions of surficial sediments collected at 58 stations on topographic and backscatter data of the sea floor in the vicinity of Woods Hole, offshore Massachusetts. The sediments were collected with a modified Van Veen grab (small SEABOSS) during USGS survey 07034, conducted November 14-19, 2007. This data set was acquired to ground-truth (verify) topography and backscatter intensity of the sea floor in Woods Hole. These acoustic data were collected with multibeam sea floor mapping systems during NOAA survey H11077, conducted during 2001. 20071114 20071119 ground condition Complete None planned -70.679583 -70.656333 41.526900 41.508250 USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:12bc52cc-4f57-410b-b35d-a744148cac38 None U.S. Geological Survey USGS Woods Hole Science Center WHSC Coastal and Marine Geology Program CMGP RV Rafael ESRI point Shapefile surficial sediment classification sediment data sediments sediment samples ground-truth gravel sand silt clay stations sea floor Field Activity Number 07034 Van Veen grab sampler small SEABOSS sampler Open-File Report 2008-1004 OFR 2008-1004 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment location oceans geoscientificInformation USGS Thesaurus grain-size analysis navigational data geospatial datasets sea-floor characteristics marine geology None Cape Cod Massachusetts Vineyard Sound northeast United States North America United States Atlantic Ocean Woods Hole Little Harbor Great Harbor Branstable County Penzance Point Nonamesset Island Elizabeth Islands None 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. Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.gif Thumbnail image showing the locations of sediment data collected during R/V RAFAEL cruise 07034 in the vicinity of Woods Hole, offshore Massachusetts. GIF Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350 L.J. Poppe S.J. Williams V.F. Paskevich 2005 1.0 Open-File Report 2005-1001 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ D. Blackwood K. Parolski 2001 1.0 Sea Technology v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43 All attributes were checked in a consistent manner No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. All available grain-size data collected during the RV Rafael cruise 07034 are included in this data set. Navigation was by differential GPS; positional accuracy to less than 10 m The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Assumed to be USGS. unknown Information unavailable from original metadata. 20071114 20071119 ground condition Information unavailable from original metadata. Information unavailable from original metadata. Processing included the following steps: 1.) Thirty-seven samples were collected with a Van Veen grab sampler (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) equipped with a still and video camera. Visual descriptions were used for rocky/bouldery stations at 21 additional stations where samples could not be collected. 2.) Samples were analyzed in the sediment laboratory at the USGS Woods Hole Science Center. Coarse fraction determined by sieve; fine fraction determined by Coulter Counter. See Poppe, Williams, and Paskevich (2005) for analytical specifics. 3.) An ESRI shapefile was created in ArcView 3.3 from an ASCII comma-delimited file created by the laboratory's software. rafa07034_sediment.txt 2008 raf07034_sediment.shp rafa07034_sediment.shx raf07034_sediment.dbf Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov ArcGIS 9.2 was used to define the projection of the ESRI shapefile and to create the .prj file. raf07034_sediment.shp 2008 raf07034_sediment.prj Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02536 USA 508-548-8700 x2314 508-457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 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.). The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. One of the distribution format names was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. The distribution section had bad links to the XLS and CSV data downloads, as well as the catalog page. These links were fixed. 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. 20160606 U.S. Geological Survey VeeAnn A. Cross Marine Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543 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

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 508-548-8700 x2251 508-457-2310 vatnipp@usgs.gov Vector Entity point 58 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984 WGS84 6378137.000000 298.257224 rafa07034_sediment 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. LABNO Unique identifier consisting of two characters and three numerics assigned during lab analysis Scientist Character String of width 5 STATIONID Sample name assigned in the field Scientist Character String of width 5 PROJECTID Project under which the samples were taken Scientist WOODS HOLE HARBOR CRUISEID Name or number of cruise during which the samples were collected Scientist RAFA07034 PRINCIPAL Name (initial and last name) of the principal investigator Scientist Information unavailable from original metadata. MONTH Calendar month sample was collected USGS Information unavailable from original metadata. DAY Day sample was collected USGS Information unavailable from original metadata. YEAR Year sample was collected USGS Information unavailable from original metadata. LATITUDE Latitude coordinate of sample location USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 41.50825 41.5269 Decimal degrees 0.000001 LONGITUDE Longitude coordinate of sample location USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -70.679583 -70.656333 Decimal degrees 0.000001 DEVICE Device used to collect sample USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary SMALL SEABOSS GRAB DEPTH_M Depth or sounding in meters. handwritten at time station was occupied. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 3 22 meters 0.1 T_DEPTH Top depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 Information unavailable from original metadata. Information unavailable from original metadata. B_DEPTH Bottom depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 2 Depth in sediment in cm Information unavailable from original metadata. WEIGHT Weight of dry sample in grams Scientist 2.0955 417.38 grams 0.0001 ZGRAVEL Gravel content in percent dry weight Scientist 0 74.45 percent 0.01 ZSAND Sand content in percent dry weight Scientist 9.48 99.99 percent 0.01 ZSILT Silt content in percent dry weight Scientist 0.01 74.7 percent 0.01 ZCLAY Clay content in percent dry weight Scientist 0 17.75 percent 0.01 SEDCLASS Sediment description based on a rigorous definition Scientist SAND Sediment whose main phase is <2 mm, but >0.062 mm USGS SILTY SAND Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significan silt USGS GRAVEL Sediment whose main phase (usually >50%) is >2 mm USGS GRAVELLY SAND Sediment whose main phase (usually <50%) is >2 mm, but with significant sand USGS SANDY SILT Sediment whose main phase is silt (usually >50%), but with significant sand USGS CLAYEY SILT Sediment whose main phase is silt (usually >50%), but with significant clay USGS MEDIAN Middle point in the grain-size distribution in phi units USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -3.34 6.4 phi 0.01 MEAN Average value in the grain-size distribution in phi units USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -2.35 6.37 phi 0.01 STDEV Standard Deviation of the grain-size distribution in phi units USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.32 3.95 phi 0.01 SKEWNESS Deviation from symmetrical form of the grain-size distribution USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -0.52 3.04 0.01 KURTOSIS Degree of curvature near the mode of the grain-size distribution USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -1.43 62.34 0.01 PHI_11 Weight percent of the sample in the 11 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 2.32 0.01 PHI_10 Weight percent of the sample in the 10 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 5.41 percent 0.01 PHI_9 Weight percent of the sample in the 9 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 10.41 percent 0.01 PHI_8 Weight percent of the sample in the 8 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 17.54 percent 0.01 PHI_7 Weight percent of the sample in the 7 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 28.32 percent 0.01 PHI_6 Weight percent of the sample in the 6 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 25.08 percent 0.01 PHI_5 Weight percent of the sample in the 5 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.01 38.69 percent 0.01 PHI_4 Weight percent of the sample in the 4 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.01 28.24 percent 0.01 PHI_3 Weight percent of the sample in the 3 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1.1 58.51 percent 0.01 PHI_2 Weight percent of the sample in the 2 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1.29 81.16 percent 0.01 PHI_1 Weight percent of the sample in the 1 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 49.61 percent 0.01 PHI_0 Weight percent of the sample in the 0 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 29.35 percent 0.01 PHIM1 Weight percent of the sample in the -1 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 13.38 percent 0.01 PHIM2 Weight percent of the sample in the -2 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 13.19 percent 0.01 PHIM3 Weight percent of the sample in the -3 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 23.66 percent 0.01 PHIM4 Weight percent of the sample in the -4 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 100 percent 0.01 PHIM5 Weight percent of the sample in the -5 phi fraction USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 34.81 percent 0.01 Textural data and visual descriptions produced from the samples and photography of the RAFA07034 cruise. Visual descriptions of sediment texture were used in areas where samples could not be collected (e.g., boulder fields. These stations can be differentiated by the presence of the nodata value '-9999' in many of the numeric analytical fields. U.S. Geological Survey Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Downloadable Data This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the USGS. Although it has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. SHP ArcView 3.3 ESRI point shapefile A zip file containing the geospatial data, metadata describing the data set, and a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent. zip archive 0.08 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.zip http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/ http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). DVD-ROM 4.75 Gbytes UDF None These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. 2008 Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 508-548-8700 x2314 508-457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Downloadable Data This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the USGS. Although it has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. XLS Information unavailable from original metadata. Excel spreadsheet An Excel file containing navigation and grain-size analysis data. no compression applied 0.08 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.xls http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). DVD-ROM 4.75 Gbytes UDF None These data are available in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format. The user must have software capable of reading or importing the Excel-formatted data file. U.S. Geological Survey Larry Poppe Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 508-548-8700 x2314 508-457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Downloadable Data This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the USGS. Although it has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. CSV Information unavailable from original metadata. text file First record contains field headings. Data fields are comma separated. no compression applied 0.007 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sediment/rafa07034_sediment.txt http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). DVD-ROM 4.75 Gbytes UDF None These data are available as a generic ASCII formatted data file. The user must have a software program capable of reading the comma-delimited data file. 20211116 Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (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 None None