Larry Poppe 2013 vector digital data Open-File Report 2013-1060 Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131060 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1060/html/catalog.html https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1060/data/sediment/h12012_seddata.zip https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1060/data/sediment/h12012_seddata.xls https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1060/data/sediment/h12012_seddata.txt L.J. Poppe K.Y. McMullen S.D. Ackerman K.A. Glomb 2013 1.0 Open-File Report 2013-1060 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1060/ The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), has produced detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities in Long Island Sound, shows the terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During April 2009 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H12012 offshore in the northeastern Sound, and during April 2010 and May 2010 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of two ground-truth reconnaissance surveys of this area. Two interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder and the ground-truth data used to verify them. For more information on the ground-truth surveys see: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2010-010-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2010-015-FA. The purpose of his data set is to release the locations, identifiers, grain-size data and(or) textural descriptions of surficial sediments collected at 21 stations on bathymetric data from offshore in northeastern Long Island Sound in Geographic, WGS84. These data can be used to provide information on surface geology and sedimentary processes. 20100417 20100526 ground condition; there were actually three days of sediment data/lithologic description collection: 20100417, 20100525, and 20100526 Complete None planned -72.400683 -72.165783 41.258067 41.200000 USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:6024fa5e-a8f7-4125-86ad-26d59f5472c7 None U.S. Geological Survey USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center WHCMSC Coastal and Marine Geology Program CMGP RV Rafael Esri point Shapefile surficial sediment classification sediment data sediments sediment samples ground-truth gravel sand stations sea floor Field Activity Number 2010-015-FA Van Veen grab sampler SEABOSS Open-File Report 2013-1060 OFR 2013-1060 Field Activity Number 2010-010-FA H12012 NOAA Survey H12012 gravelly sediment Info Bank B-15-10-LI Info Bank R-10-10-LI OSV Bold silt ISO 19115 Topic Category environment location oceans geoscientificInformation USGS Thesaurus grain-size analysis navigational data geospatial datasets sea-floor characteristics marine geology None northeast United States North America United States Atlantic Ocean Long Island Sound Connecticut Cornfield Point Connecticut River Black Point Hatchett Point Old Saybrook Old Lyme Long Sand Shoal 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 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1060/data/sediment/h12012_seddata.gif Thumbnail image showing the locations of sediment data and lithologic descriptions collected during USGS cruises 2010-015-FA and 2010-010-FA offshore in northeastern Long Island Sound GIF Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Poppe, L.J. Williams, S.J. Paskevich, V.F. 2005 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2005-1001 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Poppe, L.J. DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L. Doran, E.F. Smith, S.M. Stewart, H.F. Forfinski, N.A. 2007 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2007-1012 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1012/ Poppe, L.J. Denny, J.F. Williams, S.J. Moser, M.S. Forfinski, N.A. Stewart, H.F. Doran, E.F. 2007 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2007-1191 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1191/ Blackwood, D.S. Parolski, K.F. 2001 1.0 Sea Technology v. 42, no. 2, p.39-43 McMullen, K.Y. Poppe, L.J. Danforth, W.W. Blackwood, D.S. Schaer, J.D. Ostapenko, A.J. Glomb, K.A. Doran, E.F. 2010 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2010-1005 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1005/ Poppe, L.J. Hastings, M.E. DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L. Manheim, F.T. Mlodzinska, Z.J. 1998 1.0 spreadsheet Open-File Report 98-502, Chapter 3 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 CD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-502/chapt3/chpt3.htm Poppe, L.J. Polloni, C. 1998 1.0 thematic report Open-File Report 98-502 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey CD-ROM. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-502/ McMullen, K.Y. Poppe, L.J. Danforth, W.W. Blackwood, D.S. Schaer, J.D. Guberski, M.R. Wood, D.A. Doran, E.F. 2011 1.0 Open-File Report 2010-1100 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/ Poppe, L.J. McMullen, K.Y. Ackerman, D.S. Blackwood, D.S. Irwin, B.J. Schaer, J.D. Lewit, P.G. Doran, E.F. 2010 1.0 Open-File Report 2010-1007 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey Also on DVD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/ McMullen, K.Y. Poppe, L.J. Danforth, W.W. Blackwood, D.S. Schaer, J.D. Glomb, K.A. Doran, E.F. 2012 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2011-1149 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1149/ L.J. Poppe K.Y. McMullen S.D. Ackerman D.S. Blackwood J.D. Schaer M.R. Forrest A.J. Ostapenko E.F. Doran 2011 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2010-1150 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/ Poppe, L.J. McMullen, K.Y. Ackerman, S.D. Guberski, M.R. Wood, D.A. 2013 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2012-1103 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1103/ All attributes were checked in a consistent manner. No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data. All available grain-size data and lithologic descriptions from within the study area acquired during USGS cruises 2010-015-FA and 2010-010-FA are included in this data set. Stations range from 012-1 to 012-25, but there are no stations 012-2, 012-7, 012-9, and 012-12 due to weather. Navigation was by differential GPS. Although GPS gave the ship's position rather than that of the SEABOSS, the antenna was located less than 5 m from the block, water depths were generally shallow, and scope of the cable minimal. Therefore, SEABOSS offset from the antenna was less than 10 m. Depths provided are in meters, uncorrected for tides, and based on readings from the ship's fathometer corrected for draft. Fifteen 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 stations at 6 additional stations where samples could not be collected, such as where bedrock or boulders were present. 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. 2010 h12012_seddata.txt 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 An Esri shapefile was created in ArcView 3.3 from an ASCII comma-delimited file created by the laboratory's software. The file was added as an Event theme and subsequently converted to a shapefile. This includes verbal textural descriptions for the 6 stations where samples could not be collected. h12012_seddata.txt 2010 h12012_seddata.shp 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, ArcToolbox - Data management Tools - Projections and Transformations - Define Projection Tool was used to define the projection of the Esri shapefile as Geographic, WGS84, which creates the .prj file. h12012_seddata.shp 2013 h12012_seddata.prj 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 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.). Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. Updated the field activity link. The source information only had time period of content, so the element was removed. Instead of 3 distribution sections, made it 1 distribution section with 3 distribution forms. 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. 20171010 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 21 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 h12012_seddata 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 PROJECT Project name Scientist SURVEY H12012 CRUISEID Name or number of cruise during which the samples were collected in the format YYY-XXX-FA where YYY is the year, XXX is the cruise number within the year, and FA is the type of activity. Scientist 2010-015-FA or 2010-010-FA PRINCIPAL Name (initial and last name) of the principal investigator Scientist LPOPPE LATITUDE Latitude coordinate of the sample location, WGS84 USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 41.2 41.258067 Decimal degrees 0.000001 LONGITUDE Longitude coordinate of sample location, WGS84 USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -72.400683 -72.165783 Decimal degrees 0.000001 DEPTH_M Water depth or sounding in meters. Handwritten at time station was occupied based on reading from the ship's fathometer corrected for draft, but not tide. A NODATA value of -9999 is used for those locations where depth was not acquired. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 24.6 58.5 meters 0.1 T_DEPTH Top depth of the sample below sediment-water interface. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 Depth in sediment in centimeters Scientist B_DEPTH Bottom depth of the sample below the sediment-water interface. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 2 Depth in sediment in centimeters Scientist DEVICE Device used to collect sample USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary MID-SIZED SEABOSS GRAB or SMALL SEABOSS GRAB MONTH Calendar month sample was collected USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 4 5 months 1 DAY Day of month sample was collected USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 17 26 days 1 YEAR Year sample was collected USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 2010 Year collected Scientist WEIGHT Weight of dry sample in grams. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 39.683 199.55 grams 0.0001 ZGRAVEL Gravel content in percent dry weight. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.22 59.42 percent 0.01 ZSAND Sand content in percent dry weight. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 39.63 99.61 percent 0.01 ZSILT Silt content in percent dry weight. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.15 5.44 percent 0.01 ZCLAY Clay content in percent dry weight. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.02 1.68 percent 0.01 SEDCLASS Sediment description based on a rigorous definition. Where samples were not taken, the sediment class was estimated from bottom photography. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary SAND Sediment whose main phase is less than 2 mm, but great greater than or equal to 0.062 mm USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary GRAVEL Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm. Where samples were not taken, this sediment class was estimated from the bottom photography. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary GRAVELLY SEDIMENT Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm, but with significant other sediment USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary MEDIAN Middle point in the grain-size distribution in phi units. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -4.05 1.37 phi 0.01 MEAN Average value in the grain-size distribution in phi units. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -1.8 1.29 phi 0.01 STDEV Standard deviation of the grain-size distribution in phi units. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.47 3.11 phi 0.01 SKEWNESS Deviation from symmetrical form of the grain-size distribution. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -0.03 1.43 no units 0.01 KURTOSIS Degree of curvature near the mode of the grain-size distribution. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -1.28 35.47 no units 0.01 PHI_11 Weight percent of the sample in the 11 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 0.24 percent 0.01 PHI_10 Weight percent of the sample in the 10 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.01 0.55 percent 0.01 PHI_9 Weight percent of the sample in the 9 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.01 0.89 percent 0.01 PHI_8 Weight percent of the sample in the 8 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.02 1.16 percent 0.01 PHI_7 Weight percent of the sample in the 7 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.03 1.46 percent 0.01 PHI_6 Weight percent of the sample in the 6 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.04 1.45 percent 0.01 PHI_5 Weight percent of the sample in the 5 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.06 1.37 percent 0.01 PHI_4 Weight percent of the sample in the 4 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.13 4.44 percent 0.01 PHI_3 Weight percent of the sample in the 3 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1.04 13.21 percent 0.01 PHI_2 Weight percent of the sample in the 2 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 17.21 75.4 percent 0.01 PHI_1 Weight percent of the sample in the 1 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1.1 26.51 percent 0.01 PHI_0 Weight percent of the sample in the 0 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.76 15.37 percent 0.01 PHIM1 Weight percent of the sample in the -1 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.22 15.14 percent 0.01 PHIM2 Weight percent of the sample in the -2 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 26.24 percent 0.01 PHIM3 Weight percent of the sample in the -3 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 29.07 percent 0.01 PHIM4 Weight percent of the sample in the -4 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 52.39 percent 0.01 PHIM5 Weight percent of the sample in the -5 phi fraction. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 0 percent 0.01 Textural data and visual descriptions produced from that portion of the samples and photography of USGS cruises 2010-015-FA and 2010-010-FA that fall within the study area are presented in this dataset. 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 all of the numeric analytical fields. However, the navigation and station identifiers are known. U.S. Geological Survey Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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