Larry Poppe 2012 vector digital data Open-File Report 2012-1005 Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121005 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/sediment/2011_006bisseddata.zip http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/sediment/2011_006bisseddata.xls http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/sediment/2011_006bisseddata.txt http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/html/catalog.html L.J. Poppe W.W. Danforth K.Y. McMullen M.A. Blankenship K.A. Glomb D.B. Wright S.M. Smith 2012 1.0 Open-File Report 2012-1005 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/ The USGS, in cooperation with NOAA, is producing detailed maps of the seafloor off southern New England. The current phase of this cooperative research program is directed toward analyzing how bathymetric relief relates to the distribution of sedimentary environments and benthic communities. As part of this program, digital terrain models (DTMs) from bathymetry collected as part of NOAA's hydrographic charting activities are converted into ESRI raster grids and imagery, verified with bottom sampling and photography, and used to produce interpretations of seabed geology and hydrodynamic processes. Although each of the 7 continuous-coverage, completed surveys individually provides important benthic environmental information, many applications require a geographically broader perspective. For example, the usefulness of individual surveys is limited for the planning and construction of cross-Sound infrastructure, such as cables and pipelines, or for the testing of regional circulation models. To address this need, we integrated the 7 contiguous multibeam bathymetric DTMs into one dataset that covers much of Block Island Sound. The new dataset is adjusted to mean lower low water, is provided in UTM Zone 19 NAD83 and geographic WGS84 projections, and is gridded to 4-m resolution. This resolution is adequate for seafloor-feature and process interpretation, but small enough to be queried and manipulated with standard GIS programs and to allow for future growth. Natural features visible in the grid include boulder lag deposits of submerged moraines, sand-wave fields, and scour depressions that reflect the strength of the oscillating tidal currents. Bedform asymmetry allows interpretations of net sediment transport. Together the merged data reveal a larger, more continuous perspective of bathymetric topography than previously available, providing a fundamental framework for research and resource management activities off this portion of the Rhode Island coast. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and the ground-truth data used to verify them. For more information on the ground-truth surveys see http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-006-FA The purpose of this data set is to release the locations, identifiers, grain-size data and(or) textural descriptions of surficial sediments collected at 86 stations in Block Island Sound, offshore southwestern Rhode Island in Geographic, WGS84. These data can be used to provide information on surface geology and sedimentary processes. 20110614 20110621 ground condition Complete None planned -71.850760 -71.388017 41.315750 41.122800 USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:b8f9382b-1b84-4007-8c07-a625787b93dc 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 2011-006-FA Van Veen grab sampler SEABOSS Open-File Report 2012-1005 OFR 2012-1005 http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-006-FA gravelly sediment silty sand 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 Block Island Sound Rhode Island Block Island Point Judith Block Island North Reef Watch Hill Point Dickens Point Grace Point Montauk Point 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/2012/1005/data/sediment/2011_006bisseddata.gif Thumbnail image showing the locations of sediment data collected during Rafael cruise 2011-006-FA in Block Island Sound, offshore southwestern Rhode Island GIF Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500 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 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Poppe, L.J. Ackerman, S.D. Foster, D.S. Blackwood, D.S. Butman, B. Moser, M.S. Stewart, H.F. 2007 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2006-1357 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/ Poppe, L.J. Ackerman, S.D. Foster, D.S. Blackwood, D.S. Williams, S.J. Moser, M.S. Stewart, H.F. Glomb, K.A. 2007 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2007-1138 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/ Poppe, L.J. McMullen, K.Y. Foster, D.S. Blackwood, D.S. Williams, S.J. Ackerman, S.D. Barnum, S.R. Brennan, R.T. 2008 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2008-1004 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/ Poppe, L.J. McMullen, K.Y. Foster, D.S. Blackwood, D.S. Williams, S.J. Ackerman, S.D. Moser, M.S. Glomb, K.A. 2010 1.0 GIS data release Open-File Report 2009-1001 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/ D. Blackwood K. Parolski 2001 1.0 document Sea Technology v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43 Poppe, L.J. McMullen, K.Y. Ackerman, S.D. Blackwood, D.S. Irwin, B.J. Schaer, J.D. Forrest, M.R. 2011 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2011-1004 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1004/ McMullen, K.Y. Poppe, L.J. Ackerman, S.D. Blackwood, D.S. Schaer, J.D. Nadeau, M.A. Wood, D.A. 2011 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2011-1005 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1005/ Poppe, L.J. McMullen, K.Y. Ackerman, S.D. Schaer, J.D. Wright, D.B. 2012 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2011-1222 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1222/ McMullen, K.Y. Poppe, L.J. Ackerman, S.D. Worley, C.R. Nadeau, M.A. Van Hoy, M.V. 2012 1.0 GIS data report Open-File Report 2012-1004 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 1 DVD-ROM http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1004/ All attributes were checked in a consistent manner. No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data. All available grain-size data collected within the study area in Block Island Sound during the RV Rafael cruise 2011-006-FA are included in this data set. Stations range from BIS1 to BIS86. Navigation was by differential GPS. Although GPS gave the ships' positions rather than that of the SEABOSS, the antenna was located less than 5 m from the blocks on the davit and A-frame, water depths were generally shallow, and scope of the cable minimal. Therefore, SEABOSS offset from the antenna was less than 10 m. Depths were measured by the ship's fathometer, are provided are in meters, and are uncorrected for tides. Information unavailable from original metadata. unknown The orignal metadata only had source information time period of content and type of source media. In order to pass the metadata harvester, the rest of the required source information fields were populated. computer program 20110614 20110621 ground condition Information unavailable from original metadata. Information unavailable from original metadata. Samples were collected at sixty two stations with a Van Veen grab sampler (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) equipped with a still and video camera. Visual descriptions were used for 24 additional stations where samples could not be collected. 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. 2011 2011_006bisseddata.xls 2011_006bisseddata.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 24 stations where samples could not be collected. A value of -9999 is a NODATA value entered where samples were not physically collected. 2011_006bisseddata.txt 2011 2011_006bisseddata.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. 2011_006bisseddata.shp 2011 2011_006bisseddata.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 2.9.32 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 orignal metadata only had source information time period of content and type of source media. In order to pass the metadata harvester, the rest of the required source information fields were populated. One link in the distribution section was bad and needed to be 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. 20151204 U.S. Geological Survey VeeAnn A. Cross Marine Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 508-548-8700 x2251 508-457-2310 vatnipp@usgs.gov Vector Entity point 86 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 2011_006bisseddata 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 BLOCK ISLAND SOUND CRUISEID Name or number of cruise during which the samples were collected Scientist 2011-006-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 41.1228 41.31575 Decimal degrees 0.000001 LONGITUDE Longitude coordinate of sample location, WGS84 USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -71.850760 -71.388017 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. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 6.4 40.5 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 SMALL SEABOSS GRAB MONTH Calendar month sample was collected USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 6 month Scientist DAY Day of month sample was collected USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 14 21 day 1 YEAR Year sample was collected USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 2011 year 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 14.0586 208.84 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 57.98 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 41.69 99.94 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 0.04 34.2 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 17.07 percent 0.01 SEDCLASS Sediment description based on a rigorous definition 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 sand, but with significant gravel USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary SILTY SAND Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant silt Scientist 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 -1.28 3.96 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 -1.28 5.04 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 0.46 2.97 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 -0.04 2.64 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 -1.61 47.23 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 2.03 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 4.96 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 10.08 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 0.01 14.16 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 0.01 12.51 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 0.01 7.64 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 0.01 7.00 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 0.02 45.72 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 0.09 73.63 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 2.19 73.67 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 0.47 66.57 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 0.04 50.09 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 45.01 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 15.8 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 20.45 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 33.62 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 stations of the RV Rafael cruise 2011-006-FA that fall within the study area in Block Island Sound. Visual descriptions of sediment texture were used in areas where samples could not be collected (e.g., rough sea state, swift tidal currents). 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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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA 508-548-8700 x2314 508-457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Downloadable Data Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. SHP 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. The Excel (2003) and TEXT versions of the data are also available in the WinZip file. zip archive 0.1 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/sediment/2011_006bisseddata.zip http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/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. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as WinZip or Pkware. The Excel (2003) and TEXT versions of the data are also available in the WinZip file. 2012 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 Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ASCII 2008 text file First record contains field headings. Data fields are comma separated. no compression applied 0.1 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/sediment/2011_006bisseddata.txt http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/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. 2012 20211116 U.S. Geological Survey Larry Poppe Geologist mailing and physical address

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