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Location of CERC cores shown in relationship to Long Island Sound area

CERCNAV: Navigation Points for CERC Cores

 

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Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen(comp.)
Publication_Date: 20020000
Title: CERCNAV: Navigation Points for CERC Cores
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002/data/cores/cerc/>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Larry Poppe(comp.)
Originator: Valerie Paskevich(comp.)
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990: a digital data release
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 02-002
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002>
Description:
Abstract:
This GIS layer contains the station navigation for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) cores collected in Long Island Sound. These cores were originally collected in 1967 as part of the Inner Continental Shelf Sediment and Structure (ICONS) program to appraise sand resources.
Purpose:
The purpose is to disseminate a digital version of a regional map showing the distribution of vibracores collected in Long Island Sound as part of the ICONS program of the USACOE. These cores can be used to provide useful information about the framework geology in this region.
Supplemental_Information:
When the USACOE ICONS program was active, each of the 18 project areas was stand-alone and covered sites on the East, West , and Gulf coasts and Great Lakes. The numbering system was the same throughout this program, but was restarted for each set of cores (e.g. those from Long Island Sound had their own set of IDs). Therefore each area had a core no. 1 and the core IDs increased numerically with that area. Andrew Grosz (USGS), who used the cores for a heavy-mineral assessment, wanted a more national perspective so he had a new, continuous set of numbers assigned to the approximately 1500 cores that George Burbank at Hampton University split and described (USGSID). Because not all of the cores collected from an area as part of the ICONS program were used in the CERC Technical Reports, some cores do not have data in the CERCID (originally 81_1ID) field.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19810000
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.747002
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.575302
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.316750
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.880329
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: arcview
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: vibracores
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Theme_Keyword: USACE
Theme_Keyword: core locations
Theme_Keyword: cores
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Block Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Fishers Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS and Connecticut DEP, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or CT DEP as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or CT DEP in the use of these data or related materials.

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0800-1600
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: ../../../htmldocs/images/browse/cercnav.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
location of CERC cores shown in relationship to Long Island Sound area
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
Jeff Williams the original USACOE project chief; and Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen and Valerie Paskevich for completing the Arc processing and creation of the GIS data layer.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jeff Williams(comp.)
Publication_Date: 19810000
Title: Sand resources and geological character of Long Island Sound
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: USACOE Coastal Engineering Research Center
Issue_Identification: Technical Paper 81-3
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Belvoir, VA
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
All attribute data were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.
Completeness_Report:
Core locations are provided for 96 cores with unique core ids (USGS assigned), 73 of these cores have ID's that correspond to the Williams (1981) technical paper. Core descriptions are not available for every core location.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: 80,000 scale.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: considered accurate at 1:80,000 scale
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Tides are less than 2 m
Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: <2m
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Tides are less than 2 m.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: various(comp.)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: CERC / ICONS coring cruise unpublished data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 80,000
Type_of_Source_Media: Vibracorer cruise mylar navigation plot
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CERC core locations
Source_Contribution:
Vibracores were collected as part of the USACOE's ICONS program. This dataset contains the locations of those cores collected in Long Island Sound.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
80,000 scale mylar plots of the core locations (either provided by, or based upon the original navigation system plots) were registered and digitized (using a Calcomp 9100 table and PC Arc/Info) to create point coverages with CT state plane coordinates. Attributes (COREID and 81_1ID) for coreids were added.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: LIS CERC core location mylar plots
Process_Date: 1991
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CERC core location coverage
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Connecticut DEP
Contact_Person: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Long Island Sound Resource Center UCONN Avery Point 1080 Shennecossett Road
City: Groton
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06340
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 405-9015
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lisrc@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The navigation coverage was projected to Latitude/Longitude using Arc/Info. Decimal degree coordinates were ungenerated and joined to the attribute table. Some attribute data (IDs corresponding to the Williams (1981) were added. A shapefile was generated using ArcView.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CERC core location coverage
Process_Date: 2001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CERC shapefiles
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Connecticut DEP
Contact_Person: Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Long Island Sound Recource Center UCONN Avery Point 1080 Shennecossett Road
City: Groton
State_or_Province: CT
Postal_Code: 06340
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860)405-9015
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lisrc@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Additional IDs (corresponding to the Williams (1981)) were added.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CERC shapefiles
Process_Date: 20020208
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.shx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.sbx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.sbn
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The original field names, 81_1ID (Z1_1ID) and COREID were changed to field names CERCID and USGSID to be more descriptive.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.dbf
Process_Date: 20020401
Process_Time: 1430
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cercnav.dbf
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 97

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: cercnav
Entity_Type_Definition: shapefile attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: Not applicable
Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 19810000
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute_Value_Accuracy: Not applicable
Attribute_Measurement_Frequency: None planned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Coordinates defining the features.
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CRUISEID
Attribute_Definition:
Name given to cruise during which the cores were collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: assigned
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CERC
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
US Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USACE/CERC Technical Paper 81-3
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: Not applicable
Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 19810000
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute_Value_Accuracy: Not applicable
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation: Scientist assigned name for the cruise.
Attribute_Measurement_Frequency: None planned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LON
Attribute_Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees of the core location as plotted
Attribute_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -71.575302
Range_Domain_Maximum: -73.747002
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001
Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 19810000
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 0.000001 degrees
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:
See process steps - lat/lon decimal degrees result from 80,000 scale plots which have been digitized and projected.
Attribute_Measurement_Frequency: As needed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees of the core location as plotted
Attribute_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.880329
Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.316750
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001
Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 19810000
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 0.000001 degrees
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:
See process steps - lat/lon decimal degrees result from 80,000 scale plots which have been digizited and projected.
Attribute_Measurement_Frequency: As needed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: USGSID
Attribute_Definition: Core number assigned by the USGS (Andrew Grosz)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 382
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1298
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation: Core numbers are whole integers
Attribute_Measurement_Frequency: As needed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CERCID
Attribute_Definition:
Numbers assigned to cores in CERC Technical Paper 81_3 (Williams, 1981). When the USACOE ICONS program was active, each of the 18 project areas was stand-alone and covered sites on the East, West , and Gulf coasts and Great Lakes. The numbering system was the same throughout this program, but was restarted for each set of cores (e.g. those from Long Island Sound had their own set of IDs). Therefore each area had a core no. 1 and the core IDs increased numerically with that area. Andrew Grosz (USGS), who used the cores for a heavy-mineral assessment, wanted a more national perspective so he had a new, continuous set of numbers assigned to the approximately 1500 cores that George Burbank at Hampton University split and described. Because not all of the cores collected from an area as part of the ICONS program were used in the CERC Technical Reports, some cores do not have data in the CERCID field.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Jeff Williams
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 78
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers and letters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: n/a
Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 19810000
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1
Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation: Cores are numbered
Attribute_Measurement_Frequency: As needed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATE
Attribute_Definition: Year core was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1967
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: calendar year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CERC Technical Report 81-3
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
This datalayer (navigation of the CERC cores from LIS) provides information location of vibracores used to interpret the geologic framework and sand resources.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990: a digital release

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508)548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: cerc.shp
Distribution_Liability:
Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS and Connecticut DEP, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or the CT DEP as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or CT DEP in the use of these data or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcView shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
The seven ArcView shapefiles (cercnav.dbf, cercnav.shp, cercnav.shx, cercnav.sbn, cercnav.sbx, cercnav.avl and cercnav.prj) comprising the navigation data for the USACOE vibracores collected in Long Island Sound and an ASCII text version of the metadata file.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 11Kbyte
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002/data/cores/cerc/>
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.7
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a DVD drive capable of reading an UDF standard DVD-R disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file.
Fees: none
Custom_Order_Process: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
The navigation overlay for the CERC cores is available in an ArcViewshapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20020630

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20020402
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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