U.S. Geological Survey
2007
ROTASONIC - Coastal Plain Rotasonic Boreholes acquired within the lower coastal plain of South Carolina's Grand Strand region (Point)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2005-1346
Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1346/arcgis/onshore/rotasonic.zip
Baldwin, W.E.
Denny, J.F.
Schwab, W.C.
Gayes, P.T.
Morton, R.A.
Driscoll, N.W.
2007
Geologic Framework Studies of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999-2003; geospatial data release
1.0
Open-File Report
2005-1346
Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1346/
In 1999, the USGS, in partnership with the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, began a study to investigate processes affecting shoreline change along the northern coast of South Carolina, focusing on the Grand Strand region. Previous work along the U.S. Atlantic coast shows that the structure and composition of older geologic strata located seaward of the coast heavily influences the coastal behavior of areas with limited sediment supply, such as the Grand Strand. By defining this geologic framework and identifying the transport pathways and sinks of sediment, geoscientists are developing conceptual models of the present-day physical processes shaping the South Carolina coast. The primary objectives of this research effort are: 1) to provide a regional synthesis of the shallow geologic framework underlying the coastal upland, shoreface and inner continental shelf, and define its role in coastal evolution and modern beach behavior; 2) to identify and model the physical processes affecting coastal ocean circulation and sediment transport, and to define their role in shaping the modern shoreline; and 3) to identify sediment sources and transport pathways; leading to construction of a regional sediment budget.
This data set contains locations and depths of penetration for 8 rotasonic boreholes used to investigate subsurface stratigraphy within the lower coastal plain of South Carolina's Grand Strand region.
20030116
20030118
ground condition
None planned
-79.229140
-78.610100
33.838400
33.356990
General
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
point Shapefile
sediments
coastal plain
stratigraphy
boreholes
rotasonic
Cretaceous
Tertiary
Quaternary
location
ISO 19115 Topic Category
location
geoscientificInformation
General
South Carolina
Grand Strand
Horry County
Georgetown County
North Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach
Surfside
Garden City
Pawleys Island
Waites Island
Southeast United States
United States
Atlantic Ocean
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.
Wayne Baldwin
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2226
508-457-2310
wbaldwin@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1346/images/rotasonic.jpg
Image of the onshore rotasonic core locations
JPEG
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780
All attributes were checked in a consistent manner
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
All information available for the 8 rotasonic boreholes are included in this data set.
Navigation was by differential GPS; positional accuracy to less than 10 m.
The positions and total depths of penetration for 8 rotasonic boreholes were cataloged into a comma delimited text document.
2003
rotasonic.txt
M.P. Katuna
College of Charleston - Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Professor of Geology
mailing and physical address
66 George St.
Charleston
SC
29424-0001
USA
(843) 953-5588
(508) 457-2310
katunam@cofc.edu
The shapefile was created in ArcView from the ASCII comma-delimited files created by the interpreter.
rotasonic.txt
2003
rotasonic.shp
Wayne Baldwin
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2226
508-457-2310
wbaldwin@usgs.gov
Vector
Entity point
8
0.000008
0.000008
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
rotasonic
ESRI Shapefile
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
SITE_ID
Site Location
USGS
Character string
LOCATION
Geographic locations of the rotasonic borehole (i.e. County, City, Town, etc.)
USGS
Character string
DATE_
Date rotasonic borehole was acquired/drilled
USGS
Character string
LATITUDE
Latitude position of rotasonic borehole
USGS
33.356990
33.838400
decimal degrees
LONGITUDE
Longitude position of rotasonic borehole
USGS
-79.229140
-78.610100
decimal degrees
0.000010
TD_FT
Total depth of penetration (feet)
USGS
32
84
feet
1
TD_M
Total depth of penetration (meters)
USGS
9.8
25.5
meters
.1
Wayne Baldwin
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2226
508-457-2310
wbaldwin@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
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SHP
ArcGIS 9.x
ESRI Point Shapefile
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130 KB
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1346/arcgis/onshore/rotasonic.zip
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
None
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2005
20060926
Wayne Baldwin
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2226
508-457-2310
wbaldwin@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
None
None
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