RAFA07034SPNAV.SHP: Shot-Point Navigation Data Collected Along Seismic-Profile Lines During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise R/V RAFAEL 07034 in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Offshore Massachusetts

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Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Larry Poppe
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
RAFA07034SPNAV.SHP: Shot-Point Navigation Data Collected Along Seismic-Profile Lines During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise R/V RAFAEL 07034 in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Offshore Massachusetts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/>
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/seismic/nav/rafa07034spnav.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: D.S. Foster
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: S.R. Barnum
Originator: R.T. Brennan
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/>
Description:
Abstract:
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, high-resolution seismic-reflection data, and Surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey.
Purpose:
This data set includes the shot-point navigation for seismic-reflection data collected along 11 lines in the vicinity of Woods Hole, offshore Massachusetts. The seismic data were collected during USGS survey 07034, conducted November 14-19, 2007. This data set was acquired to ground-truth acoustic data collected during NOAA hydrographic survey H11077.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20071119
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.679670
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.655793
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.524258
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.507405
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: RV Rafael
Theme_Keyword: ESRI point Shapefile
Theme_Keyword: shot-point navigation
Theme_Keyword: high-resolution seismic-reflection
Theme_Keyword: seismic profiles
Theme_Keyword: subbottom
Theme_Keyword: Chirp
Theme_Keyword: Chirp 512i
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: shot points
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 07034
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2008-1004
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2008-1004
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound
Place_Keyword: northeast United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Woods Hole
Place_Keyword: Great Harbor
Place_Keyword: Little Harbor
Place_Keyword: Nonamesset Island
Place_Keyword: Penzance Point
Place_Keyword: Barnstable County
Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/seismic/nav/rafa07034spnav.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Browse graphic showing the shot-point navigation for Chirp 512i high-resolution seismic-reflection lines collected during RV Rafael cruise 07034.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were checked in a consistent manner.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
Completeness_Report:
All available navigation along seismic acquisition lines collected during the RV Rafael cruise 07034 is included in this data set.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by GPS; positional accuracy to less than 30 m.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
The Chirp 512i was towed astern of the RV Rafael on the water surface. A Garmin GPS receiver was mounted on the center of the tow vehicle. GPS data were transmitted to the RV Rafael and input to data acquisition system.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
High-resolution seismic-reflection data were collected during November 2007 aboard the Research Vessel Rafael. The seismic data were acquired digitally along 11 lines totaling approximately 12.6 km with an Edgetech SB-512i Chirp sub-bottom profiler (500 Hz - 12 kHz swept FM) at a 0.25-s fire rate, a 50-ms pulse length, and a 0.5 to 4.5 kHz sweep (swept frequency). These data were logged in the Edgetech raw format (JSF) using Edgetech Jstar acquisition software.
Process_Date: 20071120
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Foster
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2271
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Edgetech format (JSF) Chirp 512i data were converted to standard SEG-Y rev1 format files using a C program written by Tom O'Brien (USGS, Woods Hole, MA). The parameters were set to extract and write the envelope trace data only.
Process_Date: 20071120
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Foster
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2271
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A script was run that used Seismic Unix to read the SEG-Y files, write a Seismic Unix file, and extract SEG-Y trace header information, which included shot number, longitude, latitude, year, day, and time of day. Geographic coordinates converted to UTM zone 19 coordinates using Proj. Before saving all of these attributes in a text file, the data were filtered using AWK to save only unique shot point locations. In addition, separate text files with even shot intervals of 100 and 500 were saved.
Process_Date: 20071120
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.txt
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav100.txt
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav500.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Foster
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2271
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Individual navigation text files containing unique shot point positions and shot intervals of 100 and 500 were concatenated into one file.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.txt
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav100.txt
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav500.txt
Process_Date: 20071120
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Foster
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 ext2271
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The concatenated comma delimited text file with unique shot-point positions was imported to ArcMap 9.1 and saved as a ESRI Shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.txt
Process_Date: 20071120
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: rafa07034spnav.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Foster
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2271
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5732

Spatial_Reference_Information:
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Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

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Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTM_X
Attribute_Definition: Eastings in UTM zone 19 north
Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
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Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
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Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Image
Attribute_Definition: File name of JPEG-formatted browse image of seismic profile
Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 5062
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: sequential shot number
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Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: JDay
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 323
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Day
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Hour
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 20
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: hours
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Minute
Attribute_Definition: Minute data collected
Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minutes
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Second
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Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
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.

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Format_Specification: ESRI point Shapefile
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Transfer_Size: 0.153
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
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Network_Address:
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/seismic/nav/rafa07034spnav.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW)
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Recording_Capacity:
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Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Technical_Prerequisites:
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Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2008

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20080411
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Foster
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2271
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
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