Anthropogenic wastes, toxic chemicals, and changes in land-use patterns resulting from residential, commercial, and recreational development have stressed the environment of the Sound, causing degradation and potential loss of benthic habitats (Koppelman and others, 1976; Long Island Sound Study, 1994). Detailed maps of the sea floor are needed to help evaluate the extent of adverse impacts and to help manage resources wisely in the future. Therefore, in a continuing effort to better understand Long Island Sound, we have constructed and interpreted multibeam bathymetric data within specific areas of special interest. The geologic interpretation of the acoustic data from survey H11252 in Geographic presented herein covers a roughly 64 km square area of the sea floor in the area just west of Six Mile Reef, eastern Long Island Sound. The original multibeam bathymetric data were collected during 2004 as part of charting applications aboard the NOAA Survey Vessel Thomas Jefferson. A Simrad EM1002 multibeam system mounted on the hull of this vessel was used to acquire data along survey lines from the deeper water (>20 m) parts of the study area. Two 29-foot launches with hull-mounted Reson systems were deployed from the ship and were used to acquire data along survey lines from the shallower areas.
Detailed bathymetric data and their interpretations serve many purposes, including: (1) defining the geological variability of the sea floor, which is one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity; (2) improving our understanding of the processes that control the distribution and transport of bottom sediments and the distribution of benthic habitats and associated infaunal community structures; and (3) providing a detailed framework for future research, monitoring, and management activities. The bathymetric data models also serve as base maps for subsequent sedimentological, geochemical, and biological observations, because precise information on environmental setting is important for selection of sampling sites and for accurate interpretation of point measurements.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2007, H11252_INTERP.SHP: Geologic Interpretation of the Acoustic Data Collected During National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11252 (Geographic): Open-File Report 2007-1191, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1191/data/h11252/interpret/h11252_interp.zip>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1191/data/h11252/interpret/>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1191/html/catalog.html>
Poppe, L.J., Denny, J.F., Williams, S.J., Moser, M.S., Forfinski, N.A., Stewart, H.F., and Doran, E.F., 2007, The Geology of Six Mile Reef, Eastern Long Island Sound: Open-File Report 2007-1191, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Coordinates defining the features.
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bedrock or boulders | rocky sea floor |
megaripples/sand waves | large (>1m amplitude) bedforms |
obstruction or wreck | large object on the sea floor, usually a wreck |
Source data were acquired during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) survey H11252. Please acknowledge NOAA as the originator of the dataset from which this dataset was derived.
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To release a geologic interpretation of the multibeam bathymetric data acquired during NOAA survey H11252, eastern Long Island Sound, in geographic.
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Data sources produced in this process:
Poppe, L.J., Williams, S.J., Moser, M.S., Forfinski, N.A., Stewart, H.F., and Doran, E.F., 2007, Quaternary geology and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Six Mile Reef, eastern Long Island Sound: Journal of Coastal Research v. 23, no. 6.
Navigation was by differential GPS
All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.
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