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Database of Lithostratigraphic Observations and Grain-Size Distributions From a Boring Drilled to Bedrock in Glacial Sediments Near Nantucket Sound in East Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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Publication Date
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2016-03-21
End Date
2016-03-23

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Hull, R.B., and Stone, B.D., 2019, Observations of lithostratigraphy and hydrogeology from a boring drilled to bedrock in glacial sediments near Nantucket Sound in East Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7W66JPM.

Summary

This dataset presents descriptions of sediments collected from a boring drilled to bedrock near Nantucket Sound in East Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. There are four types of descriptions—units, features, subsamples, and grain-size distributions: 1) Units correspond to “lithostratigraphic units” described by Hull and others (2019). Units are vertically continuous zones of generally similar sediment type. They range from 1 to 100 feet thick. The top and bottom of each unit is given in feet relative to depth below land surface. 2) Features are described as “lithostratigraphic features” by Hull and others (2019). Features are discrete zones of very similar sediment 0.1 to 5.0 feet thick. A single unit can encompass many features. [...]

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Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Byron D Stone, Robert B Hull
Point of Contact :
Denis R LeBlanc
Metadata Contact :
Denis R LeBlanc
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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QRY_AllUnitsFeaturesSubsamplesGrainsizes.txt
“Tab-delimited text file of lithostratigraphic observations in Access database”
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QRY_UnitsSummary.txt
“Tab-delimited text file summarizing lithostratigraphy at F750”
1.96 KB text/plain
F750_DataReleaseDatabase_public.accdb
“Access database of lithostratigraphic observations of MA-FSW 750”
7.12 MB application/x-msaccess
Relationships for F750_DataReleaseDatabase.pdf
“Access database relationships”
1.17 MB application/pdf
Visualdatadictionary_F750.pdf
“Access database data dictionary”
101.07 KB application/pdf
QRY_NoCoreRecovered.txt
“Tab-delimited text file of intervals of no core recovery in Access database”
548 Bytes text/plain

Purpose

The purpose of this child item is to present the lithostratigraphic observations and grain-size distributions for a boring drilled to bedrock near Nantucket Sound in East Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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