Grain-size analyses of sediment cores from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon collected on USGS Field Activity 2012-007-FA

Twenty-four piston cores (and associated trigger cores) were collected from the source zone of the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Rhode Island Department of Ocean Engineering during an eight-day cruise aboard the R/V Hugh R. Sharp in September/October of 2012. These cores were analyzed for evidence of seafloor mass transport processes, with an emphasis on constraining the age and shallow stratigraphy of the landslide complex. Sedimentological and geotechnical characterization of the cores was carried out through whole core imaging and description, followed by analysis of discrete samples at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and...

Categories: Data; Tags: Atlantic, Baltimore Canyon, Cruise ID HRS1209, Currituck Landslide, Holocene, All tags... Hugh R. Sharp, Maryland, North Carolina, U.S. Continental Shelf, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Virginia, WHCMSC, WHCMSC Field Activity 2012-007-FA, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, clay, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, geology, geoscientificInformation, grain-size, grain-size analysis, gravel, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, sieve-size analysis, silt, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Grain size analyses of sediment cores from the New England Mud Patch collected on USGS Field Activity 2016-001-FA

Variability in sediment properties with depth and the thickness of individual sedimentary layers are critical determinants of seabed acoustic response. The New England Mud Patch (NEMP), located south of Cape Cod, is an unusual feature on the U.S. Continental Shelf in that it is composed of fine-grained sediment layers containing a relatively-homogeneous mix of sand, silt, and clay-sized particles bounded by more typical sandy shelf sediments. The unique characteristics and nature of this deposit is due to a derivation of sediments that have been transported to, and deposited in, a basal bowl-shaped depression since the last glacial maximum. Ninety-two piston, vibra-, and gravity cores with a maximum length of 8.2...

Categories: Data; Tags: Atlantic, Cruise ID EN577, Holocene, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, All tags... NEMP, New England Mud Patch, R/V Endeavor, Seabed Experiment Area, U.S. Continental Shelf, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, WHCMSC Field Activity 2016-001-FA, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, acoustic cores, clay, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, geology, grain-size, grain-size analysis, gravel, gravity coring, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, sieve-size analysis, silt, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, vibracoring, Fewer tags

Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: STATSGO Soil Characteristics, Text Attributes

This tabular data set represents the STATSGO Soil texture Attributes compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. The source data is found in the TEXT table from the "STATSGO soil characteristics for the conterminous United States" produced by the United States Geological Survey (Wolock, 1997). The variables included are percent sand, silt, and clay. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID. Reach catchment information characterizes data at the local scale. Reach catchments accumulated...

Types: Citation; Tags: Catchment, Conterminous United States, Inlandwaters, NAWQA, NHDPlus, All tags... STATSGO, clay, sand, silt, soil, Fewer tags