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

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...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: East Falmouth, Quaternary, earth history, groundwater, hydrology, All tags... lithologic maps, permeability, salinity, stratigraphic sections, surficial geologic units, well drilling, Fewer tags

Sediment Texture of the Sea Floor offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, Backscatter, Bathymetry, Bottom Photographs, All tags... Bottom type, CMGP, CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Dionis Beach, Eel Point, Esri Shapefile, Gay Head, Great Point, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, Sea floor, Sediment Cover, Sediment Distribution, Sediment Samples, Sediment Texture, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Shovelful Shoal, Slope, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Topography, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, clay deposits, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, grain size analysis, gravel deposits, lithologic maps, marine geology, oceans, sand deposits, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentology, surficial geologic units, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags