Summary of analytical data for 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, WHSC Field Activity 2016-001-FA, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, acoustic cores, bulk density, calcium carbonate, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, geology, geophysical properties, grain density, grain porosity, grain size, gravity coring, oceans, organic carbon, piston cores, piston coring, porosity, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, soil moisture, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, vibracoring, Fewer tags

Multi-sensor core logger (MSCL) data 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 deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, gamma density, geology, geoscientificInformation, multi-sensor core logger, oceans, p-wave amplitude, p-wave velocity, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

High-resolution magnetic susceptibility of sediment cores from the New England 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, Bartington MS2E, Bartington MS3, Cruise ID EN577, Holocene, All tags... Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 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 deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, geology, gravity coring, magnetic susceptibility, magnetic susceptibility, magnetism, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, Fewer tags

Bulk organic matter and carbonate content 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, CC LOI, Cruise ID HRS1209, Currituck Landslide, All tags... Holocene, Hugh R. Sharp, Loss on Ignition, 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, calcium carbonate, carbon, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, geology, geoscientificInformation, oceans, organic carbon, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Sedimentological and geotechnical analyses of marine 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...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic, Atlantic, Baltimore Canyon, CC LOI, Cruise ID HRS1209, All tags... Currituck Landslide, Currituck Landslide, Holocene, Hugh R. Sharp, Marine Geology, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, U.S. Continental Shelf, U.S. Geological Survey, USGSWHCMSC, Virginia, WHCMSC Field Activity 2012-007-FA, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, geology, geoscientificInformation, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Visual description sheets 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...

Tags: Atlantic, Baltimore Canyon, Cruise ID HRS1209, Currituck Landslide, Hugh R. Sharp, All tags... 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 deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, geology, geoscientificInformation, image collections, marine stratigraphy, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment composition, sediment samples, sedimentary structures, sedimentology, surface color, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vane shear strength, visual core description, Fewer tags

Undrained shear strength 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, Su, 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 deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, geology, geoscientificInformation, lithology, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sediment stiffness, sedimentology, shear strength, torque meter, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Bulk organics and carbonate content 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, CC LOI, Cruise ID EN577, Holocene, Loss on Ignition, All tags... Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 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, calcium carbonate, carbon, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, geology, geoscientificInformation, gravity coring, oceans, organic carbon, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, vibracoring, Fewer tags

Collection locations 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, GPS measurement, Holocene, Martha's Vineyard, All tags... Massachusetts, 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, biota, clay deposits, cores, coring locations, drilling and coring, geolocation measurement, gravity coring, latitude, location, longitude, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, vibracoring, water depth, Fewer tags

Water content 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, bulk density, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, dry bulk density, earth material properties, geology, geoscientificInformation, geotechnical analysis, grain density, moisture and density, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, porosity, pycnometer, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, soil moisture, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, water content, Fewer tags

Locations 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, GPS measurement, All tags... Holocene, 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 deposits, cores, coring locations, drilling and coring, geolocation measurement, geoscientificInformation, latitude, longitude, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, water depth, Fewer tags

X-radiographs 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...

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, X-radiograph, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, geology, geoscientificInformation, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

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

Raw X-ray diffraction data of 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, Rigaku Miniflex 600, 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, chemical analysis, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, geology, geoscientificinformation, gravity coring, mineral composition, mineral phases, mineralogy, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, vibracoring, x-ray diffraction, Fewer tags

Water content and grain density 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, bulk density, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, dry bulk density, earth material properties, geology, geotechnical analysis, grain density, gravity coring, moisture and density, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, porosity, pycnometer, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, soil moisture, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, water content, Fewer tags

Station locations in quadrangle 5 in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary offshore of Boston, Massachusetts where video, photographs and sediment samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2015 - includes sediment sample analyses and interpreted geologic substrate

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Marine Sanctuary Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has conducted seabed mapping and related research in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) region since 1993. The interpretive datasets and source information presented here are for quadrangle 5, which is one of 18 similarly sized segments of the 3,700 square kilometer (km2) SBNMS region. The seabed of the SBNMS region is a glaciated terrain that is topographically and texturally diverse. Quadrangle 5 includes the shallow, rippled, coarse-grained sandy crest and upper eastern and western flanks of southern Stellwagen Bank, its fine-grained sandy...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Boston, Massachusetts, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Esri point shapefile, All tags... Excel spreadsheet, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. east coast, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geologic substrates, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, grain size, marine geology, oceans, photo stations, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, seabed geology, sediment analysis, sediment sample locations, sediment samples, substrate geology, video stations, Fewer tags

Foraminifera biostratigraphy 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, Globobulimina, Holocene, Martha's Vineyard, All tags... Massachusetts, 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, benthic, biostratigraphy, clay deposits, core analysis, cores, faunal and floral census (microscopic), foraminifera, fossils, geology, gravity coring, microfossils, micropaleontology, oceans, paleontology, piston cores, piston coring, planktonic, sand deposits, sediment samples, sedimentology, stratigraphy, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracores, vibracoring, Fewer tags

Undrained shear strength 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, Su, 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 deposits, core analysis, cores, earth material properties, geology, gravity coring, lithology, oceans, piston cores, piston coring, sand deposits, sediment samples, sediment stiffness, sedimentology, torque meter, trigger cores, unconsolidated deposits, vibracoring, Fewer tags

Visual description sheets 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...

Tags: Atlantic, Cruise ID EN577, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, NEMP, All tags... 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, cores, marine stratigraphy, oceans, piston cores, sediment composition, sediment samples, sedimentary structures, surface color, trigger cores, vane shear strength, vibracores, visual core description, Fewer tags