Document Type
Data Set
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
New Hampshire Continental Shelf, Western Gulf of Maine, Seafloor Sediments, Grain Size
Department
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Disciplines
Geology | Sedimentology
Description or Abstract
The "New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign - Stations and Sediment Data" contains sediment grain size data from a major field campaign conducted in 2016-2017 and from the UNH Ocean Engineering 972 Hydrographic Field Course classes in 2012, 2014, and 2018. In total, sixteen one-day cruises provided 150 samples for grain size analysis. The database provides complete descriptions for each sample including identification, station and sample characteristics, sediment classifications, grain size statistics, and grain size distribution. Samples were analyzed with standard sieve and pipette analyses after Folk (1980). The sediment grain size classifications include: CMECS (Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard; FGDC, 2012); Gradistat (Blot and Pye, 2001); and Wentworth (Wentworth, 1922; described in Folk, 1954, 1980). Statistics are based on the phi scale and include the graphic mean, sorting, skewness, and kurtosis (Folk, 1980).
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.34051/d/2021.2
Grant/Award Number and Agency
The University of New Hampshire/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Joint Hydrographic Center Award Number NA15NOS4000200 and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Award Number M14AC00010.
Access
Public (open access)
Recommended Citation
Ward, L.G., Morrison, R.C., and McAvoy, Z.S., 2021, New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign - Stations and Sediment Data. University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC), 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824.