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 UNH CCOM/JHC "New Hampshire Continental Shelf Historical Geophysical Database: 1971 to 2015 - Sediment Data" contains sediment grain size data and classifications from studies conducted between 1971 and 2015. In total, grain size data was available for 725 bottom sediment samples. Included are sample identification information, station and sample characteristics, sediment classifications, grain size statistics, and grain size distribution. Not all of these parameters were available for every study. 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/2021.3
Grant/Award Number and Agency
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., McAvoy, Z.S., and Vallee-Anziani, M., 2021, New Hampshire Continental Shelf Historical Geophysical Database: 1971 to 2015 - Sediment Data. University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC), 24 Colovos Road, Durham, 03824.