New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign – Seafloor and Sample Photographs and Sediment Data

Authors

Larry G. Ward, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Rachel C. Morrison, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Zachary S. McAvoy, University of New Hampshire, Durham

Document Type

Data Set

Publication Date

2021

Keywords

New Hampshire Continental Shelf, Western Gulf of Maine, Seafloor Photographs, Sediment Photographs, Grain Size

Department

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Disciplines

Geology | Oceanography | Sedimentology

Description or Abstract

The "New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign - Seafloor and Sample Photographs and Sediment Data " contains photographs of the seafloor from sampling locations, photographs of the sediment samples, and 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. Presented here are tables with the station locations and types of data available followed by single sample summaries for each sample collected and analyzed. Included in each summary are location information, seafloor photographs, photographs of the sample (in field and laboratory) where available, collection information, 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/2021.1

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 – Seafloor and Sample Photographs and Sediment Data. University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC), 24 Colovos Road, Durham 03824.