New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign - Stations and Sediment Data

TitleNew Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign - Stations and Sediment Data
Publication TypeDatabase
Year2021
AuthorsWard, LG, Morrison, RC, McAvoy, ZS
Department NameCenter for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Organization NameUniversity of New Hampshire
LocationDurham, NH
KeywordsGrain Size, New Hampshire Continental Shelf, seafloor sediments, Western Gulf of Maine
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).

DOI10.34051/d/2021.2