Data Release
Grain-Size Data From Sediment Samples at Seven Mile Island, New Jersey and Rockaway Peninsula, New York
By Cheyenne S. Everhart, Emily A. Wei, and Jennifer L. Miselis
USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida
Summary
Sediment grab samples were collected from one onshore location and 32 undisturbed locations along the seafloor around Seven Mile Island, New Jersey (NJ) and Rockaway Peninsula, New York (NY). The sediment grab samples were collected in May and June of 2021 at locations within the area where multibeam bathymetry surveys were also conducted during the same trip. All sediment samples were analyzed using a laser diffraction Coulter LS13 320 particle-size analyzer to measure the grain size distribution of the sediments. All the samples within the dataset are referred to by field activity numbers (FANs) 2021-318-FA and 2021-319-FA and are part of the Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux (CSAF) research project which collects geophysical, remote sensing and sediment data to inform models for improving prediction of coastal systems’ response to extreme weather and sea-level rise.
For further information regarding data collection and/or processing methods refer to:
Wei, E.A, and Miselis, J.L., 2022, Geologic framework, anthropogenic impacts, and hydrodynamics contribute to variable sediment availability and shoreface morphology at the Rockaway Peninsula, NY: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, v. 10, no. 7, art. 989, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10070989.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMI_RKWY_GrainSizeStats.zip Sediment grab grain-size statistics summary and raw Coulter output (.csv,.xlsx, .docx) |
SMI_RKWY_GrainSize_Metadata.xml | SMI_RKWY_GrainSize_Metadata.txt | SMI_RKWY_GrainSizeStats.zip (130 KB) |
| SMI_RKWY_GrainSizeSites.zip Sediment grab sample locations (.csv, .shp, .kmz) |
Same as above | Same as above | SMI_RKWY_GrainSizeSites.zip (45 KB) |
Figure 1. . Location of sediment grab collection sites off the coast of Rockaway Peninsula, NY within the red outline (yellow triangles) and Seven Mile Island, NJ within the blue outline (yellow squares) during May and June 2021.
Suggested Citation
Everhart, C.S., Wei, E.A., and Miselis, J.L., 2022, Grain-size data from sediment samples at Seven Mile Island, New Jersey and Rockaway Peninsula, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FH8ZJW.