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Data Release
Sediment Data From Vibracores and Sand Augers Collected in 2021 and 2022 From Fire Island, New York
By Julie C. Bernier, Cheyenne S. Everhart, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Jennifer L. Miselis, and Nancy T. DeWitt
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Florida
Summary
In 2021 and 2022, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) and the USGS New York Water Science Center (NYWSC), on behalf of SPCMSC, conducted sediment sampling and ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys at Point O' Woods and Ho-Hum Beach (NYWSC, 2021) and Watch Hill, Long Cove, and Smith Point (SPCMSC, 2022), Fire Island, New York. These data complement previous SPCMSC GPR and sediment sampling surveys conducted at Fire Island in 2016.
This data release serves as an archive of vibracore and sand-auger sediment cores collected from back-barrier environments on Fire Island from March 29–April 3, 2021 and April 19–22, 2022 (USGS Field Activity Number 2021-312-FA). GPR data collected during the same survey are available as a separate data release (Forde and others, 2022). Sedimentologic data from these cores, including descriptive core logs, grain-size data, and the results of radiocarbon (14C) analyses, are provided to characterize and date shallow subsurface stratigraphic units such beach, dune, or washover deposits and support analyses presented by Ciarletta and others (2024). Data acquisition and processing methods are modified from USGS Data Series 1037 (Bernier and others, 2017) and 1100 (Buster and others, 2018).
Ciarletta, D.J., Miselis, J.L., Bernier, J.C., and Forde, A.S., 2024, Implications for the resilience of modern coastal systems derived from mesoscale barrier dynamics at Fire Island, New York: Earth Surface Dynamics, v. 12, no. 2, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-449-2024.
Forde, A.S., Bernier, J.C., and Ciarletta, D.J., 2022, Ground penetrating radar and global positioning system data collected in 2021 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97YW2UL
Buster, N.A., Bernier, J.C., Brenner, O.T., Kelso, K.W., Tuten, T.M., and Miselis, J.L., 2018, Sediment data from vibracores collected in 2016 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1100, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1100.
Bernier, J.C., Kelso, K.W., Tuten, T.M., Stalk, C.A., and Flocks, J.G., 2017, Sediment data collected in 2014 and 2015 from around Breton and Gosier Islands, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1037, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1037.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-312-FA_CoreSites.zip Site location information and core parameters for 2021-312-FA vibracores and sand augers (.xlsx, .csv, .shp, .kml) |
2021-312-FA_Sediment_metadata.xml | 2021-312-FA_Sediment_metadata.txt | 2021-312-FA_CoreSites.zip (48 KB) |
| 2021-312-FA_CoreLogs.zip Descriptive core logs for 2021-312-FA vibracores and sand augers (.jpg) |
Same as above | Same as above | 2021-312-FA_CoreLogs.zip (8.1 MB) |
| 2021-312-FA_CorePhotos.zip High-resolution photographs for 2021-312-FA vibracores and sand augers (.jpg) |
Same as above | Same as above | 2021-312-FA_CorePhotos.zip (231.9 MB) |
| 2021-312-FA_CoreXRays.zip High-resolution core x-rays for 2021-312-FA sand augers (cores C5–C9 only) (.tif) |
Same as above | Same as above | 2021-312-FA_CoreXRays.zip (22.9 MB) |
| 2021-312-FA_GrainSizeData.zip Grain-size data including raw data, summary statistics, and summary plots for 2021-312-FA vibracore and sand-auger samples (.xlsx, .csv, .jpg) |
Same as above | Same as above | 2021-312-FA_GrainSizeData.zip (1.8 MB) |
| 2021-312-FA_AgeControl.zip Results of radiocarbon (14C) analyses from 2021-312-FA vibracore and sand-auger samples (.xlsx, .csv) |
Same as above | Same as above | 2021-312-FA_AgeControl.zip (44 KB) |
Figure 1. Regional map showing the 2021–2022 Fire Island, New York, study area. Inset maps show vibracore (C1–C4) and sand auger (C5–C9) locations overlaid with 2019 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery basemap.
Suggested Citation
Bernier, J.C., Everhart, C.S., Ciarletta, D.C., Miselis, J.L., and DeWitt, N.T., 2023, Sediment data from vibracores and sand augers collected in 2021 and 2022 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91P1T88.