### Sediment Data From Vibracores Collected in 2016 from Fire Island, New York

By: Noreen A. Buster**Julie Bernier**Owen T. Brenner**Kyle W. Kelso**Thomas M. TutenJennifer L. Miselis**

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1100

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#### Abstract

First posted December 18, 2018

**For additional information, contact:**
Director, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey600 4th Street SouthSt. Petersburg, FL 33701

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a long-term coastal morphologic-change study at Fire Island, New York, prior to and after Hurricane Sandy impacted the area in October 2012. The Fire Island Coastal Change project objectives include understanding the morphologic evolution of the barrier island system on a variety of time scales (months to centuries) and resolving storm-related effects, post-storm beach response, and recovery. In April 2016, scientists from the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted sediment sampling and geophysical surveys on Fire Island to characterize and quantify spatial variability in the subaerial geology with the goal of subsequently integrating onshore geology with other surf zone and nearshore datasets.  

This report, along with the accompanying USGS data release, serves as an archive of sediment data from 14 vibracores collected on April 10 and 11, 2016 (USGS Field Activity Number 2016–322–FA), along 6 transects that extend from the upper to lower subaerial shoreface at Fire Island. Sedimentologic and stratigraphic metrics (for example, sediment texture or unit thicknesses) derived from these data can be used to assess spatial and temporal trends and may aid in understanding beach evolution. Data products include sample location tables, descriptive core logs, core photographs, results of sediment grain-size analyses, and geographic information system data files with accompanying formal Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata.

#### Suggested Citation

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.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- Core Viewer
- Abbreviations
- References Cited

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