Location of sound velocity profiles along with profile plots collected in 2015 by the U.S. Geological Survey along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA (PNG images, CSV text, ASVP text, and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84).

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2016
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center; WHCMSC; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; moving vessel profiler; shapefile; sound velocity profile; Brooke Ocean Moving Vessel Profiler; Esri shapefile; field activity number 2015-001-FA; MVP; SVP; SSP; sound speed profile; Marine Geology; oceans; geoscientificInformation; location; Atlantic Ocean; Delmarva Peninsula; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; Assateague Island; Assateague Island National Seashore; Chincoteague Island; Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge; Chincoteague Inlet; Chincoteague Bay; Wallops Island; Parramore Island; Cobb Island; Wreck Island; Ship Shoal Island; Myrtle Island; Smith Island; Fisherman Island; Hog Island; Barrier Island; Ship Shoal
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/16b8dc02-17d2-4f3c-8da3-81a73818d685

The Delmarva Peninsula is a 220-kilometer-long headland, spit, and barrier island complex that was significantly affected by Hurricane Sandy in the fall of 2012. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted cruises during the summers of 2014 and 2015 to map the inner continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula using geophysical and sampling techniques to define the geologic framework that governs coastal system evolution at storm-event and longer timescales. Geophysical data collected during the cruises include swath bathymetric, sidescan sonar, chirp and boomer seismic reflection profiles, grab sample and bottom photograph data. More information about the USGS survey conducted as part of the Hurricane Sandy Response-- Geologic Framework and Coastal Vulnerability Study can be found at the project website or on the WHCMSC Field Activity Web pages: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/delmarva/, http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-002-FA and http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-001-FA. Data collected during the 2014 survey can be obtained here: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60