Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cunningham, Kevin

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/bbcw_wells/>

Description:

Abstract:

The objectives of this data acquisition project were to complete the downhole geophysical logging including video and flowmeter logging of two core holes (9A and 11A), which are the deepest wells at monitor well sites 0009AB and 0011AB.

Purpose:

The goal of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project (BBCWP) is to rehydrate wetlands and reduce point-source discharge to Biscayne Bay. The BBCWP will replace lost overland flow and partially compensate for the reduction in ground-water seepage by redistributing, through a spreader system, available surface water entering the area from regional canals. The proposed redistribution of freshwater flow across a broad front is expected to restore or enhance freshwater wetlands, tidal wetlands, and near shore bay habitat. A critical component of the BBCWP is the development of a realistic representation of ground-water flow within the karst Biscayne aquifer. Mapping these ground-water flow units is key to the development of models that simulate ground-water flow from the Everglades and urban areas through the coastal wetlands to Biscayne Bay. Because there is little detailed hydrogeologic data of the Surficial aquifer (to depth) in this area, the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project Delivery Team installed two monitor-well sites and collected the necessary detailed hydrogeologic data.

The L-31 North Canal Seepage Management Pilot Project is intended to curtail easterly seepage emanating from within Everglades National Park (ENP). The pilot project is examining various seepage management technologies as well as operational changes that could be implemented to reduce the water losses from ENP. This project is in close proximity to Biscayne Bay so an effort has been made to combine ongoing work efforts at the two project areas. The distribution of seepage into the L-31 North Canal and beneath it is not known with any degree of certainty today. A canal draw down experiment was conducted to provide additional field data that will be utilized to refine seepage estimates in the study area as well as determine aquifer parameters in the study area.

Supplemental_Information:

This project was funded by the USGS Florida Integrated Science Center and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.4

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.3

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.61

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.4

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme_Keyword: 007

Theme_Keyword: 008

Theme_Keyword: 012

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: geology

Theme_Keyword: geospatial interface

Theme_Keyword: flow

Theme_Keyword: groundwater

Theme_Keyword: model

Theme_Keyword: wetland

Theme_Keyword: wells

Theme_Keyword: monitoring

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: US

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, NIST

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: FL

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: South East Coast

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Stratum_Keyword: Biscayne aquifer

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kevin Cunningham

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave.

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5913

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kcunning@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

<http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/scopesofwork03/images/bbwelldatafig1x.jpg>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Biscayne Coastal Wetlands Groundwater Monitoring Well Locations

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

This project is a joint effort of the USGS, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Data are available as Log ASCII Standard (.las), Text (.txt), and Portable Document Format (.pdf). Log ASCII Standard files can be opened in any logging computer program.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Cunningham, Kevin J.

Carlson, Janine L.; Wingard, G. Lynn; Robinson, Edward; Wacker, Michael A.

Publication_Date: 2004

Title:

Characterization of Aquifer Heterogeneity Using Cyclostratigraphy and Geophysical Methods in the Upper Part of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Water Resources Investigations Report

Issue_Identification: 03-4208

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri034208/>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Cunningham, Kevin J.

Wacker, Michael A.; Robinson, Edward; Gefvert, Cynthia J.; Krupa, Steven L.

Publication_Date: 2004

Title:

Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Flow at Levee 31N, Miami-Dade County, Florida, July 2003 to May 2004

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map

Issue_Identification: I-2846

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston VA

Publisher: U.S. Geolgoical Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/sim/I-2846>

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The USGS collected geophysical logs, digital-image and video logs, and flowmeter measurements at wells 9A and 11A.

Completeness_Report:

Data collected for well G-3802 consists of conductivity and resistivity, gamma, flow. Spinner flow meter, and geophysical logs. Data for well G-3801 consists of caliper, conductivity and resistivity, gamma, fluid, flow, spinner flow meter, and geophysical logs.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: not available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Corps of Engineers contracted with a licensed drilling contractor to install two continuously cored monitor ground water wells in April-May 2004.

Prior to completion of the wells, the USGS completed geophysical logging of the wells. The USGS hydrogeologist was on site while the drilling crew developed monitoring wells 9A and 11A for logging and during geophysical borehole logging of the deepest well at each of the two monitor wells. The site USGS hydrogeologist (1) monitored the drilling contractor for adherence to correct borehole development and preparation for geophysical borehole logging; (2) ran geophysical logs, digital-image logs,video logs, flowmeter measurements; and (3) provided calculated computed vuggy-porosity logs.

Process_Date: 2004

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kevin Cunningham

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave.

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5913

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kcunning@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The L-31 North Canal seepage manamgement pilot project is intended to curtail easterly seepage from within Everglades National Park (ENP). The pilot project is examining various seepage menagement technologies was well as operational changes that could be implemented to reduce the water losses from ENP. As this area is in close proimity to Biscayne Bay, the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands well-site project was modified to combine efforts in both project areas.

The distribution of seepage into the L-31 North Canal and beneath it is not known with any degree of certainty today. A canal draw down experiment was proposed to provide additional field data that will be utilized to refne seepage estimates in the study area as well as determine aquifer parameters in the study area. The canal drawdown experiment was scheduled to be completed in two phases. A dry-season test would be conducted toward the end of May 2004 and a wet-season test was scheduled for late July 2004. Both portions of the test were planned for at least four days duration. During the test multiple sets of hydrologic instrumentation were to be monitored on a continual basis. In addition, during the dry-season test, downhole flow logging would be completed in two open-hole interval wells adjacent to the L31N Canal.

The USGS was to acquire geophysical logs using the fluid conductivity and temperature probes, and heat-pulse and spinner flowmeters at two coreholes specified by the Corps of Engineers. The two coreholes would be logged during the second day of the 48-hour duration of the drawdown test. The drawdown test was scheduled for late May or early June 2004 during dry-season conditions.

Process_Date: 2004

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kevin Cunningham

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave.

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5913

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kcunning@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Biscayne aquifer

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

Altitude_Resolution: 1.0

Altitude_Distance_Units: feet

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data collected for the two wells include well identifier, caliper log, conductivity and resistivity log, gamma log, fluid log, flow log, spinner flow meter log, and geophysical log

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS personnel

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 600 Fourth St. South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hhenkel@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data

Distribution_Liability: No warrantees are implied or explicit for the data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Log ASCII Standard

Format_Version_Number: unknown

Format_Information_Content:

The data are in tables in .las format which can be opened in any logging computer program.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/bbcw_wells>

Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Format_Version_Number: unknown

Format_Information_Content: The data are in ASCII text files

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/bbcw_wells>

Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Adobe PDF

Format_Version_Number: 7.0

Format_Information_Content:

graphic showing depth, lithofacies, OBI 40 digital borehole image, porosity logs, flow meter logs, gamma, conductivity and resistivity, full waveform sonic data, and well completion diagrams for each well

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/bbcw_wells>

Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070724

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Heather Henkel

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 600 Fourth Street South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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