USGS
EAST-COAST SEDIMENT ANALYSIS:
PROCEDURES, DATABASE, AND
GEOREFERENCED DISPLAYS
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 00-358
README.1ST FILE
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descriptions of the field and laboratory methods used to collect and process sediment samples at the Woods
Hole Field Center for Coastal and Marine Geology Program, USGS in Woods Hole,
Massachusetts; an archive of digitally-available sediment data generated at this facility
between 1962 and 2000; and data layers that can be viewed with geographic mapping tools. The information contained on this CD-ROM may be
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USGS, Coastal and
Marine Geology
384 Woods
Hole Road
Quissett
Campus, Crawford Building
Woods Hole,
MA 02543-1598
Questions,
suggestions, and potential additions regarding methods may be directed to:
Larry Poppe at 508-457-2314 or e-mail at lpoppe@usgs.gov
Questions,
suggestions, and potential additions regarding database may be directed to:
Polly Hastings at 508-457-2269 or e-mail at phastings@usgs.gov
Technical
questions about this CD-ROM and the georeferenced displays may be directed to:
Chris Polloni at 508-457-2280,
or e-mail at cpolloni@usgs.gov
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CONTENTS OF
CD-ROM
There are six major directories on the CD-ROM.
Autostar Directory -- This directory contains the files that support the Windows 95/98 compatible autorun software.
Text
Directory -- This directory contains the text
files for the title page, preface, table of contents, links, contacts, metadata, and the
main bodies of chapters 1, 2, and 3. The
metadata files can be read with any text editor.
Database
Directory -- This directory contains the sediment database in three flat-file formats:
Microsoft Excel, Dbase IV, and ASCII. The
data dictionary is supplied as part of Chapter 2.
Mapping
Directory -- This directory has subdirectories that contain the georeferenced displays as
shape files and project files and the free ESRI mapping tool ArcExplorer.
Software
Directory -- This directory contains compiled and uncompiled versions of the BASIC and C
language programs described in the methods chapter. The C programs and their documentation
are supplied as compressed tar files that can be expanded within the GNU Born again Shell
(bash).
Graphics
Directory -- This directory has four subdirectories: Fillpics, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and
Chapter 3. The Filpics subdirectory contains the Corel Xara (v. 1.5) clipart sediment
images that are viewed at the beginning of each section and the organizational logos.
Chapter-specific images (gif, jpg, and tif formats) and videos are contained in their
respective subdirectories.
The metadata
files are in Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant format. The FGDC
coordinates development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. For more information
on the FGDC and its standards, see their website at http://www.fgdc.gov/.
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