Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe Publication_Date: 2003 Title: ANAN71: Neritic sediments of the Merrimack Embayment Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/anan71/anan71.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/seddata/anan71/anan71.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J.Poppe Originator: V.F. Paskevich Originator: S.J. Williams Originator: M.E. Hastings Originator: J.T. Kelly Originator: D.F. Belknap Originator: L.G. Ward Originator: D.M. FitzGerald Originator: P.F. Larsen Publication_Date: 2003 Title: Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 03-001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001 Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001 Description: Abstract: The coastal dunes, beaches, and inner neritic zone of the Merrimack Embayment constitute a petrologic province. In addition to heavy mineral analyses, grain size statistics were generated on most of the samples. Neritic and beach sediments can be differentiated using scatter plots of statistics, but statistical parameters are ineffective in differentiating between river and neritic sediments. Purpose: The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version of the textural descriptions published by Anan (1971). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1971 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.807500 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.654000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.909100 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.677900 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: sediments Theme_Keyword: texture Theme_Keyword: statistical parameters Theme_Keyword: mean Theme_Keyword: standard deviation Theme_Keyword: skewness Theme_Keyword: kurtosis Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001 Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: sediment classification Theme_Keyword: surficial classification Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile Theme_Keyword: points Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System Theme_Keyword: GIS Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: Merrimack Embayment Place_Keyword: shelf Place_Keyword: New England Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: anan71.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Anan (1971), Polly Hastings for digitizing the sampe locations, and Larry Poppe for entering the data from the source report and creating the ArcView shapefile. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: F.S. Anan Publication_Date: 1971 Title: Provenance and Statistical Parameters of Sediments of the Merrimack Embayment, Gulf of Maine Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Doctoral Dissertation Issue_Identification: 377 p. Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Amherst, MA Publisher: University of Massachusetts Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. Completeness_Report: Navigation, statistical parameters, and sample identifiers are provided for 118 stations. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by sighting three shore-based objects with sextants. Navigational accuracy is unknown. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: F.S. Anan Publication_Date: 1971 Title: Provenance and Statistical Parameters of Sediments of the Merrimack Embayment, Gulf of Maine Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Doctoral Dissertation Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Amherst, MA Publisher: University of Massachusetts Other_Citation_Details: 377 p. Type_of_Source_Media: paper Process_Step: Process_Description: Stations were digitized off maps, textural data entered into digital form, and together were imported from an ASCII text file to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme and saved as the final shapefile. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: anan71.txt Process_Date: 20021022 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: anan71.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: anan71.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: anan71.shx Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 118 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: anan71.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. 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Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, anan71.shp Distribution_Liability: Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ArcView shapefile Format_Version_Number: 3.2 Format_Specification: ESRI point shapefile Format_Information_Content: Five files (anan71.shp, anan71.dbf, anan71.shx, anan71.sbx, anan71.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.137 Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Compatibility_Information: The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file. Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. 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