Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf

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    Title:
    Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this report is to release texture and carbonate content analyses of 107 seafloor sediments collected within and near the East and West Flower Garden Banks areas of the Sanctuary and to show relationships between these data and existing bathymetric data. The sediment data, in conjunction with previously collected geological, geophysical and biological data were used to construct a reconnaissance-scale map of the distribution of seafloor sediment types. This map will be useful for resource managers and can be used, with additional data, as a basis for future habitat mapping.
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  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Scanlon, Kathryn M. , Ackerman, Seth D. , and Rozycki, Jill E. , 2003, Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf: Open-File Report 03-002, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Team, Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA.

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.933800
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.534000
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.002800
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.789500

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    Calendar_Date: 2001
    Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

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    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

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    U.S. Geological Survey
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 (voice)


Why was the data set created?

This CD-ROM contains sediment analyses of new grab sample data from the Flower Graden region along with photographic records of each of the samples taken and a sea-floor interpretation based on these new sample and previously exisiting data. The purpose of this report is to preserve the data in digital form, and to organize these files into a product that is easily accessible for future reference.


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Access_Constraints: None
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  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Kathryn M. Scanlon
    U.S. Geological Survey
    USGS - Woods Hole Field Center
    Woods Hole, MA 02543
    USA

    508.548.8700 x2323 (voice)
    508.457.2310 (FAX)
    kscanlon@usgs.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    USGS OFR03-002

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, 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 or ESRI in the use of these data or related materials.

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    The user must have a system with a CD_ROM capable of reading an UDF standard CD-R disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of a web browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file and view ESRI GIS files (see README for more info).


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Dates:
Last modified: 07-Apr-2003

Metadata author:
Seth Ackerman
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS - Woods Hole Field Center
Woods Hole, MA 02543
USA

508.548.8700 x2315 (voice)
508.457.2310 (FAX)
sackerman@usgs.govMetadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

(FGDC-STD-001-1998)


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