Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
Golden, Nadine E. , 2006, Benthic Habitat and Geologic Mapping of the outer Continental Shelf of North-Central California:.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1177/catalog.html>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1177/observations/fault_lines.tgz>
Golden, Nadine E. , 2006, Benthic Habitat and Geologic Mapping of the outer Continental Shelf of North-Central California Edition: 1.0: Open-File Report USGS OFR 2006-1177, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Santa Cruz, CA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
The map projection used is NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N.
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000016
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000016
Planar coordinates are specified in meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is Geodetic ReferenceSystem 80.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.2572222.
FID FID Alias: FID Data type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0 Definition: Internal feature number. Definition Source: ESRI
Shape Alias: Shape Data type: Geometry Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0 Definition: Feature geometry. Definition Source: ESRI
Id Alias: Id Data type: Number Width: 6
Comments Alias: Comments Data type: String Width: 25
The authors would like to thank the staff of the GFNMS, Jan Roletto, MBNMS, Jean de Marignac, and CBNMS, Dan Howard and Dale Roberts, for their support of this project. Fred Payne and Gerry Hatcher and the staff at the USGS Western Region Marine Facility expertly assisted with the mobilization, logistics and data acquisition. We would also like to thank the crew of the NOAA R/V MacArthur II.
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These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.
United States Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), 2006, Benthic Habitat and Geologic Mapping of the outer Continental Shelf of North-Central California.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
United States Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), 2005, USGS CMG InfoBank.Online Links:
Fualt lines dervived in ArcGIS 9.1 from a georefereced sidescan sonar mosaic tiff.
complete
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: Not suitable for navigation
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ngolden@usgs.gov
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
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ngolden@usgs.gov
