Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Texas A and M University
      Publication_Date: 1969
      Title: Brine Disposal
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital
      Other_Citation_Details: Data included in usSEABED are part of the unpublished Gulf of Mexico compilation of Chuck Holmes, USGS St. Petersburg.  More information on this study is available through NGDC (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov) as MGG ID 23085001; however, the interval data (phi-sized bins) from NGDC are mixed up and should not be used.
  Description:
    Abstract: Not available
    Purpose: Not available
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 19811002
        Ending_Date: 19821016
    Currentness_Reference: Publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.50967
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.31133
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.05883
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.66033
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Texas A and M University (TAMU)
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category:
      Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments
      Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures
      Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Composition
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
      Place_Keyword: Texas
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: None
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Texas A and M University
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Physical
        City: College Station
        State_or_Province: TX
        Postal_Code: 77843
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: TAMU_Brine.jpg
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screengrab view of locations with coastline for reference
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg
  Data_Set_Credit: Data compilation: Chuck Holmes. For inclusion into usSEABED: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No assessment of data accuracy can be given. Where appropriate, data were tested for completeness using MS Excel.
  Logical_Consistency_Report: Data fall within normal ranges for the given parameters.
  Completeness_Report: All available textural, statistical, and compositional information are included in usSEABED.  The Holmes compilation may also include metal and organic contaminant values requested by or performed by the EPA, USGS, USACE, and others for these samples that are not included in usSEABED.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigational techniques not recorded in report; latitudes and longitudes given in decimal degrees; five significant figures.
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Water depth determination technique not noted in report.  Water depths in meters.
  Lineage:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: No process information given in report.
      Process_Date: 1982
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Unknown
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Organization_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: Texas A and M University
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: Physical
            City: College Station
            State_or_Province: TX
            Postal_Code: 77843
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 218
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data provided include sampler, percentages of gravel,sand, silt, and clay, and granulometric analyses in one-phi increments.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Chuck Holmes' data compilation.
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Texas A and M University
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Physical
        City: College Station
        State_or_Province: TX
        Postal_Code: 77843
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown
  Resource_Description: Brine Disposal
  Distribution_Liability: Although this dataset has been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data.  Users of the data should be aware of limitations of the data due to possible imprecision due to navigational inaccuracies, limitations of the statistical data, and digitizing errors.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 2005
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
        Contact_Person: Jane A. Reid
      Contact_Position: Geologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Physical and mail
        Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive
        City: Santa Cruz
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 95060
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4727
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jareid@usgs.gov
      Contact_Instructions: Email preferred
  Metadata_Standard_Name: CSDGM Version 2
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
  Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata was written by a user of the data.  Any information contained in the physical report or online at NGDC is authoritative and supercedes any information given here.