Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Minerals Management Service Publication_Date: 2000 Title: MMS2000-052, New Jersey vibracores (Byrnes, et al, 2000) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: "This report presents the results of one of the environmental studies administered through INTERMAR. Entitled "Environmental Study of Identified Sand Resource Areas: Offshore New Jersey", this program was initiated by Aubrey Consulting, Inc. (ACI) in September 1997 under MMS Contract No. 14-35-01-97-CT-30864. This report was prepared by Applied Coastal Research and Engineering, Inc. (Applied Coastal) in cooperation with Continental Shelf Associates, Inc. (CSA), ACI, and Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc. (BVA)." (From report, p. 2) Purpose: Sand resource assessment Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2000 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.606572 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.915281 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.035192 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.080714 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: analyses Theme_Keyword: clay Theme_Keyword: grain size Theme_Keyword: Minerals Management Service Theme_Keyword: MMS Theme_Keyword: sand Theme_Keyword: silt Theme_Keyword: vibracore Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Atlantic coast Place_Keyword: East Coast Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: United States Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: M.R. Byrnes Contact_Organization: Applied Coastal Research and Engineering, Inc. Contact_Position: Physical Processes Project Manager, Co-Editor Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 766 Falmouth Road, Suite A-1 City: Mashpee State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02649 Country: USA Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: mms2000_052.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Byrnes, et al, 2000. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: M.R. Byrnes Originator: R.M. Hammer Originator: B.A. Vittor Originator: J.S. Ramsey Originator: D.B. Snyder Originator: J.D. Wood Originator: K.F. Bosma Originator: T.D. Thibaut Originator: N.W. Phillips Publication_Date: July 20001 Title: Environmental Survey of Potential Sand Resource Sites: Offshore New Jersey Series_Information: Series_Name: OCS Report Issue_Identification: MMS 2000-052, Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Herndon, VA Publisher: Minerals Management Service, International Activities and Marine Minerals Division (INTERMAR Other_Citation_Details: Volume I: Main Text 380 pp. + Volume II: Appendices 291 pp. (on 1 CD-ROM) Data_Quality_Information: Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Data were copied from Appendix D (Tables D2, D4-1 and D4-2) of the report into Excel spreadsheets. 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