usSEABED: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release, version 1.0
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| Table E. Facies and their component makeup |
Facies values are determined by a combination of components and their mined values from word-based descriptions. Numeric textural, geochemical, and geophysical information held in PRS data files. Values represent memberships to fuzzy sets, given as percents. A minimum of 30% component presence is required to trip a given facies, and a component may trip more than one facies. See FAC files for actual data, and table D for component information. Facies notes presence only, not absence. |
| Field name |
Parameter |
Data format, units |
Information/triggering components |
| Latitude* |
Latitude |
Decimal 00.00000 |
Decimal degrees, 90° to -90° range |
| Longitude* |
Longitude |
Decimal 000.00000 |
Decimal degrees, -180° to 180° range |
| WaterDepth* |
Water depth |
Integer 00000 |
Meters |
| SampleTop* |
Sample top |
Decimal 000.00 |
Meters below seabed surface |
| SampleBase* |
Sample base |
Decimal 000.00 |
Meters below seabed surface |
| SiteName* |
Site name |
Character XXX: XXX |
Survey or laboratory code for the sampling site |
| DataSetKey* |
Dataset number key |
Integer 000 |
Relational key to SRC file; SRC file contains links to source metadata |
| SiteKey* |
Site number key |
Integer 0000000 |
Relational key to other data files. Each site counted sequentially as total output; core data may have more than one sample per site. |
| SampleKey* |
Sample number key |
Integer 0000000 |
Relational key to other data files. Each site counted sequentially as total output; Multiple samples may be at each site (i.e., in core). |
| Terrigenous |
Terrigenous |
(%) |
Fld, hvy_min, maf, mica, qtz, trrg |
| Carbonate |
Carbonate |
(%) |
Calcrst, calct, carb, dolmt, limstn, sidrt |
| Igneous |
Igneous |
(%) |
Andest, baslt, gbbro, granit, ign_rck, umafic |
| Volcanic |
Volcanic |
(%) |
Baslt, pumc, vol_rck, volgls, volrck, volsed |
| Metamorphic |
Metamorphic |
(%) |
Bluschst, gniss, grnschst, met, schst, slte |
| Mineralized |
Mineralized |
(%) |
Barit, metlif, phspht, pyrt, sulf |
| AuthFeMn |
Authigenic Fe Mn |
(%) |
Mn_crust, mn_nod, mnoxd, ferug |
| Ooze |
Ooze |
(%) |
Ooz, calc_ooz, sil_ooz |
| Carbon |
Carbon |
(%) |
Coal, bitumn, orgcbn, peat |
| GeochemSignal |
Geochemical signal |
(%) |
Gas, h2s, hydrt, methne, odr, oil |
| Forams |
Forams |
(%) |
Aren_frm, bnth_frm, frm, lrg_frm, plnk_frm |
| OtherCalcPelag |
Other calcareous pelagics |
(%) |
Nan, ptr, calc_ooz |
| SilcPelag |
Siliceous pelagics |
(%) |
Diat, rad, sil_ooz |
| Shell |
Shell |
(%) |
Shl, shl_dbr |
| Coral |
Coral |
(%) |
Crl, crl_dbr, crlrf, sol_crl |
| HardPlant |
Hard plants |
(%) |
C_alg, coralgl, crnalg, halmda |
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