Recent Sedimentary History of St. Joseph Bay; Florida (Richard A. Stewart Thesis)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Christopher J. Jenkins

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Recent Sedimentary History of St. Joseph Bay; Florida (Richard A. Stewart Thesis)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Other_Citation_Details:

Geology Department, Forida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract:

Marine strata contribute by far the largest percentage of the sedimentary rocks in the geologic column and in great part these are of shallow water origin. Only in recent years have near-shore environments begun to receive the attention necessary for adequate description and interpretation of the factors determining the sedimentary patterns and characteristics developed. St. Joseph Bay is unique in being the only sizable body of water along the eastern portion of the Gulf Coast not of estuarine origin or markedly influenced by the influx of fresh water. It is the hope of the writer that the study of recent sedimentation in this bay may furnish useful information on yet another type of environment encountered along our present coastline.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to create a digital version of the sedimentary characteristics published by Stewart (1962) for inclusion in the usSEABED data collection.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1962

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.4777

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.3073

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.9475

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.613

Keywords:

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: sediments

Theme_Keyword: sediment characteristics

Theme_Keyword: facies

Theme_Keyword: facies distributions

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: St. Joseph Bay

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None except that acknowledgement must be made in publications and reports of (i) the original data source, and (ii) the data integration by USGS and dbSEABED project at the University of Colorado.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Chris Jenkins

Contact_Organization:

Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1560 30th Street

Address: Campus Box 450

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80309-0450

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 492-6387

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 492-6388

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.jenkins@colorado.edu

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Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Stewart1962.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image showing geographic extent of data layer coverage

Data_Set_Credit:

Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Stewart (1962), and Chris Jenkins for digitizing samples locations and entering the data from the source report.

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Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Richard A. Stewart

Publication_Date: 1962

Title: Recent Sedimentary History of St. Joseph Bay, Florida

Edition: 1.0

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, Forida

Publisher: Forida State University

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were entered and checked in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional check for topological consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_Report:

Sedimentary descriptions and locations are provided for 102 samples.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigational accuracy is unknown.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Digital data were hand formatted into dbSEABED data entry structure, then filtered and data-mined through dbSEABED software (version: db9_MNEx.bas)

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Chris Jenkins

Contact_Organization:

Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1560 30th Street

Address: Campus Box 450

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80309-0450

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 492-6387

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 492-6388

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.jenkins@colorado.edu

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SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 102

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.0000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Stewart, 1962

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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 in the use of these data or related materials. Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060322

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski

Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2361

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@usgs.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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