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: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General 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 Browse_Graphic: 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. 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: 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 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: 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 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile