Ecological Investigations of Petrolem Production Platforms in the Central Gulf of Mexico

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Texas A and M University (TAMU)
Originator: Francis Mitchell
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title:
Ecological Investigations of Petrolem Production Platforms in the Central Gulf of Mexico
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital and paper
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: College Station, TX
Publisher: Texas A and M University (TAMU)
Other_Citation_Details: Funded by BLM
Online_Linkage:
Digital data and downloadable .pdf available at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC): <http://oas.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/plsql/geolin.set_expand?v_mggid=23045002>
Description:
Abstract: No abstracted information given in report
Purpose: No specific purpose noted in report
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
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Beginning_Date: 19780920
Ending_Date: 19780922
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.2405
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.8833
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.5675
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Theme_Keyword: Texas A and M University (TAMU)
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category:
Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments
Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Cite TAMU as originators of the data and NGDC as archivers of the data
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Contact_Person: Robin R. Warnken
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mail and physical
Address: E/GC3 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80305-3328
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-6338
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Robin.R.Warnken@noaa.gov
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Data_Set_Credit:
For inclusion into usSEABED: digitization and formatting Tara Kneeshaw and April Villagomez (USGS); Corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

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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 (USGS) 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; four significant figures.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths given in meters.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: No process information given in report.
Process_Date: 1978
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

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Data provided include sampler, site date, percentages of gravel, sand, silt, and clay; median grainsize, moment mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis; granulometric analyses at one phi-size intervals in percents.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Source report.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Contact_Person: Robin R. Warnken
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mail and physical
Address: E/GC3 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80305-3328
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-6338
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Robin.R.Warnken@noaa.gov
Resource_Description: MGGID 23045002
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.
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Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://oas.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/plsql/geolin.set_expand?v_mggid=23045002>
Access_Instructions: None
Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Online computer and operating system
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites: web browser and internet access preferred
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1995

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.

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