Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NavOceanO)
      Originator: Richard F. Rooney
      Originator: Herbert C. Eppert
      Originator: Howard D. Huddell
      Publication_Date: 1965
      Title: A summary of engineering properties, size, and composition of cores from St. Croix and Puerto Rico
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital and Paper
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: Lab Item
        Issue_Identification: 280
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Washington D.C. 20390
        Publisher: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
      Other_Citation_Details: Underwater Range Projects; Oceanographic Survey Dept.
      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=09005012
  Description:
    Abstract: No abstract is given.
    Purpose: No purpose is given.
    Supplemental_Information: Data held in NGDC's Deck 41 compilation decommissioned in usSEABED.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 19651004
        Ending_Date: 19651024
    Currentness_Reference: Publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.1633
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.9367
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.8317
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.6550
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: United States Naval Oceanographic Office (NavOceanO)
      Theme_Keyword: Orange peel grab
      Theme_Keyword: Kullenberg gravity core
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category:
      Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments
      Theme_Keyword: Sediment Texture
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
      Place_Keyword: St. Croix
      Place_Keyword: Virgin Islands
      Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Cite U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office and NGDC as originators 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
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: MGG09005012.jpg
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screen grab view of locations with coastline for reference
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg
  Data_Set_Credit: For inclusion into usSEABED: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: For usSEABED, the digital data and scanned report were downloaded via the web, visually compared to source and corrected.  Where appropriate, data were tested for completeness using MS Excel.
  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.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigational techniques not recorded in report; latitudes and longitudes given to degrees, decimal minutes.
    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: 1963
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: LI 280
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Organization_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: Physical
            City: Washington
            State_or_Province: D.C.
            Postal_Code: 20390
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 65
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.0167
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.00167
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Digital data provided include sampler and granulometric analyses in one-phi increments.
    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 09005012
  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.
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ASCII
        Format_Information_Content: text
        File_Decompression_Technique: none
        Transfer_Size: 5 MB
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: http://oas.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/plsql/geolin.set_expand?v_mggid=09005012
          Access_Instructions: None
          Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Online computer and operating system
    Fees: None for downloaded data; paper copies may involve a small fee.
  Technical_Prerequisites: web browser and internet access preferred
  Available_Time_Period:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 1965
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.