Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Michelle M. Allard Originator: Florida State University Originator: Florida Office of Beaches and Coastal Systems Originator: URS Corporation Publication_Date: 1988 Title: Heavy Mineral Analysis of Inner Continental Shelf Sediments Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital Other_Citation_Details: Data included in usSEABED are part of the URS ROSS database. Description: Abstract: Not available Purpose: Not available Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1988 Currentness_Reference: Publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.7433 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.8793 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.3512 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.4467 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category: Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Composition Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: general Theme_Keyword: heavy mineral Theme_Keyword: heavy mineral analysis Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: North Eastern Gulf of Mexico Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Florida State University Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mail and physical Address: Department of Geological Sciences Address: 108 Carraway Building City: Tallahassee State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 32306-4100 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-644-5860 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@gly.fsu.edu Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: URS_HeavyMin.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screen grab view of locations with coastline for reference Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg Data_Set_Credit: Data compilation: URS ROSS database. For inclusion into usSEABED: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado) Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No assessment of data accuracy can be given. 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 in decimal degrees; four significant figures. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths not given. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: No process information given in report. Process_Date: 1988 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Allard, 1988 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Florida State University Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mail and physical Address: Department of Geological Sciences Address: 108 Carraway Building City: Tallahassee State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 32306-4100 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-644-5860 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@gly.fsu.edu 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: 125 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.1234 Longitude_Resolution: 0.1234 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data provided include percentages of gravel,sand, silt, and clay, mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of grainsize distribution, and carbonate percents. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: URS ROSS database. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Florida State University Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mail and physical Address: Department of Geological Sciences Address: 108 Carraway Building City: Tallahassee State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 32306-4100 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-644-5860 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@gly.fsu.edu Resource_Description: Locker, 1988 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. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20050327 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: Physical and mail Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2361 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@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.