Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: David Twichell Originator: Valerie Paskevich Publication_Date: 20000515 Title: R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cores Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Description: Abstract: This ArcView GIS layer contains a summary of the locations, depths, and lengths of the cores collected aboard the R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cruise from 12 -26 April 1990. The cores were collected from the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Fan area. Purpose: This GIS overlay is a component of the U. S Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center's, Gulf of Mexico ArcView GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata. Supplemental_Information: R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core information is available in three 1) individual ArcView shapefile, 2) Microsoft Excel spreadsheet; and 3) a column formatted ASCII text file. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19900412 Ending_Date: 19900426 Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.4527 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.6444 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.7566 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.2562 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico database Theme_Keyword: ArcView Theme_Keyword: arcview Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: multipoint Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone Theme_Keyword: EEZ Theme_Keyword: cores Theme_Keyword: samples Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Place_Keyword: Mississippi Fan Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the 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. The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: David C. Twichell Contact_Position: Oceanographer 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 x2266 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: cores.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF Browse_Graphic_File_Type: core locations displayed over SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - data\cores\cores.shp Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No report. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set. Completeness_Report: Core sample information is complete for the entire R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cruise. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: David Twichell(comp.) Publication_Date: Unknown Publication_Time: Unknown Title: R/V FARNELLA 90-3 & 90-4 cruise report Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19900412 Ending_Date: 19900426 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: farn90-3_4.txt Source_Contribution: An ASCII text file listing the core id's, position, depth and length was attached to the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 & 90-4 post-cruise report. The text file was editted to create a tabular list that was read into ArcView. Process_Step: Process_Description: An ASCII text file listing the core id's, position, depth and length was attached to the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 & 90-4 post-cruise report. The text file was editted to create a tabular list that was read into ArcView. Minor editting was done to the table for consistency. A final field, DESC, was added and provides a link to GIF images containing an overview description of some of the cores. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: farn90-3_4.txt Process_Date: 19991005 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Computer 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 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: A new field, HTMLlink, was added to the cores.dbf file. This field was edited to include the relative path and filename of the visual description for specific cores. This field is used as a hotlink in the windows arcview project file to open the core description in the web browser. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx Process_Date: 20000515 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Computer 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 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov 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: 67 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: .0005 Longitude_Resolution: .0005 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: cores.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None Attribute: Attribute_Label: Coreid Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier assigned to collected core in the field. The core identifier is comprised of two 1) either PC for piston core or GC for gravity cores or GEOTECH for cores collected for geotechnical analysis; and 2) a sequential numeric identifier. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Lat Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate in decimal degrees of core location. South latitude recorded as a negative value. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Lon Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate in decimal degrees of core location. West longitude recorded as a negative value. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Depth Attribute_Definition: Measured water depth, in meters, at core location. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 3060 Range_Domain_Maximum: 3410 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: Desc Attribute_Definition: Relative pathname to the summary description. The description is stored as a GIF file. This column of the attributes table is intended to be used as a hotlink hyperlink in ArcView. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: HTMLlink Attribute_Definition: Relative pathname to the HTML visual description page for the cores that were described. This column of the attributes table is intended to be used as a hotlink in the windows ArcView project. The link will open the core description in the user's default web browser. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: David Twichell Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: oceanographer 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 x2266 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Mississippi Fan: cores.shp Distribution_Liability: Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ARCV Format_Information_Content: cores.dbf cores.shp cores.shx File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied Transfer_Size: 18Kbytes Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9600 Compatibility_Information: The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ARCV Format_Information_Content: The three ArcView shapefiles (cores.dbf, cores.shp, cores.shx) comprising the R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core location coverage. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 4Kbytes Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9600 Compatibility_Information: The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file. Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Excel Format_Information_Content: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Transfer_Size: 407Kbytes Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9600 Compatibility_Information: In addition to software capable of reading or importing the file in the Microsoft Excel format, the user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: The R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core location overlay is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20000515 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: computer 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 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@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