Map showing location of selected pre-Quaternary rock samples from the California continental borderland

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.G. Vedder

Originator: J.C. Taylor

Originator: R.E. Arnal

Originator: David Bukry

Publication_Date: 1976

Title:

Map showing location of selected pre-Quaternary rock samples from the California continental borderland

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Miscellaneous Field Studies Map(MF)

Issue_Identification: 737

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Three sheets of locations with sample descriptions. Data from USGS cruises aboard the R/V Velero (March 1968, February 1970, and May 1975), the R/V Melville (February 1970), the R/V Vantuna (April 1970), R/V Bartlett (November 1972), R/V Kelez (June, September, and October 1973), and the R/V Lee (April, May, November, 1974).

Description:

Abstract: No abstracted information is given on the maps

Purpose: Not given."

Supplemental_Information:

Data digitized in 2002 for inclusion in usSEABED (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/usseabed>)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1968

Ending_Date: 1975

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.852

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.397

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.753

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.327

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: Oceans and Estuaries

Theme_Keyword: Location

Theme_Keyword: GeoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keyword. Version 5.3.3

Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Sediment Composition

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Structures

Theme_Keyword: Terrigenous Sediments

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Dart core

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: California

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Southern California Borderland

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: Cite the U.S. Geological Survey as the originators of the data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail

Address: USGS Information Services

Address: Box 25286

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: MF 737

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Screen grab of GIS-produced sample distribution, with bathymetry and land for reference.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPG

Data_Set_Credit:

J.G. Vedder, J.C. Taylor, R.E. Arnal and David Bukry for the collection and analysis of the data. For usSEABED, formatting: Jane Reid (USGS); Formatting corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Tkme: Another editor for formal metadata by Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 22092), version 2.9.13, Microsoft Windows Version 5.1; Microsoft Word 2000 9.0

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

No estimate made for the accuracy of the data in the original report. Data digitized by the USGS and partners were visually compared to the source data, and corrected. Where appropriate, data were tested for completeness using MS Excel. Locations checked using GIS.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No assessment for original data.

Completeness_Report:

No assessment made for original data. For inclusion into usSEABED, all data on sheet one were included; additional data from sheets 2 and 3 will be added at a later date..

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

No navigational information is given on the map; locations given to minute-tenths

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

No water-depth determination information given on the map; water depths given to nearest meter (uncorrected).

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: None information available.

Process_Date: 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: 93

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00167

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00167

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Point

Entity_Type_Definition: SDTS point

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sample number

Attribute_Definition: Sample number

Attribute_Definition_Source: US Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Alpha numeric number based on cruise and core information

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lithologic description

Attribute_Definition: Description of rocks recovered from dartcores

Attribute_Definition_Source: US Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Written description of rocks, including color, microfossils, and age of microfossils

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail

Address: USGS Information Services

Address: Box 25286

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Resource_Description: MF 737

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 and limitations of the statistical data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Non-digital_Form: Report is available through the USGS

Fees: Unknown

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1976

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 is authoritative and supercedes any information given here.