A summary of sediment size and chemistry of four cores from San Diego, California and four cores from St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida.

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: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NavOceanO)

Originator: P.B. Loomis

Originator: J.C. Bowman

Originator: E.V. Kelly

Publication_Date: 1973

Title:

A summary of sediment size and chemistry of four cores from San Diego, California and four cores from St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital and paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Laboratory Item

Issue_Identification: 447

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C. 20373

Publisher: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office

Other_Citation_Details:

Geological Laboratory, Nearshore Surveys Division, Oceanographic Surveys Department; Navy divers

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=09005040>

Description:

Abstract: No abstracted information given in report

Purpose: No specific purpose noted in report

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1973

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.12

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.12

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.67

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.67

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: United States Naval Oceanographic Office (NavOceanO)

Theme_Keyword: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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: Biogenic Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Sediment Chemistry

Theme_Keyword: Sediment Composition

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Structures

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures

Theme_Keyword: Stratigraphic Sequence

Theme_Keyword: Terrigenous Sediments

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Place_Keyword: San Diego

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: St. John River

Place_Keyword: Jacksonville

Place_Keyword: Florida

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: MGG_09005040

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screen grab view of locations with coastline for reference

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg

Data_Set_Credit:

P.B. L:oomis, J.C. Bowman and E.V. Kelly at the United States Naval Oceanographc Office for the collection, analysis and archival of data. For inclusion into usSEABED: digitization and formatting April Villagomez(USGS); Corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Statistical data was digitized by hand (typed in) at NGDC. For usSEABED, digital data and the scanned reported were downloaded via the web, visually compared to source and corrected. Additional data may have been included from the scanned report, also available online. 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 data available online and in scanned report are included.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigational techniques not recorded in report; latitudes and longitudes given in degrees and minutes.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths not given, subsample depths in centimeters from top of core.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: No process information given in report.

Process_Date: 1973

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: LI 447

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: 20373

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: 12

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01667

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01667

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: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Alpha numeric number based on project number and core information

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Color

Attribute_Definition: Wet sediment color determined in the lab

Attribute_Definition_Source: Geological Society of America

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Descriptive color and Munsell color code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sediment type

Attribute_Definition: Sample sediment

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Written description of sediment texture

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Remarks

Attribute_Definition: Remarks

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Additional comments about sample

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Grain size bins

Attribute_Definition: Sample in defined grain size groups (phi_ parameters)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: < -4

Range_Domain_Maximum: > 10

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Gravel

Attribute_Definition: Amount of gravel in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 18.672

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sand

Attribute_Definition: Amount of sand in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 4.677

Range_Domain_Maximum: 78.228

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Silt

Attribute_Definition: Amount of silt in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 4.565

Range_Domain_Maximum: 34.994

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Clay

Attribute_Definition: Amount of clay in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.003

Range_Domain_Maximum: 74.34

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean

Attribute_Definition: First moment measure of grain size)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.509

Range_Domain_Maximum: 8.353

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Standard deviation

Attribute_Definition: Second moment measure of grain size (sorting)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.838

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.725

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Skewness

Attribute_Definition: Third moment measure of grain size

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -4.33

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.036

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Kurtosis

Attribute_Definition: Fourth moment measure of grain size

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -1.265

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.135

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Calcium carbonate

Attribute_Definition: Soluble in 2 N HCl

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 9

Range_Domain_Maximum: 39

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Organic carbon

Attribute_Definition:

Organic carbon in the total sample as determined using a Leco carbon analyzer

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.071

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.668

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Nitrogen

Attribute_Definition:

Nitrogen in the total sample as determined by the Kjeldahl method

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.014

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.007

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

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 09005040

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: 20 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=09005040>

Access_Instructions: None

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: 1973

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.