LI 426, A Summary of Sediment Size, Composition, X-Radiography, Structure and Engineering Properties of 7 cores and 20 grabs from the east Pacific Nov-Dec 1971 (USNS DeSteiguer)

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• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NavOceanO)

Originator: J.H. Kravitz

Originator: C.M. Ross

Originator: P.B. Loomis

Publication_Date: 1972

Title:

LI 426, A Summary of Sediment Size, Composition, X-Radiography, Structure and Engineering Properties of 7 cores and 20 grabs from the east Pacific Nov-Dec 1971 (USNS DeSteiguer)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital and paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Laboratory Item

Issue_Identification: 426

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;

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=09635002>

Description:

Abstract: No abstracted information given in report

Purpose: No specific purpose noted in report

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19711123

Ending_Date: 19711209

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.784

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.423

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.204

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.803

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: United States Naval Oceanographic Office (NavOceanO)

Theme_Keyword: Gravity core

Theme_Keyword: Shipek grab

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: Sedimentary Textures

Theme_Keyword: Stratigraphic Sequence

Theme_Keyword: Terrigenous Sediments

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Place_Keyword: Cordell Bank

Place_Keyword: California

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

Data_Set_Credit:

United States Naval Oceanographic Office for the collection, analysis and archival of data; NGDC for archiving the report.. 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. Locations checked using GIS.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data fall within normal ranges for the given parameters.

Completeness_Report:

Textural and grainsize data available are included. Additional data available from scanned report.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths were 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: NavOceanO LI 426

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: 27

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: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Alpha numeric number based on project number and core information

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Water depth

Attribute_Definition: Water depth at sample site

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 212

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3274

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0

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: 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: Grainsize percents

Attribute_Definition: Percent of sample in defined phi-size bins

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: < -4

Range_Domain_Maximum: > 10

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0

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: 22.441

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: 0.301

Range_Domain_Maximum: 98.376

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: 0.597

Range_Domain_Maximum: 55.353

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: 0.828

Range_Domain_Maximum: 79.986

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean

Attribute_Definition: First moment measure of grainsize)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.655

Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.416

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Standard deviation

Attribute_Definition: Second moment measure of grainsize

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.984

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.949

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Skewness

Attribute_Definition: Third moment measure of grainsize

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.762

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.236

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Kurtosis

Attribute_Definition: Fourth moment measure of grainsize

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -1.629

Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.826

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 09635002

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.

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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=09635002>

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: 1995

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.