Bearing strength and other physical properities of some shallow and deep-sea sediments from the north Pacific

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: David G. Moore

Publication_Date: 1962

Title:

Bearing strength and other physical properities of some shallow and deep-sea sediments from the north Pacific

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Geological Society of America Bulletin

Issue_Identification: v. 73, p. 1163-1166

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Description:

Abstract:

"Measurements of wet density, porosity, grain size distribution, and shear strength were made from cores collected from a variety of environments in the north Pacific. Bearing strength of the sediments was calculated from shear strength measurements and is tabulated with the other properties. Short discussions of shear strength and bearing capacity explain the fundamentals of these parameters."

Purpose:

"The increasing interest in the sea floor as an operational environment has created a demand for data on the capacity of sea-floor sediments to support applied loads. Because very little work has been done on the bearing strength properities of marine sediments, all available data are of interest to those involved in placing equipment on the sea floor."

Supplemental_Information:

Data digitized by the USGS for inclusion into usSEABED (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/usseabed>)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:

Publication date. No information given in paper about dates of sample collection.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -165.750

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.233

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.167

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 3.700

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Geological Society of America Bulletin

Theme_Keyword: Geological Society of America

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: Geotechnical Properties

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Structures

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures

Theme_Keyword: Terrigenous Sediments

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: North Pacific

Access_Constraints: Paper is available at the USGS library and other libraries

Use_Constraints:

Cite David E. Moore and the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, CA as the originators of these data

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical

Address: Unknown location

City: San Diego

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: Unknown

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Moore_1962

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screen grab view of locations with coastline for reference

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg

Data_Set_Credit:

David G. Moore at the Geological Society of America for the collection and analysis of data. For inclusion into usSEABED: Digitization: Jennifer Mendonca (USGS); Corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

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: Data fall within normal ranges for the given parameters.

Completeness_Report:

Data not digitized include direct shear strength, vane shear strength, sensitivity, and bearing capacity.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Latitude and longitude are given to the nearest minute-tenth. No navigational information is noted in the paper.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Water depths are given to the nearest meter; downcore information is given to the nearest millimeter.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

No information on data techniques or sample protocols is given in the paper.

Process_Date: Unknown

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Moore_1962

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical

Address: Unknown location

City: San Diego

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: Unknown

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: 77

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: Water depth

Attribute_Definition: Sample water depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 13

Range_Domain_Maximum: 5692

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Subsample depth

Attribute_Definition: Subsample depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 200

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Centimeter

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sediment type

Attribute_Definition: Sediment classification

Attribute_Definition_Source: Shepard 1954

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Sediment classification protocol by Shepard, 1954

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean

Attribute_Definition: Mean grainsize

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0014

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.0769

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Millimeters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sand

Attribute_Definition: Amount of sand in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 66.1

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Silt

Attribute_Definition: Amount of silt in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 17.0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 83.8

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Clay

Attribute_Definition: Amount of clay in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 86

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Wet density

Attribute_Definition: Density of sample when wet

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.14

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.00

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Gm/cm3

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Porosity

Attribute_Definition: Sample porosity

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 42

Range_Domain_Maximum: 85.6

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: 0/00

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Direct shear

Attribute_Definition: Sample direct shear strength

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 54

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi degree

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Direct shear

Attribute_Definition: Sample direct shear strength

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 10.18

Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.90

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: C gm/cm2

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Direct shear

Attribute_Definition: Sample direct shear strength

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.145

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.526

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: C psi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Vane shear strength

Attribute_Definition: Sample vane shear strength

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.15

Range_Domain_Maximum: 101.90

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Gm/cm3

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Vane shear strength

Attribute_Definition: Sample vane shear strength

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.045

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.450

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Psi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sensitivity

Attribute_Definition: Sample sensitivity

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.62

Range_Domain_Maximum: 30

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Bearing capacity

Attribute_Definition: Sample bearing capacity

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.358

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.893

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and Physical

Address: 345 Middlefield Road

City: Menlo Park

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 94025

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-5026

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: men_lib@usgs.gov

Contact_Instructions: email preferred

Resource_Description: GSA Bulletin v. 73 p 1163-1166

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: Paper is available at the USGS library and other libraries.

Fees: None

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Geological Society of America

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail

Address: P.O. Box 9140

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80301-9140

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303 447 2020

Resource_Description: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 73 p. 1163-1166

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 at some libraries.

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites: None

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1962

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.