Mineralogical and sedimentological data collected on the shelf and upper slope adjacent to the Russian River, northern California

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: James V. Gardner
Originator: David H. Klise
Publication_Date: 1983
Title:
Mineralogical and sedimentological data collected on the shelf and upper slope adjacent to the Russian River, northern California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-file report
Issue_Identification: 83-517
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Data from USGS cruise V180NC (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/v/v180nc/html/v-1-80-nc.meta.html>), cruise L180NC (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l180nc/html/l-1-80-nc.meta.html>) and cruise L1381NC (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l1381nc/html/l-13-81-nc.meta.html>).
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr83517>
Description:
Abstract: No formal abstract is given.
Purpose: No purpose is given.
Supplemental_Information:
" This report documents textural and mineralogical analyses of surface sediment from the shelf and upper slope of the continental margin west of the Russian River, Northern California (Fig. 1). The samples were collected on cruises V180NC, L180NC,and L1381NC. Fifty-six sampling stations were occupied (Fig. 2 and Table 1) and sediment samples were collected using gravity, piston trigger-weight, van Veen and box corers." Data digitized for inclusion into usSEABED (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/usseabed>)
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19800408
Ending_Date: 19811023
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.8900
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.0167
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.6677
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.2845
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: Sedimentary Textures
Theme_Keyword: Terrigenous Sediments
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Branch of Pacific Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: Gravity core
Theme_Keyword: Piston core
Theme_Keyword: Van Veen grab
Theme_Keyword: Box core
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Russian River
Place_Keyword: California
Access_Constraints:
None. Paper copy of report is available through the USGS, and is also available online.
Use_Constraints:
Cite James V. Gardner, David Klise, and 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: 1-800-ASK-USGS
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: OFR_83_517
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:
James V. Gardner and David Klise at the USGS for collection and analysis of data. For usSEABED, digitization and formatting: Jennifer Mendonca (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
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: David H. Klise
Publication_Date: 198306
Title:
Modern sedimentation on the California continental margin adjacent to the Russian River
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: San Jose, CA
Publisher: San Jose State University
Other_Citation_Details:
Masters thesis; Data exactly duplicates OFR 83-517. Discussion of data in the setting and conclusions are provided.
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
For the original data, replicate analyses and calibration tests show that the RSA has a precision of +/- 5% and an accuracy of +/- 5%, and that the hydrophotometer has a precision of +/- 10% and an accuracy of +/- 2%. For usSEABED, data were digitized, visually compared to the source 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:
No estimate made for original data. For inclusion into usSEABED, all textural data in the report were included; Petrographic and clay mineral analyses will be included at a later date.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Navigation during all cruises was by Miniranger and provided nominal position accuracy of +/- 50 m.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Water depth determination probably by 3.5 kHz profiling systems. Subsample depths given as nearest centimeter.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Core samples and subsamples taken aboard ship were sealed to minimize dehydration and were stored at 3°C until the analytical phase began. Sample were first treated with 30% H202 to remove organic material, then placed in a 10-ml solution of 30% H202 and 50-ml of H20 and allowed to stand for 24 hr or until oxidation ceased. Excess liquid and salt were removed by repeated washes with distilled water. Following this treatment, the samples were separated into gravel, sand, silt, and clay using wet-sieves and/or centrifuge techniques. Grain-size analyses were made by first determining the dry-weight percent of the gravel, sand, silt, and clay size fractions. The size distributions of sand fraction ( -1.0 to 4.0 phi) were then determined using a 2-m Rapid Sediment Analyser (RSA) (Thiede, et al., 1976). The size distribution of the silt and clay fractions (<4.0 phi) were determined using a calibrated hydrophotometer (Jordan, 1977; Jordan, et al., 1971. The grain-size data were used to calculate sediment textural parameters by the graphic method of Folk (1974). The textural parameters include percent sand, percent silt, percent clay, median, mode, graphic mean, inclusive graphic standard deviation, and inclusive graphic skewness. The values of these textural parameters for the surface samples are given in Table 2.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Folk, 1974
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Jordan 1977
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Jordan and others, 1971
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Thiede et al., 1976
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: OFR_83_517
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Michael Torresan
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mail
Address: USGS Coastal and Marine Geology
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-5493
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtorresan@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: 56
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
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: Water depth
Attribute_Definition: Depth of water at sample site
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 21
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2064
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Gravel
Attribute_Definition: Gravel
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth, 1932
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12.5
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sand
Attribute_Definition: Sand
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1932
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.8
Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.2
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Silt
Attribute_Definition: Silt
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1932
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.6
Range_Domain_Maximum: 87.7
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Clay
Attribute_Definition: Clay
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1932
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 20.3
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Median
Attribute_Definition: Median grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.92
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.42
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Mean
Attribute_Definition: Mean grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk, 1974
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.9
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.38
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sorting
Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation about the grain size mean
Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk, 1974
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.25
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.84
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Skewness
Attribute_Definition: Skewness of grain size distribution
Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk, 1974
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.25
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.3
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Kurtosis
Attribute_Definition: Kurtosis of grain size distribution
Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk, 1974
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.28
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.67
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Percentages of mineral components
Attribute_Definition: Percentages of mineral components
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Percentages of quartz, feldspar, green hornblende, brown hornblende, termolite, glaucophane, epidote, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, serpentine, glauconite, biotite, muscovite, chlorite, brittle mica, glass, isotropic minerals, sphene, zircon, lawsonite, garnet, carbonate, zeolite, chromite, volcanic rock fragments, metamorphic rock fragments, altered sedimentary rock fragments, unaltered sedimentary rock fragments, chert, plutonic rock fragments, unknown rock fragments, fecal pellets, opaque minerals, unknowns minerals, and other minerals for selected samples.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Clay mineral percentages
Attribute_Definition: Clay mineral percentages
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Percentages of smectite, illite, and kaolinite + chlorite for selected samples.
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: 1-800-ASK-USGS
Resource_Description: Open file report 83-517
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; scanned images are also available online at: <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr83-517>
Fees: Unknown
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Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1983
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.

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