Cruise report: USGS cruise F2-92 Central and Southern California margin: Paleoceanography of the California current.

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: James V. Gardner

Originator: Walter E. Dean

Originator: Robert Kayen

Publication_Date: 1992

Title:

Cruise report: USGS cruise F2-92 Central and Southern California margin: Paleoceanography of the California current.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-file report

Issue_Identification: 92-342

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Data from USGS cruise F292SC (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/f/f292sc/html/f-2-92-sc.meta.html>).

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr92342>

Description:

Abstract: No formal abstract is given.

Purpose:

"The principle [sic] objective of the cruise was to collect a suite of piston cores across the California Current with records of at least the last 150 ka so that the temporal history of the current can be investigated. A second objective was to locate and core pelagic-carbonate sediments above the presumed 3000-m depth of the calcite lysocline on seamounts off the California margin to capture the uncontaminated (by terrestrial components)oceanic signal."

Supplemental_Information:

Data digitized in 2000-2005 for inclusion into usSEABED (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/usseabed>)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19920311

Ending_Date: 19920330

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125.40717

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.66700

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.82583

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.12967

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: Branch of Pacific Marine Geology

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Piston core

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: California

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Central California

Place_Keyword: Southern California

Access_Constraints:

None. Paper copy of report is available through the USGS, and is also available online.

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

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Walter E. Dean

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: 650-329-5270

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wdean@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: OFR_92_342

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:

The authors and others at the USGS for collection and analysis of data. For usSEABED, digitization and formatting: K. Halimeda Kilbourne and 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: Data fall within normal ranges for the given parameters.

Completeness_Report:

No estimate made for original data. For inclusion into usSEABED, all descriptive data in the report were included.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation probably mostly by GPS.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Water depth determination by 3.5 kHz profiling systems. Subsample depths given as nearest centimeter.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Please see the report for a detailed description of the core processing.

Process_Date: 1991

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: OFR_92_342

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: 61

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: 564

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3320

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lithology

Attribute_Definition: Lithology

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Lithologic description of core, including color

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 92-342

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/ofr92-342>

Fees: Unknown

Technical_Prerequisites:

Plug-in not required, but best viewed with downloadable program DjVu at <http://www.lizardtech.com/download/dl_options.php?page=plugins>

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

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.