Continental shelf sediments, Columbia River to Cape Blanco, Oregon

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Erwin John Runge, Jr.
Publication_Date: 1966
Title:
Continental shelf sediments, Columbia River to Cape Blanco, Oregon
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Corvallis, OR
Publisher: Oregon State University
Other_Citation_Details: PhD dissertation
Description:
Abstract:
"The continental shelf is the shallow platform adjacent to the continent. It extends from the line of permanent immersion to the depth at which there is a marked increase in slope to greater depth. Variations in the textural parameters of shelf sediments may be used to indicate processes of sedimentation. A detailed study was made of the continental shelf an dupper continental slope sediments off Oregon from the Columbia River to Cape Blanco. Five hundred and fifty samples were collected on a three-mile grid out to a depth of 200 fathoms."
Purpose:
"The purpose ... was (1) to describe the areal distribution of the sediments and their compositional and textural variations, and (2) to use these variations as indiators of sedimentary processes on the continental shelf."
Supplemental_Information:
Office of Naval Research contract NONR 1286 (10); 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: 1966
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.915
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.96167
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.33333
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.93333
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Oregon State University
Theme_Keyword: College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Theme_Keyword: Marine
Theme_Keyword: Sediment
Theme_Keyword: Dietz-LaFond grab
Theme_Keyword: Gravity core
Theme_Keyword: Heavy minerals
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: Terrigenous Sediments
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Oregon
Place_Keyword: Columbia River
Place_Keyword: Cape Blanco
Access_Constraints: Thesis is available at libraries.
Use_Constraints:
Cite E.J. Runge, Jr. and Oregon State University as originators of the data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Physical
Address: 104 COAS Admin Bldg
City: Corvallis
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97331-5503
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-3504
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Runge_PhD_1966
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Screen grab of sample distribution, with coastline and bathymetry for reference.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPG
Data_Set_Credit:
Erwin John, Jr. at Oregon State University for the collection and analysis of data. For inclusion into usSEABED: Digitization: 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:
Locations and depths from appendix 1; textural parameters and statistics from appendix 2; Glauconite in sand percentages from appendix 3; Percent heavy minerals in sand fraction of selected samples; Heavy mineral counts of selected samples from appendix 5 were digitized, except those samples which are originally from Bushnell, 1963 (Runge samples 252-273) and Maloney, 1965 (Runge samples 374-477 and 482-495), which are in usSEABED under those sources.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
No navigational techniques given in report. Positions given to minute-tenths.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Depth determination technique not given in report. Water depths recorded to nearest fathom.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A Emery settling tube (Emery, 1938)as modified by Poole (1957) was used for the textural analysis of the sand samples. Samples which contained material too coarse for this method were sieved using Tyler screens, 1/4 phi intervals. Sea water was removed from sediments containing silt and clay with millipore filters; the sediment was then dispersed in a 0.2 percent Calgon and analyzed by soils hydrometer technique suggested by the American Society for Testing Materials (1965). Cumulative curves and textural statistics were calculated by IBM 1410 and 1630 computers. Heavy minerals separations were performed by centrifuging as outlined by Fessenden (1959) and Livingston (1964).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Emery, 1938
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Poole, 1957
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Fessenden, 1959
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Livingston, 1964
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Runge_PhD_1966
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Physical
Address: 104 COAS Admin Bldg
City: Corvallis
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97331-5503
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-3504

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: 550

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: Oregon State University
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Alpha numeric code based on year, month, sample number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Gravel
Attribute_Definition: Amount of gravel in sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1938
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
No gravel values recorded but mentioned in text (pg. 52) as found in water depths of 20 to 40 fathoms (36 to 73 meters), with pebbles over a centimeter in length.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sand
Attribute_Definition: Amount of sand in sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1938
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Silt
Attribute_Definition: Amount of silt in sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1938
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 74.42
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Clay
Attribute_Definition: Amount of clay in sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth 1938
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 45.16
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Median
Attribute_Definition: Median grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.5409
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.6929
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Mean
Attribute_Definition: Mean grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman 1952
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.6175
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.9391
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Standard deviation
Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation of grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman 1952
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1981
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.1979
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: First skewness
Attribute_Definition: First skewness of grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman 1952
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.3094
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.1004
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Second skewness
Attribute_Definition: Second skewness of grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman 1952
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.5193
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.4121
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Kurtosis
Attribute_Definition: Kurtosis of grainsize
Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman 1952
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2586
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.7681
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Comment
Attribute_Definition: Lithology
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Lithologic description of sample sites where no sediment could be sampled, or subsample descriptions of gravity cores
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Glauconite
Attribute_Definition: Glauconite in sand
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Heavy mineral counts of selected samples
Attribute_Definition: Heavy minerals in sand fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 21
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Heavy mineralogy of selected samples
Attribute_Definition: Percent of selected minerals (out of 100 % heavy minerals).
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Percents of actinolite, apatite, augite (including titanoaugite), basaltic hornblende, diopside, enstatite, epidote, garnet, glaucophane, hematite, hornblende, hypersthene, kyanite, olivine, opaque minerals (magnetite, ilmenite, and chromite), rutile, sphene, spinel, staurolite, tourmaline, tremolite, zircon, weathered grains and leucoxene, undifferentiated, and composite grains. Measurements probably of sand fraction.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Physical
Address: 104 COAS Admin Bldg
City: Corvallis
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97331-5503
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-3504
Resource_Description: Varies by library
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 libraries.
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites: None
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1966

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: 841-427-4727
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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