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.