Marine sedimentological data for the Washington continental shelf

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• Spatial_Reference_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Richard W. Roberts

Publication_Date: 1974

Title:

Marine sedimentological data for the Washington continental shelf

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Special Report

Issue_Identification: No. 57

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Department of Oceanography National Science Foundation Grant GA 28367 A#2 Reference: M74-75

Description:

Abstract:

The data presented in this report are the results of granulometric analyses, conducted in the Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, of the marine sediment samples from the continental shelf, and the upper part of the continental slope, off the Washington coast. In addition, the report contains data from the Columbia River Estuary, Willapa Bay, and Grays Harbor.

Purpose: No specific purpose is expressed in the report

Supplemental_Information:

The results of granulometric analyses of those samples from the report area that have been published by the Institute of Oceanography, University of British Columbia (1962, 1963) have also been included. Duplicate data at some sites are due to collection by multicorer. Data digitized for inclusion into usSEABED. Some data may overlap other University of Washington sources held in usSEABED.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1954

Ending_Date: 1972

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -126.33333

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.75500

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.99833

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.91667

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: University of Washington

Theme_Keyword: Department of Oceanography

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

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: Washington, State of

Access_Constraints:

Report is available at some libraries and the University of Washington

Use_Constraints:

Cite Richard W. Roberts and the University of Washington as originators of the data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: University of Washington

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail

Address: P.O. Box 357940

Address: University of Washington

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98195

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 206-543-5060

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: SpecRep57

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:

Richard W. Roberts at the University of Washington for the collection and analysis of data. For inclusion into usSEABED: digitization: Mark Zimmermann (NMFS) and K. Halimeda Kilbourne (USGS); Formatting corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R.S. Andrews

Publication_Date: 1964

Title:

Modern sediments of Willapa Bay, Washington; A coastal plain estuary

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Department of Oceanography Masters thesis, 60p

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R.L. Ballard

Publication_Date: 1964

Title: Distribution of beach sediment near the Columbia River

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details: Masters thesis, 82p

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R.L. Ballard

Publication_Date: 1964

Title: Distribution of beach sediment near the Columbia River

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Technical report

Issue_Identification: No. 98

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Department of Oceanography Reference M64-16

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: T.L. Burnett

Publication_Date: 1968

Title:

Bottom sediment data from the continental shelf of Washington - Grays Harbor to Cape Flattery, 1964, Vols. I, II, III

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Special report

Issue_Identification: No. 39

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Department of Oceanography Reference M68-27

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: M.G. Gross

Originator: D.A. McManus

Originator: J.S. Creager

Publication_Date: 1963

Title:

Preliminary report on the sediments and radioactivity in the vicinity of the Columbia River effluent.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Technical report

Issue_Identification: No. 84

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Department of Oceanography Reference M63-2

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: M.G. Gross

Originator: D.A. McManus

Originator: H-Y Ling

Publication_Date: 1967

Title: Continental shelf sediments: Northwestern United States

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Journal of Sediment Petrology

Issue_Identification: v. 37, no. 3, p. 790-795

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: SEPM

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: IOUBC

Publication_Date: 1962

Title: Sediment grain size analysis

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Report

Issue_Identification: No. 20

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Find out, British Columbia

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: IOUBC

Publication_Date: 1962

Title: Sediment grain size analysis

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Report

Issue_Identification: No. 22

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Find out, British Columbia

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.C. Kelley

Originator: D.A. McManus

Publication_Date: 1969

Title: Optimizing sediment sampling plans

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Geology

Issue_Identification: v. 7, p. 465-471

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Publisher: Elsevier

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.C. Kelley

Originator: D.A. McManus

Publication_Date: 1970

Title: Hierarchial analysis of variance of shelf sediment texture

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Journal of Sediment Petrology

Issue_Identification: v. 40, p. 1335-1339

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: SEPM

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U. Lie

Originator: D.S. Kisker

Publication_Date: 1970

Title:

Species composition and structure of benthic infauna communities off the coast of Washington

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada

Issue_Identification: v. 27, pp. 2273-2285

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.D. Milliman

Publication_Date: 1963

Title: Recent sediments in Grays Harbor, Washington

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Department of Oceanography Masters Thesis, 172p

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:

Tables 4 (granulometric data) and 5 (size class weight data) completely digitized for usSEABED.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigational techniques not recorded in report; latitudes and longitudes given in degree minute tenths.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths given in meters.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Generally, the gravel- and sand-size fractions were analyzed using standard sieving techniques and the silt- and clay-size fractions were analyzed using standard pipetting techniques (Krumbein and Pettijohn, 1938). However, the sand-size fraction for a number of samples in the Strait of Juan de Fuca was analyzed using a settling tube (Anderson, 1967). For the IOUBC samples, analysis of the coarse fraction was by sieving and of the fine fraction by the hydrometer method. For usSEABED, data from Technical Report 57, Special Report 39, and Special Report 40 were concatenated together to reduce data overlaps and present data from the same samples together.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Anderson, 1967

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Krumbein and Pettijohn, 1938

Process_Date: Unknown

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SpecRep57

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: University of Washington

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail

Address: P.O. Box 357940

Address: University of Washington

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98195

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 206-543-5060

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Longitude_Resolution: 0.00167

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Washington

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

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Attribute_Definition: Extra identification codes and sampling devices

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grab sampler

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Piston corer

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Multiple gravity corer

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Attribute_Definition: Sample recovery length

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

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Attribute:

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Attribute_Definition: Water depth of sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Gravel

Attribute_Definition: Amount of gravel in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth, 1938

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 97.87

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Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sand

Attribute_Definition: Amount of sand in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Wentworth, 1938

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.45

Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.99

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:

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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: 82.84

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean

Attribute_Definition: First moment (mean grain size)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.12

Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.17

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Standard deviation

Attribute_Definition:

Second moment (standard deviation) of grain size distribution (sorting)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 19.95

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Skewness

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Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 8.79

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Kurtosis

Attribute_Definition: Moment measure (fourth) of grain size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean

Attribute_Definition: Mean grain size

Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman, 1952

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -3.28

Range_Domain_Maximum: 8.39

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Standard deviation

Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation of grain size distribution (sorting)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman, 1952

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.01

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.68

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Skewness

Attribute_Definition: Graphic skewness (first) of grain size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman, 1952

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.87

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.45

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Kurtosis

Attribute_Definition: Kurtosis of grain size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Inman

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 16.14

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Kurtosis

Attribute_Definition: Graphic kurtosis of grain size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk and Ward, 1957

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.49

Range_Domain_Maximum: 8.92

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Kurtosis

Attribute_Definition: Inclusive graphic kurtosis

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk and Ward, 1957

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Skewness

Attribute_Definition: Inclusive graphic skewness

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk and Ward, 1957

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.84

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Unitless

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean

Attribute_Definition: Graphic mean

Attribute_Definition_Source: Folk and Ward, 1957

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -3.7

Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.08

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Size class

Attribute_Definition: Grainsize values per phi size class

Attribute_Definition_Source: Krumbein and Pettijohn, 1938

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -3

Range_Domain_Maximum: 12

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: University of Washington

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail

Address: P.O. Box 357940

Address: University of Washington

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98195

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 206-543-5060

Resource_Description:

University of Washington Department of Oceanography Special Report 57

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 and the University of Washington.

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.