Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: Sediment sample information from USGS cruise A298SC Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Paper Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a298sc/html/a-2-98-sc.meta.html Description: Abstract: No formal abstract is given. Purpose: No purpose is given. Supplemental_Information: Data included in usSEABED (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/usseabed) Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19980823 Ending_Date: 19980831 Currentness_Reference: Publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.79770 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.44827 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.01437 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.74500 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: 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: Box core Theme_Keyword: Clamshell grab Theme_Keyword: Gravity core Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Santa Monica Bay Place_Keyword: California Access_Constraints: Information is 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: Brian D. Edwards Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mail Address: Coastal and Marine Geology Address: 345 Middlefield Road City: Menlo Park State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 94025 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-650-329-5458 Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Cruise_A298SC 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: Brian Edwards and other members of the Coastal and Marine Geology team at the USGS for collection and analysis of data. For usSEABED, formatting: K. Halimeda Kilbourne (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 textural data in the report were included. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation during all cruises was by GPS. 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: No specific information is available for cores from this cruise. General analytical techniques for the USGS Menlo Park Sediment Laboratory: Initial splits into size fractions by wet sieving using A.S.T.M. #10 (2mm) and A.S.T.M. #230 (0.063 mm) sieves. Fraction specific techniques for particle size analysis: for the coarse fraction (> 2.0 mm) is by sieve analysis and the medium fraction (2-0.063 mm) by settling tube. The fine fraction (<0.062 mm) is by pipette (Folk, 1968; Carver, 1971), hydrophotometer (Jordan and others, 1971), laser-diffraction (Beckman Coulter), or Sedigraph (Micromeretics), or combinations thereof. Settling tubes are modifications of those described by Theide, Chriss, Clauson and Swift, 1976 and are calibrated using Gibbs, 1971. Since 1998, the fine fraction (silt and clay), and occasionally up to 1 mm, is usually analyzed by the Beckman Coulter LS100Q (1 mm - 0.4 microns) and the LS230 (2 mm to 40 nanometers). Between 1993 and 1998, the fine fraction (0.063 mm to 1 micron) was generally analyzed by SediGraph (Micromeretics 5100. Between 1976 and 1995, the fine fraction was generally analyzed by hydrophotometer (Jordan and others, 1971). Data reduction, size analysis, and statistics performed by the SDSZ computer program (McHendrie, 1988). Carbon analyses by UIC Coulometrics (Joliet, IL) carbon analyzers, using protocols described in the UIC CM5012 and 5014 Coulometer instruction manuals (systems CM130, CM150, or CM250). Total carbon (TC) and total inorganic carbon (TIC) are determined by coulometric titration using Coulometer coupled to an acidification module and furnace apparatus. TC and TIC analyses are conducted separately on sediment samples. TC content is measured by combusting a sample (~20 mg) in a furnace preheated to 1000 degrees C until no more CO2 is evolved (~ five minutes). TIC content is measured using a heated perchloric acid digestion until no more CO2 is evolved (~ five minutes). Total organic carbon (TOC) content in sediments is calculated by difference (TOC = TC - TIC). For a description of USGS CMG lab procedures, see the Lab Analysis Section in: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/reports/ofr91-375/ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Carver, R. E., 1971, Procedures in Sedimentary Petrography: New York, John Wiley and Sons, 653 p. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Folk, R. L., 1968, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks: Austin, University of Texas Publication, 170 p. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Gibbs, R.J., 1972, The accuracy of particle-size analyses utilizing settling tubes: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 42, p. 141-145. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Gibbs, R.L., Matthews, M.D., and Link, D.A.,1971,The relationship between sphere size and settling velocity Journal of Sedimentary Research; March 1971; v. 41; no. 1; p. 7-18 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Jordan, F.J., Jr., Fryer, G.E., and Elze, H.H., 1971, Size analysis of silt and clay by hydrophotometer: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, v. 41, p. 489-496 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: McHendrie, G., 1988, sdsz - A Program for Sediment Size Analysis: U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Pacific Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Micromeretics SediGraph 5100 instruction manual Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Syvitski, James P., Principles, Methods, and Application of Particle Size Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Thiede, J., Chriss, T., Clauson, M., and Swift, S.A., 1976, Settling tubes for size analysis of fine and coarse fractions of oceanic sediments: School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Reference 76-8, 87 p. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: UIC Coulometrics, Instruction manuals for carbon analyzer models UIC CM5012 or CM250, Joliet, IL Process_Date: Unknown Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Cruise_A298SC 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: 119 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001 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Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.5 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Description Attribute_Definition: Description of sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Source data Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Verbal description including color Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Brian D. Edwards Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mail Address: Coastal and Marine Geology Address: 345 Middlefield Road City: Menlo Park State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 94025 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-650-329-5458 Resource_Description: Sediment data from cruise A298SC is available through Brian Edwards at the USGS in Menlo Park; Locations and descriptive data for cruise A298SC are available through the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Team Infobank website: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a298sc/html/a-2-98-sc.meta.html. 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. 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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.