U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-049 METADATA: IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: United States Geological Survey, Eastern Earth Surface Processes Team Publication_Date: March, 2000 Title: Preliminary Stratigraphic Database for the Subsurface Tertiary and Uppermost Cretaceous Sediments of Dorchester County, South Carolina: USGS Open-File Report 00-049 Description: Abstract: This metadata file contains information regarding the point data of coreholes drilled in Dorchester County, South Carolina. The geographically referenced corehole point locations form the backbone of the geological information presented in the dorchest.apr ArcView project. The point location database is a simple latitude and longitude point file combined with a variety of database and graphic information files that are hotlinked to the point locations through the ArcView interface. Purpose: This report presents subsurface geologic information for Dorchester County, South Carolina that is needed by state and federal agencies for groundwater investigations in the Dorchester County area. Supplemental_Information: Data is stored in one point data file called cores_dor.shp. Four additional shape files define the basemap for this database: bnd_dor.shp, hyd_dor.shp, rds_dor.shp, topo_dor.shp. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1999 Ending_Date: 2000 Currentness_Reference: Publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: This data set is preliminary and may be updated via subsequent publications on the Subsurface Sediments of Dorchester County or the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 81.00 W East_Bounding_Coordinate: 80.00 W North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.50 N South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.75 N Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE Theme_Keyword:Geology Theme_Keyword:Stratigraphy Theme_Keyword:Coastal Plain Theme_Keyword:Subsurface Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE Place_Keyword:Dorchester County Place_Keyword:South Carolina Place_Keyword: Place_Keyword: Access_Constraints: NONE Use_Constraints: Although all data and software released on this CD-ROM have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and (or) the functioning of the software. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION: Metadata_Date:20000308 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Organization: Eastern Earth Surface Processes Team Contact_Position: Gregory Gohn Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ggohn@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: Normal business hours Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC contact standards for digital geospatial metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION: Logical_Consistency_Report: Point data topology present Completeness_Report: Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Title: Source_Scale_Denominator:100,000 Type_of_Source_Media: MS Access database containing Latitude and Longitude coordinates Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Process_Step: Process_Description: The source data for the point locations were compiled from various reports and geophysical logs which were subsequently entered into a database. The database was imported into ArcInfo to derive a coverage containing point locations. This ArcInfo coverage was then exported as an ArcView shapefile. Process_Date: 19990000 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data corresponding to these point locations are contained in a variety of different formats on this CD-ROM. The geophysical logs and database files contained on this CD-ROM can be hotlinked or joined to the point data through the use of ArcView or other geographic information system (GIS) software. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: The fields contained in the corehole point file are as follows: NAME, STATE, COUNTY, AGENCY, YEAR, USE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, TOPELEV_FT, DEPTH_FT, GEOPHYSLOGS, CORE, BASE, PALEONTOL, and GEOL SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: False_Easting: False_Northing UTM_Zone_Number: 17 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Ordinate_Resolution: Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: NAD 27 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Encoding_Method: Altitude_Datum_Name: Altitude_Resolution: Altitude_Distance_Units: DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Organization: Eastern Earth Surface Processes Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, National Center MS926A City: Reston State_or_Province: Virginia Postal_Code: 20192 Country: U.S.A. 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