USGS benthic foraminiferal samples (1996 - 1997)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Ellen Thomas(ed.)

Publication_Date: 20000000

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: USGS benthic foraminiferal samples (1996 - 1997)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich(ed.)

Originator: Larry Poppe(ed.)

Publication_Date: 20001101

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title:

Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: OFR 00-304

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS layer contains a point overlay showing the the population of benthic foraminiferain samples collected during the time period of 1996 - 1997 by the USGS.

Purpose:

The purpose of this layer is to disseminate a digital version of the location of benthic foraminiferal samples and population data collected and analyzed by the USGS during the time period of 1996 - 1997.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19960000

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19970000

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.7466

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.4066

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.2696

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.8781

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Theme_Keyword: Wesleyan University

Theme_Keyword: ArcView

Theme_Keyword: arcview

Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme_Keyword: points

Theme_Keyword: benthic foraminiferal distribution

Theme_Keyword: benthic foraminiferal

Theme_Keyword: sample locations

Theme_Keyword: foraminiferal analysis

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: New York

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey and Wesleyan University must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.

 

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, Wesleyan University and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by either the USGS, Wesleyan University or the Connecticut DEP as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by either the USGS, Wesleyan University or the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Wesleyan University

Contact_Person: Ellen Thomas

Contact_Position: professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Wesleyan University

265 Church Street

City: Middletown

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06459-0139

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 685-2238

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ethomas@wesleyan.edu

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: usgs9697.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF

Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

image showing the extent of the GIS layer and the distribution of benthic foraminiferal samples collected during the time period of 1996 - 1997 by the USGS in Long Island Sound

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - lissound\data\chap09\usgs9697.shp

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The foraminifera species were individually identified and counted with a binocular microscope using standard micropaleontologic procedures. This suggest a reproducibility of less than 1 standard deviation.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report: none

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Ship navigation was by radar and line of sight (sextant) and is therefore of variable accuracy.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No attempt was made to correct depths for tides..

Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1-2 m

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Tidal range for Long Island Sound

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Sediment samples were washed on a 0.062 mm sieve to separate the foraminifera from the silt and clay. Foraminifera were picked from the fraction retained on the sieve and individually identified and counted with a binocular microscope using reflected light.

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Wesleyan University

Contact_Person: Ellen Thomas

Contact_Position: Professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 265 Church Street

City: Middletown

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06459

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 685-2238

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ethomas@weslyan.edu

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The foraminifera data and navigation were entered into a flat-file database (Excel) and inported into Mapview for graphical analysis. The files were subsequently exported into MIDMIF files, and converted into shape files with the Arc utility MIFSHAPE.EXE.

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Ellen L. Mecray

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2213

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emecray@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 45

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 18

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -075.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: +00.000000

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 8500

Ordinate_Resolution: 4000

Planar_Distance_Units: Meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 0.003352810664747

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface

Depth_Resolution: 2

Depth_Distance_Units: Meters

Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: usgs9697.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Usgs96_97_

Attribute_Definition: Assigned unique identifier of sample.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 51

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Cruis

Attribute_Definition: Name of Cruise from which sample collected.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Station_na

Attribute_Definition: Name or number of station at which sample was collected.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 23

Range_Domain_Maximum: 93

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition: Longitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.746600

Range_Domain_Maximum: -72.406600

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition: Latitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.878100

Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.269600

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Water_dept

Attribute_Definition:

Measured depth of water overlying sediment at sample time, in original units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 35.000000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: E__excavat

Attribute_Definition: Elphidium excavatum in a species of benthic foraminifera

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 92.300000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Perecent of total benthic foraminifera

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 %

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Elph__i

Attribute_Definition: Elphidium incertum is a species of benthic foraminifera

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 50.500000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent of total fbenthic oraminifera

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: B__frigid

Attribute_Definition: Bucella frigida is a species of benthic foraminifera.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.300000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: % of total benthic foraminifera.

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.10%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Egg__adven

Attribute_Definition: Eggeralla advena is a species of benthic foraminifera.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.000000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent of the total benthic foraminifera

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: A__beccari

Attribute_Definition: Ammonia beccarii is a species of benthic foraminifera

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 27.800000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent of the total benthic foraminifera

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1%

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This is a point layer showing the distribution of samples collected by the USGS during the time period of 1996- 1997. Attribute information associated with the samples provide analysis of the composition of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in LIS.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Wesleyan University

Contact_Person: Ellen L. Thomas

Contact_Position: professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Wesleyan University 265 Church Street

City: Middletown

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06459-0139

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 685-2238

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ethomas@wesleyan.edu

Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: usgs9697.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, Connecticut Department of Environmental protection and Wesleyan University, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by either the USGS, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection or Wesleyan University, in the use of these data or related materials.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

usgs9697.dbf

usgs9697.shp

usgs9697.shx

usgs9697.avl

usgs9697.sbn

usgs9697.sbx

File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied

Transfer_Size: 12Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

The six ArcView files (usgs9697.dbf, usgs9697.shp, usgs9697.shx, usgs9697.avl, usgs9697.sbn, usgs9697.sbx) comprising the USGS samples collected in Long Island Sound during the period 1996 - 1997.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 4Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file.

Fees: none

Custom_Order_Process: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

The usgs9697 layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20001101

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000828

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Larry Poppe

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None