Surficial Sediment Database for the Eastern U.S.
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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION
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Originator: USGS WHFC
Publication_Date: 20000720
Title: Surficial Sediment Database for the Eastern U.S.
Edition: 1999
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
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Online_Linkage: HTTP://woodshole.er.usgs.gov
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Originator: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
Publication_Date: 20000720
Title: USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis and Georeferenced Displays
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Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: USGS Woods hole Field Center
Online_Linkage: HTTP://woodshole.er.usgs.gov
Description:
Abstract:
Sediments off the eastern United States vary markedly in
texture - the size, shape, and arrangement of their grains.
However, for descriptive purposes, it is typically most
useful to classify these sediments according to their
grain-size distributions. Starting in 1962, the U.S.
Geological Survey and the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution began a joint program to study the marine
geology of the continental margin off the Atlantic coast of
the United States. As part of this program and numerous
subsequent projects, thousands of sediment samples were
collected and analyzed for particle size.
Purpose:
The purpose of this report is to describe the field methods
used to collect marine sediment samples and the laboratory
methods used to determine and characterize the grain-size
distributions, to present these data in several flat-file
formats that can be readily employed by interested parties,
and to provide referenceable verified data and metadata to
an Access relational database being developed as part of
the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program’s Aggregates
Project. To these ends, the report is divided into three
sections: the first discusses procedures, the second
contains the data, and the third provides the ability to
use desktop geographic mapping tools to visualize the
sediment distributions.
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Beginning_Date: 1962
Ending_Date: 1999
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -57.7979
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South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.8513
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Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: Mary Hastings
Contact_Position: Oceanographic Data Specialist
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: 508-457-2289
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: phastings@usgs.gov
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ArcView version 3.1 shapefile format
h:\texture2\mapping\sediment\0500_pnt.shp
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Contact_Organization: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Position: Geologist
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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: 508-457-2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Date: 20000720
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Contact_Organization: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: Chris Polloni
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Ma
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2280
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