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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
          Publication_Information:
            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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        Contact_Organization: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
        Contact_Person: Mary Hastings
      Contact_Position: Oceanographic Data 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: 508-457-2289
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: phastings@usgs.gov
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        Contact_Organization: USGS Woods Hole Field Center
        Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
      Contact_Position: Geologist
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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: 508-457-2314
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        Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
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        State_or_Province: Ma
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