FORAMGAL is a compilation of the study of foraminifers in the Monterey Bay area conducted by Galliher in 1930-1931. FORAMMCG is a set of data about the modern occurrence of foraminifers in the same general area. The samples for FORAMMCG were collected during USGS surveys M195MB, P197MB, and P295MB (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank>).
These files are a part of a geographic information system of spatially referenced data related to the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program "Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Project" <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/mbms>. The data were collected and analyzed between 1994 and 2000.
McGann, Mary L. , Galliher, E.W., and Wong, Florence L. , 2001, FORAMGAL, FORAMMCG - foraminifers in the greater Monterey Bay area:.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
Wong, F.L., and Eittreim, S.E., 2001, Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-179, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.Online Links:
This is a Point data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 4.157824462573
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 4.157824462573
Planar coordinates are specified in Meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is GRS1980.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257.
The geographic extent and number of samples in each file are:
FILE XMIN YMIN XMAX YMAX SPLS FORAMGAL -122.00424, 36.60349, -121.78117, 36.98026 110 FORAMMCG -122.30099, 36.60977, -121.81487, 36.98216 95FORAMGAL.PAT the point attribute table for FORAMGAL includes the following attributes. Longitude and latitude were extracted from a line drawing and are presumed to be in NAD27. The point coverage was converted to NAD83.
SAMPLEID sample identifier LONGITUDE longitude (decimal degrees) LATITUDE latitude (decimal degrees) DEPTH_M dept of water (meters) at sample siteFORAMMCG.PAT the point attribute table for FORAMMCG includes the following attributes.
LONGITUDE83 longitude of point (decimal degrees), datum NAD83
LATITUDE83 latitude of point (decimal degrees), datum NAD83
CRUISEID cruise identifier, for example M195MB
NAVTIMEC navigation time when sample was collected in
YYYYDDDHHMMSSS format where YYYY is year,
DDD day of the year (1-366), HH hour (0-23),
MM minutes (0-59), SSS seconds (0-59) and tenths
of seconds (0-9)
DEPTH_M depth of water (meters) at sample site
SAMPLEID sample identifier
EQUIPMENT type of equipment used to collect sample
EPA_NO sample identifier based on U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) sampling scheme
The following is a list of abbreviations used as item names
in coverages FORAMGAL and FORAMMCG. Except for "Total
count", "recrystallized and casts", and "Planktic
foraminifers", which are raw counts, the item values are
percentages of the total foram counts for each sample.
A value of -1 indicates that that foram is rare (that is,
less than 1% of the fauna) in the sample.
Ammo_beccarii Ammonia beccarii Angu_angulosa Angulogerina angulosa Asta_sp. Astacolus sp. Asto_ Astorhizae Astr_galloway Astrononion gallowayi Boli_pacifica Bolivina pacifica Boli_seminuda Bolivina seminuda Boli_sp. Bolivina sp. Boli_spissa Bolivina spissa Boli_spp. Bolivina spp. Bucc_frigida Buccella frigida Buli_denudata Bulimina denudata Buli_eleganti Buliminella elegantissima Buli_sp. Bulimina sp. Buli_striatamex Bulimina striata mexicana Buli_tenuata Buliminella tenuata Canc_auricula Cancris auricula Cass_bradyi Cassidulinoides bradyi Cass_californ Cassidulina californica Cass_limbata Cassidulina limbata Cass_spp. Cassidulina spp. Cass_tortuosa Cassidulina tortuosa Cass_transluc Cassidulina translucens Cibi_conoideu Cibicides conoideus Cibi_fletcher Cibicides fletcheri Cibi_lobatulu Cibicides lobatulus Cibi_mckannai Cibicides mckannai Cibi_spp. Cibicides spp. Corn_foliaceu Cornuspiroides foliaceus Dent_spp. Dentalina spp. Dyoc_biserial Dyocibicides biserialis Egge_advena Eggerella advena Ehre_bradyi Ehrenbergina bradyi Elph_crispum Elphidium crispum Elph_excavatsel Elphidium excavatum selseyensis Elph_excla Elphidium excavatum clavatum Elph_exsel Elphidium excavatum selseyensis Elph_frigidum Elphidium frigidum Elph_hannai Elphidiella hannai Elph_magellan Elphidium magellanicum Elph_sp. Elphidium sp. Epis_exigua Epistominella exigua Epis_pacifica Epistominella pacifica Fiss_lucida Fissurina lucida Fiss_spp. Fissurina spp. Flor_labrador Florilus labradoricus Fron_gigas Frondicularia gigas Gaud_arenaria Gaudryina arenaria Gaud_subglabr Gaudryina subglabrata Gave_campanul Gavelinopsis campanulata Gave_sp. Gavelinopsis sp. Gave_turbinat Gavelinopsis turbinata Glab_sp. Glabratella sp. Glob_auricula Globobulimina auriculata Glom_sp. Glomospira sp. Goes_flintii Goesella flintii Hanz_nitidula Hanzawaia nitidula Hapl_advenum Haplophragmoides advenum Hapl_cf.H. Haplophragmoides cf. H. advenum Hapl_columbie Haplophragmoides columbiensis Hapl_neobrady Haplophragmoides neobradyi Hapl_planissi Haplophragmoides planissimum Hapl_sp. Haplophragmoides sp. Hipp_indivisa Hippocrepina indivisa Hype_elongata Hyperammina elongata Hype_friabili Hyperammina friabilis Lage_acuticos Lagena acuticosta Lage_amphora Lagena amphora Lage_distoma Lagena distoma Lage_elongata Lagena elongata Lage_hispidul Lagena hispidula Lage_plioceni Lagena pliocenica Lage_spp. Lagena spp. Lage_striata Lagena striata Lent_orbicula Lenticulina orbicularis Lent_spp. Lenticulina spp. Marg_sp. Marginulina sp. Mass_sp. Massilina sp. Mili_californ Miliolinella californica Mont_bramlett Montfortella bramlettei Neoc_opercula Neoconorbina opercularis Nodo_cf.N. Nodosaria cf. N. scalaris Noni_basiloba Nonionella basiloba Noni_basispin Nonionella basispinata Noni_digitata Nonionella digitata Noni_mexicana Nonionella mexicana Noni_sp. Nonionella sp. Noni_stella Nonionella stella Nour_harrisii Nouria harrisii Nour_polymorp Nouria polymorphinoides Ooli_melo Oolina melo Ooli_spp. Oolina spp. Others Others Pate_corrugat Patellina corrugata Pate_suborbic Pateoris suborbicularis Pilu_sp. Pilulina sp. Plan_(?)sp. Planulina (?) sp. Plan_exorna Planulina exorna Plan_ornata Planulina ornata Plan_sp. Planulina sp. Plank_foram Planktic foraminifers - raw count Poly_ Polymorphinidae Poly_charlott Polymorphina charlottensis Poro_cribrore Poroeponides cribrorepandus Prot_sp. Proteonina sp. Psam_fusca Psammosphaera fusca Pull_bulloide Pullenia bulloides Pull_salisbur Pullenia salisburyi Pyrg_depressa Pyrgo depressa Pyrg_murrhina Pyrgo murrhina Pyrg_sp. Pyrgo sp. Quin_angulost Quinqueloculina angulostriata Quin_bellatul Quinqueloculina bellatula Quin_elongata Quinqueloculina elongata Quin_laevigat Quinqueloculina laevigata Quin_lamarcki Quinqueloculina lamarckiana Quin_spp. Quinqueloculina spp. Quin_stalkeri Quinqueloculina stalkeri Quin_tenago s Quinqueloculina tenagos Quin_vulgaris Quinqueloculina vulgaris Recu_subglobo Recurvoides subglobosa Reop_agglutin Reophax agglutinatus Reop_cf.R. Reophax cf. R. pilulifer Reop_curtus Reophax curtus Reop_scorpiur Reophax scorpiurus Reop_scotti i Reophax scottii Reop_spiculot Reophax spiculotestus Reop_spp. Reophax spp. Rexl_andcas Recrystallized and casts - raw count Rhab_abyssoru Rhabdammina abyssorum Rhiz_sp. Rhizammina sp. Robe_charlott Robertina charlottensis Rosa_globular Rosalina globularis Sacc_atlantic Saccammina atlanticus Sacc_sp.A Saccammina sp. A Sacc_sp.B Saccammina sp. B Sacc_sp.C Saccammina sp. C Sest_arnoldi Sestronophora arnoldi Sigm_doanei Sigmomorphina doanei Sigm_frondicu Sigmomorphina frondiculariformis Sigm_sp. Sigmomorphina sp. Sigm_trilocul Sigmomorphina trilocularis Sili_sp. Silicosigmoilina sp. Spir_biformis Spiroplectammina biformis Spir_sp. Spiroloculina sp. Spir_vivipara Spirillina vivipara Text_earlandi Textularia earlandi Text_schencki Textularia schencki Text_sp. Textularia sp. Total_Count Total Count - raw count Tril_trigonul Triloculina trigonula Troc_charlott Trochammina charlottensis Troc_discorbi Trochammina discorbis Troc_inflata Trochammina inflata Troc_kelletae Trochammina kelletae Troc_macresce Trochammina macrescens Troc_nitida Trochammina nitida Troc_pacifica Trochammina pacifica Troc_spp. Trochammina spp. Troc_vesicula Trochammina vesicularis Unkn_arenaceosp. Unknown arenaceous sp. Uvig_juncea Uvigerina juncea Uvig_peregrin Uvigerina peregrina Uvig_peregrindir Uvigerina peregrina dirupta
Florence L. Wong
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Geologist, GIS Coordinator
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5327 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
fwong@usgs.gov
These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information about the shallower areas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Galliher, E.W., 1932, Sediments of Monterey Bay, California: Rpt. XXVIII of the State Mineralogist 28,42-79.
McGann, M.L., 2001, Historical and modern distributions of benthic foraminifers on the continental shelf of Monterey Bay, California: Marine Geology xx yy.
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United States Geological Survey (USGS)
c/o Florence L. Wong
Geologist, GIS Coordinator
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5327 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
fwong@usgs.gov
USGS Open-File Report 01-179
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
| Data format: | foram sample locations and identifications in format ArcInfo (version 8.0.2) Size: 0.2 megabytes |
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United States Geological Survey (USGS)
c/o Florence L. Wong
Geologist, GIS Coordinator
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5327 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
fwong@usgs.gov