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  U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-154

SEA-FLOOR PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM: 

A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats Along the U.S. East Coast

by V. F. Paskevich, L. J. Poppe, M. E. Hastings, and J. C. Hathaway

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Valerie F. Paskevich(comp.)
Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe(comp.)
Originator: Polly Hastings
Originator: Jack C. Hathaway
Publication_Date: 20010801
Title:
SEA-FLOOR PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM: 
A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats Along the U.S. East Coast
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geologic Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 01-154
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Team
Description:
Abstract:
This Open-File Report contains a collection of black and white bottom photography collected as part of the USGS Continental Margin Program.
Purpose:
The purpose of this report is to release digital versions of these bottom photographs in a gallery that can be visualized geographically. The bottom photographs in this gallery are important because they can be used to appraise bottom variability, faunal communities, and sedimentary processes around stations distributed over a wide geographic area.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20010801
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.8167
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.9833
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.8500
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.4083
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: Open-File Report 01-154
Theme_Keyword: OFR01-154
Theme_Keyword: Continental Margin Program
Theme_Keyword: benthic environment
Theme_Keyword: campbell grab sampler
Theme_Keyword: bottom photographs
Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments
Theme_Keyword: seafloor photography
Theme_Keyword: marine photography
Theme_Keyword: black and white photographs
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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: US East Coast
Place_Keyword: Atlantic East Coast
Place_Keyword: continental United States
Place_Keyword: east coast
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Margin
Place_Keyword: continental margin
Place_Keyword: continental shelf
Place_Keyword: continental slope
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Place_Keyword: BLOCK ISLAND SOUND
Place_Keyword: BROWNS BANK
Place_Keyword: CANYON TRAIL GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: CAPE COD BAY
Place_Keyword: CAPE NEDDICK, MAINE
Place_Keyword: CASCO BAY, MAINE
Place_Keyword: CONT. RISE OFF DEL.
Place_Keyword: CONT. RISE OFF N.C.
Place_Keyword: CONT. RISE OFF VA.
Place_Keyword: DELAWARE BAY
Place_Keyword: E. GEORGES BANK
Place_Keyword: E. OF ALBEMARLE SOUND
Place_Keyword: E. OF CAPE CHARLES
Place_Keyword: E. OF CAPE HENRY
Place_Keyword: E. OF DELAWARE BAY
Place_Keyword: E. OF HUDSON CANYON
Place_Keyword: EAST CHANNEL
Place_Keyword: EAST OF BROWNS BANK
Place_Keyword: EAST OF CAPE ANN
Place_Keyword: EAST OF CAPE COD
Place_Keyword: EAST OF CAPE MAY
Place_Keyword: EAST OF DELAWARE BAY
Place_Keyword: EAST OF NANTUCKET
Place_Keyword: EASTERN BROWNS BANK
Place_Keyword: FLORIDA KEYS
Place_Keyword: GEORGES BANK
Place_Keyword: GRAND MANAN ISLAND
Place_Keyword: GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: HEAD, LYDONIA CANYON
Place_Keyword: HUDSON RIVER AT YONKERS
Place_Keyword: JERICHO BAY, MAINE
Place_Keyword: JUST N.OF CAPE ANN
Place_Keyword: KENNEBEC RIVER,ME.
Place_Keyword: LAMBERTS COVE
Place_Keyword: LYDONIA CANYON
Place_Keyword: MASSACHUSETTS BAY
Place_Keyword: MOUTH SHEEPSCOT RIVER
Place_Keyword: MUIR SEAMOUNT
Place_Keyword: MUSCONGUS BAY, MAINE
Place_Keyword: MYTILUS SEAMOUNT
Place_Keyword: N. GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: N. OF HUDSON CANYON
Place_Keyword: N. OF LYDONIA CANYON
Place_Keyword: N. SIDE BROWNS BANK
Place_Keyword: NANTUCKET SOUND
Place_Keyword: NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I.
Place_Keyword: NE OF BALTIMORE CANYON
Place_Keyword: NE OF BLOCK ISLAND
Place_Keyword: NE OF HUDSON CANYON
Place_Keyword: NORTH GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: NORTH OF PROVINCETOWN
Place_Keyword: NW GRAND MANAN ISLAND
Place_Keyword: OCEANOGRAPHER CANYON
Place_Keyword: OFF FLORIDA KEYS
Place_Keyword: OFF MARYLAND
Place_Keyword: OFF POINT JUDITH, R.I.
Place_Keyword: OFF TENANTS HARBOR, ME
Place_Keyword: OFF WEEKAPANG, R.I.
Place_Keyword: PENOBSCOT BAY
Place_Keyword: PENOBSCOT RIVER
Place_Keyword: PLATTS BANK
Place_Keyword: REHOBOTH SEAMOUNT
Place_Keyword: RISE S. OF NEW ENGLAND
Place_Keyword: S. GRAND MANAN ISLAND
Place_Keyword: S. OF BALTIMORE CANYON
Place_Keyword: S. OF CAPE SABLE
Place_Keyword: S. OF HYDROGRAPHER CANYON
Place_Keyword: S. OF NAHANT, N/ BOSTON
Place_Keyword: S. OF OCEANOGRAPHER CANYON
Place_Keyword: S. VINEYARD SOUND
Place_Keyword: S.CAPE COD BAY
Place_Keyword: SACO BAY, MAINE
Place_Keyword: SAKONNET RIVER, R.I.
Place_Keyword: SE CAPE COD BAY
Place_Keyword: SE OF BLOCK ISLAND
Place_Keyword: SE OF CAPE SABLE
Place_Keyword: SE OF HYDROGRAPHER CANYON
Place_Keyword: SE OF NANTUCKET
Place_Keyword: SE OF VEATCH CANYON
Place_Keyword: SE WILMINGTON CANYON
Place_Keyword: SHELF EAST OF N.J.
Place_Keyword: SHELF OFF DELAWARE
Place_Keyword: SHELF OFF GEORGIA
Place_Keyword: SHELF OFF N. FLORIDA
Place_Keyword: SHELF S OF CAPE COD
Place_Keyword: SHELF S. OF LONG ISLAND
Place_Keyword: SLOPE E. CAPE CHARLES
Place_Keyword: SLOPE E. CAPE HENRY
Place_Keyword: SLOPE E. OF KNOTTS IS.
Place_Keyword: SLOPE E.OREGON INLET
Place_Keyword: SLOPE NEAR HUDSON CANYON
Place_Keyword: SLOPE OFF FLA. KEYS
Place_Keyword: SLOPE OFF GEORGIA
Place_Keyword: SLOPE OFF N. CAROLINA
Place_Keyword: SLOPE OFF N. FLORIDA
Place_Keyword: SLOPE S. OF HUDSON CANYON
Place_Keyword: SLOPE SE CAPE HENRY
Place_Keyword: SLOPE, GEORGES BANK
Place_Keyword: SOMES SOUND, MAINE
Place_Keyword: SOUTH BAY OF FUNDY
Place_Keyword: SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND
Place_Keyword: SOUTH OF CAPE SABLE
Place_Keyword: SOUTH OF NANTUCKET
Place_Keyword: SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA
Place_Keyword: SOUTH. GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: SW GRAND MANAN ISLAND
Place_Keyword: SW OF BLOCK ISLAND
Place_Keyword: SW OF CAPE SABLE
Place_Keyword: SW PART GEORGES BANK
Place_Keyword: VINEYARD SOUND
Place_Keyword: W. GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: WEST GULF OF MAINE
Place_Keyword: WEST OF NOVA SCOTIA
Place_Keyword: WH HARBOR, INNER RANGE
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: US states
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: District of Columbia
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Georgia
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: South Carolinia
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Canada provinces
Place_Keyword: Nova Scotia
Place_Keyword: New Brunswick
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
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
Data_Set_Credit:
The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
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Distribution_Liability: ddd
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File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
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This CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) has been produced in accordance with the ISO 9660 CD-ROM Standard and is therefore capable of being read on any computing platform that has appropriate CD-ROM driver software installed. No specific software is required to access this CD-ROM, nor is any software provided as part of the CD-ROM. Access to the data and information contained on this CD-ROM was developed using the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) utilized by the World Wide Web (WWW) project. Development of the CD-ROM documentation and user interface in HTML allows a user to access the information by using a variety of WWW information browsers (i.e. Netscape, Microsoft Explorer) to facilitate browsing and locating information and data. To access the information contained on this disk with a WWW client browser, open the file 'index.htm' at the top level directory of this CD-ROM with your selected browser. The HTML documentation is written utilizing some HTML 3.0 enhancements. The disk should be viewable by all WWW browsers but may not properly format on some older WWW browsers.
Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20010708
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: computer 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) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@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

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