U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-001

BARNHARDT: Maine Inner Continental Shelf Sediment Data

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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: Lawrence J. Poppe

Originator: Mary E. Hastings

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: BARNHARDT: Maine Inner Continental Shelf Sediment Data

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/barnhardt/barnhardt.zip>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/barnhardt/barnhardt.zip>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: V.F. Paskevich

Originator: S.J. Williams

Originator: M.E. Hastings

Originator: J.T. Kelley

Originator: D.F. Belknap

Originator: L.G. Ward

Originator: D.M. FitzGerald

Originator: P.F. Larsen

Publication_Date: 2003

Title:

Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 03-001

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Other_Citation_Details:

Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>

Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001>

Description:

Abstract:

Surficial geologic maps play and important role in understanding the present sea floor and the processes that shape it. Between 1984 and 1991, over 1,700 bottom sample stations were occupied in the northwestern Gulf of Maine. Although the data were originally collected for a variety of research projects, contracts, and graduate student theses, they were eventually compiled as part of a Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine program to map the inner continental shelf of this region.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to make available a subset of a data set produced by the Maine Geological Survey and the University of Maine. This subset contains information for those samples with raw grain size data, and which are located on the inner continental shelf from the northwestern Gulf of Maine.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.812833

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.129700

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.578314

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.833833

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: University of Maine

Theme_Keyword: Maine Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: texture

Theme_Keyword: lithology

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: silt

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: mud

Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme_Keyword: sediment classification

Theme_Keyword: surficial classification

Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile

Theme_Keyword: points

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine

Place_Keyword: Atlantic

Place_Keyword: Inner Continental Shelf

Place_Keyword: New England

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: barnhardt

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Kelley and others (1998), and Larry Poppe for creating this ArcView shapefile.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.T. Kelley

Originator: W.A. Barnhardt

Originator: D.F. Belknap

Originator: S.M. Dickson

Originator: A.R. Kelley

Publication_Date: 1998

Title:

The Seafloor Revealed: The Geology of the Northwestern Gulf of Maine Inner Continental Shelf

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Maine Geological Survey Open-File

Issue_Identification: 96-6, 55 p.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Augusta, ME

Publisher: Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: W.A. Barnhardt

Originator: J.T. Kelley

Originator: S.M. Dickson

Originator: D.F. Belknap

Originator: A.R. Kelley

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: Surficial Geology of the Maine Inner Continental Shelf

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Maine Geological Survey Map Series

Issue_Identification: scale 1:100,000

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Augusta, ME

Publisher: Maine Geological Survey

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All attributes were checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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

Completeness_Report:

Sample locations, grain-size data, textural classifications, and sample identifiers are provided for 1,739

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation was variously performed with Loran C (+/- 100 m accuracy) and dfferential GPS (+/- 10 m accuracy). No location-by-location differentiation is made between these navigational systems.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.T. Kelley

Originator: W.A. Barnhardt

Originator: D.F. Belknap

Originator: S.M. Dickson

Originator: A.R. Kelley

Publication_Date: 1998

Title:

The Seafloor Revealed: The Geology of the Northwestern Gulf of Maine Inner Continental Shelf

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Maine Geological Survey Open-File

Issue_Identification: 96-6, 55 p.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Augusta, ME

Publisher: Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: W.A. Barnhadt

Originator: J.T. Kelley

Originator: S.M. Dickson

Originator: D.F. Belknap

Originator: A.R. Kelley

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: Surficial Geology of the Maine Inner Continental Shelf

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Maine Geological Survey Map Series

Issue_Identification: scale 1:100,000

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Augusta, ME

Publisher: Maine Geological Survey

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Textural and lithologic data from the northwestern Gulf of Maine were clipped from the whole Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine dataset from the Surficial Geology of the Maine Inner Continental Shelf map series in Excel and exported to an ASCII file. Stations and sediment data were imported from the ASCII text file to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme and saved as the final shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: barnhardt.txt

Process_Date: 20021029

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: barnhardt.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: barnhardt.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: barnhardt.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1739

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00000001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00000001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: barnhardt.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE

Attribute_Definition: Unique number assigned to each sample location

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1902

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: stations

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLE

Attribute_Definition: Name used to identify samples

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scentist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Names of characters and munerics identifying samples

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of sample location

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 42.833833

Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.578314

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of sample location

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.812833

Range_Domain_Maximum: -67.129300

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M

Attribute_Definition: Water depth in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 211

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: C_CODE

Attribute_Definition: Classification code

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Abbreviations of lithologic descriptions

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LITHOLOGY

Attribute_Definition: Lithologic/textural descriptions of the seafloor

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Lithologic descriptions

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRAVEL

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of gravel

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 100

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAND

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of sand in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 100

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SILT

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of silt in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 74

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLAY

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of clay in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 85

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MUD

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of mud (silt plus clay) in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 100

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MEAN_PHI

Attribute_Definition: Mean of the grain size distribution in phi

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -4.9

Range_Domain_Maximum: 11.6

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STDDEV

Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation of the grain size distribution in phi units

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.6

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BAY

Attribute_Definition: Bay or region where the sample was collected.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Names of bays and regions along the inner continental shelf

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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

Resource_Description:

Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, barnhardt.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, 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 the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcView shapefile

Format_Version_Number: 3.2

Format_Specification: ESRI point shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

Five files (barnhardt.shp, barnhardt.dbf, barnhardt.shx, barnhardt.sbx, barnhardt.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 0.447

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have 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 data.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20030216

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. 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

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