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

BOCKMAN65: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Cores

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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

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: BOCKMAN65: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Cores

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

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/bockman65/bockman65.zip>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/bockman65/bockman65.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://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>

Description:

Abstract:

The results of the sediment size analysis performed by the U.S.Naval Oceanographic Office Geological Laboratory for six Phleger gravity cores are presented in this data layer. Some of the data in this set were originally released as part of the Deck 41 Database available from the National Geophysical Data Center. The attribute for sediment classification was added by the compilers to make these size data more useful for mapping the regional surficial sediment distribution.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version of the sediment data contained in the unpublished report by Bockman et al. (1965)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1965

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.208333

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.083333

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.083333

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.975000

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: cores

Theme_Keyword: Phleger Gravity Cores

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: texture

Theme_Keyword: grain size

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: silt

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: statistics

Theme_Keyword: sediment classification

Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

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: Atlantic

Place_Keyword: Continental Shelf

Place_Keyword: Shelf

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: bockman65

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 Bockman et al. (1965), and Larry Poppe for generating the sediment classifications and creating the 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: P. Bockman

Originator: J. Celeman

Originator: D.S. Hill

Publication_Date: 1965

Title:

A Summary of Sediment Size and Composition Analyses of Cores from NLON Survey, March 1965

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Geological Laboratory Report

Issue_Identification: Laboratory Item No. 251

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Data Center

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All attributes were imported (or generated and entered) and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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

Completeness_Report:

Grain-size data, statistics, sediment color, carbonate composition, textural descriptions, navigation, and sample identifiers are provided for 6 stations.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigational methods were not discussed in the original report. Navigational accuracy is unknown.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: P. Bockman

Originator: J. Coleman

Originator: D.S. Hill

Publication_Date: 1965

Title:

A Summary of Sediment Size and Composition Analyses of Cores from NLON Survey, March 1965

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Geological Laboratory Report

Issue_Identification: Laboratory Item No. 251

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Data Center

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1965

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Some of the source information was taken from NGDC's Deck41 database (e.g. identifiers and raw grain size data); some information generated by the compilers and was manually entered into digital form (e.g. classification). This file was imported from an ASCII text file to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme in ArcView and saved as the final shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: bockman65.txt

Process_Date: 20020920

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bockman65.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bockman65.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bockman65.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: 6

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001

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: bockman65.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: PROJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Names assigned to the data set for identification purposes

Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bockman65

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CRUISEID

Attribute_Definition: Name of ship and abbreviation of survey

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NLONSU

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NLON Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATION

Attribute_Definition: Numeric identifier assigned to each sampling station

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 6

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of sample location

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 39.97500

Range_Domain_Maximum: 40.08333

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of sample location

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientis

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -71.20833

Range_Domain_Maximum: -71.08333

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEPTH

Attribute_Definition: Water depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 160

Range_Domain_Maximum: 370

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE

Attribute_Definition: Day month and year (ddmmyy) of sample collection

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string containing date in DDMMYY format

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEVICE

Attribute_Definition: Equipment used to collect samples

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PHLEGER GRAVITY CORER

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Phleger Gravity Corer

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRAVEL

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of gravel in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.39

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAND

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of sand in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 30.72

Range_Domain_Maximum: 72.83

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SILT

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of silt in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 15.68

Range_Domain_Maximum: 54.72

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLAY

Attribute_Definition: Percentage of clay in sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 6.87

Range_Domain_Maximum: 15.45

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLASS

Attribute_Definition:

Textural classification based on a scheme devised by Shepard (1954)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: sand content

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Visual examination of sample by scientist

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILTY SAND

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: silty sand content

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Visual examination of sample by scientist

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SANDY SILT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: sandy silt content

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Visual examination of sample by scientist

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MEAN_PHI_

Attribute_Definition: Average grain size in phi units

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.53

Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.53

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STDEV

Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation of the grain size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.61

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.17

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SKEWNESS

Attribute_Definition: Skewness of grain size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.39

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.76

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: KURTOSIS

Attribute_Definition: Peakedness of size distribution

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.21

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.86

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CACO3

Attribute_Definition:

Percentage of carbonate in sample determined by insoluble residue

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 8

Range_Domain_Maximum: 15

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLOR

Attribute_Definition: Wet sediment color based on the GSA Rock Color Chart

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String; Characters and numbers designating color

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, bockman65.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 (bockman65.shp, bockman65.dbf, bockman65.shx, bockman65.sbx, bockman65.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 0.130

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: 20030321

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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