Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe Publication_Date: 2003 Title: DEC41_GOM: NODC Lithologic Descriptions Edition: 2.0 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/dec41_gom/dec41_gom.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/seddata/dec41_gom/dec41_gom.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 Programy 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: This is an original data file created by the Marine Geology and Geophysics group of NODC from 1970-1975, abstracted from published and unpublished material contributed to NODC in 1975, after which no updates were added. Purpose: The purpose of this data layer is to provide the unpublished lithologic descriptions from the NGDC Surficial Sediment (deck41) Data File in a form that can be used to interpret surficial sediment distributions off the northeastern United States. Supplemental_Information: This data set contains only a subset of the data available in the NGDC Seafloor Surficial Sediment (deck41) Data File. Please see the Completness Report for detailed information. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1845 Ending_Date: 19661023 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.000000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.017000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.997000 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.000000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geolgical Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: NGDC Theme_Keyword: Deck41 Theme_Keyword: National Geophysical Data Center Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: texture Theme_Keyword: surficial sediment Theme_Keyword: lithology Theme_Keyword: lithologic descriptions Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001 Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: sediment classification Theme_Keyword: surficial classification Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile Theme_Keyword: points Theme_Keyword: GIS Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: Georges Bank Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine Place_Keyword: New England Place_Keyword: continental shelf Place_Keyword: continental slope 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: dec41_gom.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: National Geophysical Data Center for supplying the original NGDC Seafloor Surficial Sediment (deck41) Data File. Larry Poppe for 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: National Geophysical Data Center Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: NGDC Surficial Sediment (deck41) Data File Edition: 1.0 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: This data set contains fields that are only a subset of those fields available in the NGDC Seafloor Surficial Sediment (deck41) Data File (e.g. only those stations from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and off southeastern New England are included; only unpublished data). This data set contains station locations, cruise identifiers, and lithologic descriptions (primary and secondary lithology, combined, and descriptions) for 1761 stations. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigational equipment varied by the individual source project and year. Navigational accuracy is unknown. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Geophysical Data Center Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: NGDC Surficial Sediment (deck41) Data File Edition: 1.0 Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1975 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Process_Step: Process_Description: The lithologic descriptions, navigation, and survey identifiers were saved as an ASCII text file. The ASCII text file was imported 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: dec41_gom.txt Process_Date: 20021016 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: dec41_gom.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: dec41_gom.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: dec41_gom.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: USGS Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2314 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: 1759 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.001 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: dec41_gom.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: NODCREF Attribute_Definition: Code that assigns records to a source Attribute_Definition_Source: NGDC Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 501 Range_Domain_Maximum: 887 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PROJECT Attribute_Definition: Name of the project during which the data were collected Attribute_Definition_Source: NGDC Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Project names Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHIP_CRUIS Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to identify the ship and cruise during which the data were collected Attribute_Definition_Source: NGDC Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Ship and cruise names Attribute: Attribute_Label: STATION Attribute_Definition: Names assigned to the sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of sample location Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEVICE Attribute_Definition: Equipment used to collect samples Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of sampling equipment Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATE Attribute_Definition: Year, month, and day when sample was collected Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Year, month, and day when sample was collected Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 39 Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.997 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -72 Range_Domain_Maximum: -65.017 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M Attribute_Definition: Water depth in meters Attribute_Definition_Source: Data Collector Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2898 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DOMINANT_L Attribute_Definition: Description of primary lithology Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String; Descriptions of lithology Attribute: Attribute_Label: SECOND_LIT Attribute_Definition: Description of secondary lithology Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String; Descriptions of minor component of the lithology Attribute: Attribute_Label: COMBINED Attribute_Definition: Description of primary and secondary lithologies Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String; Descriptions of lithologic components Attribute: Attribute_Label: DESCRIPTIO Attribute_Definition: Verbal description of the samples lithology and texture Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String; Descriptions of lithology and texture (e.g. grain size and 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, dec41_gom.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 (dec41_gom.shp, dec41_gom.dbf, dec41_gom.shx, dec41_gom.sbx, dec41_gom.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.678 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: 508-457-2314 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 Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile