Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe Publication_Date: 2003 Title: HATHLITH71: Lithologic Descriptions from the Continental Margin Program 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/hathlith71/hathlith71.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/seddata/hathlith71/hathlith71.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 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data 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: This data set contains lithologic information on bottom sediments from the Continental Margin Program. The program was a joint collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution during the 1960s to conduct a geological reconnaissance investigation of the continental shelf and slope off the Atlantic coast of the United States. Only those records without complete size analyses and only those stations from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and southeastern New England shelf and slope are included in this data set. Other stations where detailed textural analyses are available or are from other areas have been excluded. Furthermore, dredges were used to collect most of the bottom samples, resulting in winnowing that has resulted in lithologic descriptions that are texturally coarser than actually present. Care should be taken when using this dataset. Purpose: The purpose of this data layer is to make available a digital subset of the Hathaway data set. This subset contains information for those samples with lithologic descriptions, but no raw grain size data, and which are located in/on the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and southeastern New England continental shelf. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1971 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.900000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -63.533330 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.086670 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.236670 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: lthology Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: texture Theme_Keyword: Continental Margin Program Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001 Theme_Keyword: CMGP 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: Atlantic Place_Keyword: continental shelf Place_Keyword: continental slope Place_Keyword: Georges Bank Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine 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: hathlith71.gif 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 Hathaway (1971), and 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: J.C. Hathaway Publication_Date: 1971 Title: Data File: Continental Margin Program Atlantic Coast of the United States Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference Issue_Identification: Number 71-15, v. 2, 496 p. Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographc Institution 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: Navigation, lithologic descriptions, and identifiers are provided for 899 stations from the Continental Margin Program Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was variously performed RADAR, Loran A, and line of sight. Navigational accuracy is unknown. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: J.C. Hathaway Publication_Date: 1971 Title: Data File: Continental Margin Program Atlantic Coast of the United States Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference Issue_Identification: Number 71-15, v. 2, 496 p. Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Type_of_Source_Media: paper Process_Step: Process_Description: Continental Margin Program data comprised of lithologic descriptions from Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and the continental shelf and slope off southeastern New England were clipped from the whole dataset of the Continental Margin Program 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: hathlith71.txt Process_Date: 20021008 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hathlith71.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hathlith71.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hathlith71.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: 899 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: hathlith71.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: FIELDID Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to a sampling station Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character and numeric names assigned to identify a station Attribute: Attribute_Label: CRUISEID Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to identify a cruise Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character and numeric names assigned to identify a ship and leg Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Geographic area where the station is located Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Geographic area where a station is located Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of sample location Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 39.23667 Range_Domain_Maximum: 46.08667 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: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -71.90000 Range_Domain_Maximum: -63.53333 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M Attribute_Definition: Water depth in meters Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 5 Range_Domain_Maximum: 3423 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEVICE Attribute_Definition: Equipment used to collect a sample Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of equipment used to collect a sample Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATE Attribute_Definition: Year sample was collected Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1955 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1970 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LITHOLOGY Attribute_Definition: Description of the sediment Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Verbal description of the sediments character Attribute: Attribute_Label: COMMENTS Attribute_Definition: Notes on sampling and bottom character Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Notes on sampling and bottom character Attribute: Attribute_Label: CLASSIFICA Attribute_Definition: Textural description of the sediment. Most samples collected by dredge have been excluded Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Verbal descriptions of the sediment and(or) bottom Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Navigation, lithologic description, and station identifiers for samples from a subset of those collected as part of the Continental Margin Program. 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, hathlith71.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 (hathlith71.shp, hathlith71.dbf, hathlith71.shx, hathlith71.sbx, hathlith71.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.394 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. 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