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STETSON36: Samples from the Georges Bank Canyons
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Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: STETSON36: Samples from the Georges Bank Canyons
- Edition: 1.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/stetson36/stetson36.zip>
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/stetson36/stetson36.zip>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- 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:
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Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation
- Edition: 1.0
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 03-001
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Data are 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:
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- Abstract:
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Submarine canyons cut into the edge of the continental shelf and the continental slope along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast. Three canyons along the southern edge of Georges Bank (Lydonia, Oceanographer, Gilbert) were dredged and cored to study their modern sediments and the lithologies and ages of the rocks exposed on the canyon walls. As part of this study eleven cores were taken and the results of the textural analyses on the surficial sediments are contained in this data set.
- Purpose:
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The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version of selected sediment data originally published in Stetson (1936).
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1936
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.281670
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- Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
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- Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Theme_Keyword: cores
- Theme_Keyword: sediment
- Theme_Keyword: texture
- Theme_Keyword: lithology
- Theme_Keyword: gravel
- Theme_Keyword: sand
- Theme_Keyword: silt
- Theme_Keyword: clay
- Theme_Keyword: grain size
- Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001
- Theme_Keyword: USGS
- Theme_Keyword: CMGP
- Theme_Keyword: sediment classification
- Theme_Keyword: surficial classification
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- Theme_Keyword: points
- Theme_Keyword: GIS
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic
- Place_Keyword: Georges Bank
- Place_Keyword: Canyons
- Place_Keyword: submarine canyons
- Place_Keyword: Oceanographer Canyon
- Place_Keyword: Lydonia Canyon
- Place_Keyword: Gilbert Canyon
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- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Geologist
- Contact_Address:
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- 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
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Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage.
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- Data_Set_Credit:
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Please view the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Stetson (1936). Larry Poppe for entering the data from the source report and creating the ArcView shapefile.
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- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: H.C. Stetson
- Publication_Date: 1936
- Title: Geology and Paleontology of the Georges Bank Canyons
- Edition: 1.0
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Bulletin, Geological Society of America
- Issue_Identification: v. 47, p. 339-366.
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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All attributes were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.
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No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
- Completeness_Report:
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Sample locations, grain size data, textural descriptions, navigation, and identifiers are provided for 11 stations.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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No navigational methods are provided in the original publication. Horizontal accuracy is unknown.
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Tides less than 2 m.
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: H.C. Stetson
- Publication_Date: 1936
- Title: Geology and Paleontology of the Georges Bank Canyons
- Edition: 1.0
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Bulletin, Geological Society of America
- Issue_Identification: v. 47, p. 339-366
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1936
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- Process_Description:
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The source information was manually entered into digital form and 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.
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- Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: stetson36.shp
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Geologist
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- 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
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
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- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
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- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: TDEPTH
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- Attribute_Label: CLAY
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- Attribute_Label: CLASS
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Textural classification based on a scheme devised by Shepard (1954)
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Grain-size data, textural descriptions, navigation, and identifiers for the data published by Stetson (1936).
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Geologist
- Contact_Address:
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- 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:
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Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, stetson36.shp
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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.
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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
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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.
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- Calendar_Date: 2002
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
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- State_or_Province: MA
- Postal_Code: 02543-1598
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