caco3: Sample Analysis for Calcium Carbonate

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Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jill E. Rozycki
Originator: Kathryn M. Scanlon
Publication_Date: 20020300
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: caco3
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-002/>
 
Description:
Abstract:
This file contains location and carbonate content analysis of samples taken during Cruise No. FERL01052 aboard the NOAA Ship Ferrel. These samples were taken on East and West Flower Garden Banks of the Flower Gardens Bank National Marine Sanctuary between May 28, 2002 and June 3, 2002. The information collected during this cruise is intended for a preliminary geologic interpretation of the surficial sediment distribution in order to determine sites for future sample collection. The interpretations presented in this Open File Report are subject to change with future data acquisition.
Purpose:
This ArcView shapefile contains the locations of sediment samples collected and analyzed by the U. S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center starting in May 2001 and ending in December 2001. Distribution of this dataset allows the user the ability to visualize the information in a Geographic Information system.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.933830
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.534000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.002830
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.789500
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U. S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: National Marine Fisheries Service
Theme_Keyword: National Marine Sanctuaries
Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments
Theme_Keyword: grain size analysis
Theme_Keyword: simple bottom descriptions
Theme_Keyword: grab sampler
Theme_Keyword: seafloor geology
Theme_Keyword: sedimentary dynamics
Theme_Keyword: sediment processes
Theme_Keyword: particle-size analysis
Theme_Keyword: salt domes
Theme_Keyword: diapirs
Theme_Keyword: shelf edge
Theme_Keyword: coral reefs
Theme_Keyword: subtropical
Theme_Keyword: Calcium Carbonate
Theme_Keyword: caco3
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: continental United States
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Stratum:
Temporal:
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The U. S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, 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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mary Hastings
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Data Specialist
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 x2289
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: phastings@usgs.gov
Security_Information:
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Kathryn M. Scanlon
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Jill E. Rozycki
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf.
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-002
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-002/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Logical_Consistency_Report: .
Completeness_Report:
This data set is complete inasmuch as it contains the sample information as released in USGS Open-File Report 03-002.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mary Hastings
Publication_Date: 20020300
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: ast and West Flower Garden Banks Sediment Database
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Kathryn M. Scanlon
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Jill E. Rozycki
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf.
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-002
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-002/>
Type_of_Source_Media: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Caco3.xls
Source_Contribution:
The Excel spreadsheet contains the available data on calcium carbonate composition for the bottom sediments produced by the USGS, Woods Hole Field Center. The basic structure of the file is a matrix where records are rows representing individual samples and the columns contain information on sample identification, navigation, classifications, analyzed parameters, and comments.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The file caco3.xls was converted to a .dbf file and was imported into ArcView to create a table. This table was then converted to an ArcView shapefile to be used as a GIS layer in the project.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: caco3.xls
Process_Date: 20020205
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: caco3.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ferltxtr.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ferltxtr.shx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ferltxtr.sbn
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ferltxtr.sbx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ferltxtr.avl
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kathryn M. Scanlon
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine 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 x2323
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kscanlon@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: 109
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: caco3
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_Value_Accuracy_Information:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAB__
Attribute_Definition:
USGS unique sample identifier - Unique identification number (consisting of 2 characters and 3 numerics) generated in the sedimentation laboratory of the USGS's Woods Hole Field Center for the Atlantic Margin Texture Database
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SAMPLE_ID_
Attribute_Definition: Sample name or number as assigned in the field
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition:
Latitude - latitude in decimal degrees (south latitudes are recorded as negative values)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition:
Longitude - longitude in decimal degrees (west longitudes are recorded as negative values)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZCACO3
Attribute_Definition: % CaCO3 - percent calcium carbonate of sample by weight
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Overview_Description:
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kathryn M. Scanlon
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS - Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.548.8700 x2323
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kscanlon@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
Sed Lab data. Please request from K. Scanlon (kscanlon@usgs.gov)
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Information_Content: Sed Lab anaylsis spreadsheet.
Transfer_Size: 0.028
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20030306
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kathryn M. Scanlon
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2323
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kscanlon@usgs.gov
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kathryn M. Scanlon
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS - Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.548.8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@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_Security_Information:
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