ECSTDB2014.SHP: U.S. Geological Survey East Coast Sediment Texture Database (2014)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:
ECSTDB2014.SHP: U.S. Geological Survey East Coast Sediment Texture Database (2014)
Edition: 3.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.zip>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/htmldocs/datacatalog.htm>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: V.F. Paskevich
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:
USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data
Edition: 3.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/>
Description:
Abstract:
This sediment database contains location, description, and texture of samples taken by numerous marine sampling programs. Most of the samples are from the Atlantic Continental Margin of the United States, but some are from as diverse locations as Lake Baikal, Russia, the Hawaiian Islands region, Puerto Rico, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Michigan. The database presently contains data for over 27,000 samples, which includes texture data for approximately 3800 samples taken or analyzed by the Atlantic Continental Margin Program (ACMP), a joint U.S. Geological Survey/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution project conducted from 1962 to 1970. As part of the ACMP, some historical data from samples collected between 1955 and 1962 were also incorporated into the dataset.
Purpose:
This ArcGIS shapefile contains the locations of marine sediment samples collected and (or) analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center starting in 1955 thru March 2014. 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:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1955
Ending_Date: 201403
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.520000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 123.556830
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 80.813770
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -16.232067
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments
Theme_Keyword: grain size analyses
Theme_Keyword: simple bottom descriptions
Theme_Keyword: grab sampler
Theme_Keyword: coring
Theme_Keyword: seafloor geology
Theme_Keyword: sedimentary dynamics
Theme_Keyword: sedimentary processes
Theme_Keyword: strataform
Theme_Keyword: particle-size analysis
Theme_Keyword: ArcGIS shapefile
Theme_Keyword: point data
Theme_Keyword: ArcGIS point shapefile
Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: sample location
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast
Place_Keyword: continental United States
Place_Keyword: east coast
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Margin
Place_Keyword: Florida Platform
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Great Lakes
Place_Keyword: Arizona
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Georgia
Place_Keyword: Hawaii
Place_Keyword: Illinois
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Nevada
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: South Carolina
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place_Keyword: New England
Place_Keyword: Pacific
Place_Keyword: Bermuda
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Hawaiian Islands
Place_Keyword: continental shelf
Place_Keyword: continental slope
Place_Keyword: Canada
Place_Keyword: Nova Scotia
Place_Keyword: Italy
Place_Keyword: Russia
Place_Keyword: West Florida Shelf
Place_Keyword: Albemarle Sound
Place_Keyword: Alligator River, NC
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Canyon
Place_Keyword: Baltimore Canyon
Place_Keyword: Bay of Fundy
Place_Keyword: Bear Seamount
Place_Keyword: Blake Escarpment
Place_Keyword: Blake Nose
Place_Keyword: Blake Plateau
Place_Keyword: Blake Ridge
Place_Keyword: Block Canyon
Place_Keyword: Block Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Boston
Place_Keyword: Boston Harbor
Place_Keyword: Browns Bank
Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay
Place_Keyword: Cape Ann
Place_Keyword: Cape Charles
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Bay
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod National Seashore Park
Place_Keyword: Cape Elizabeth
Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras
Place_Keyword: Cape Henry
Place_Keyword: Cape Fear
Place_Keyword: Cape Fear Ridge
Place_Keyword: Cape Lookout
Place_Keyword: Cape May
Place_Keyword: Cape Romain
Place_Keyword: Cape Sable
Place_Keyword: Casco Bay
Place_Keyword: Cashes Ledge
Place_Keyword: Charleston
Place_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay
Place_Keyword: Corsair Canyon
Place_Keyword: Delaware Bay
Place_Keyword: Delaware River
Place_Keyword: Delmar Peninsula
Place_Keyword: Deep Water Dumpsite 106
Place_Keyword: Dogbone Basin
Place_Keyword: DWD 106
Place_Keyword: Escollo Arenas
Place_Keyword: Falkner Island
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place_Keyword: Fire Island
Place_Keyword: Georges Bank
Place_Keyword: Gilbert Canyon
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Place_Keyword: Grand Manan Island
Place_Keyword: Heel Tapper Canyon
Place_Keyword: Hudson Canyon
Place_Keyword: Hudson River
Place_Keyword: Hudson Shelf Valley
Place_Keyword: Hudson Valley
Place_Keyword: Hydrographer Canyon
Place_Keyword: Indiana Shoals
Place_Keyword: Inner Blake Plateau
Place_Keyword: Inner Shelf
Place_Keyword: Ipswich Bay
Place_Keyword: Isle of Shoals
Place_Keyword: Jeffreys Basin
Place_Keyword: Jeffreys Ledge
Place_Keyword: John Day Reservoir
Place_Keyword: Kennebec
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Lake Titicaca
Place_Keyword: Lake Baikal
Place_Keyword: Lake Mead
Place_Keyword: Lake Michigan
Place_Keyword: Little Bahama Bank
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Los Angeles
Place_Keyword: Lydonia Canyon
Place_Keyword: Mackenzie Delta
Place_Keyword: Marblehead
Place_Keyword: Marthas Vineyard
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Place_Keyword: Mass Bay
Place_Keyword: Mexico
Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic Bight
Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic Slope
Place_Keyword: Mississippi Fan
Place_Keyword: Monomoy Island
Place_Keyword: Murray Basin
Place_Keyword: Nantucket
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Bay
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Shoals
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
Place_Keyword: Narragansett Bay
Place_Keyword: Neuse River
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: New Haven Dumpsite
Place_Keyword: New Haven Harbor
Place_Keyword: NYNJ
Place_Keyword: NY-NJ
Place_Keyword: New York/New Jersey
Place_Keyword: New York Bight
Place_Keyword: New York Harbor
Place_Keyword: Norfolk Canyon
Place_Keyword: Northeast Channel
Place_Keyword: Nova Scotia
Place_Keyword: Ocean City
Place_Keyword: Oceanographer Canyon
Place_Keyword: Oculina Bank
Place_Keyword: Old Orchard Beach
Place_Keyword: Oqunquit
Place_Keyword: Oregon Inlet
Place_Keyword: Peak Island
Place_Keyword: Platts Bank
Place_Keyword: Plum Island
Place_Keyword: Plymouth
Place_Keyword: Popham
Place_Keyword: Popham/Kennebec
Place_Keyword: Roanoke Point
Place_Keyword: Saco Bay
Place_Keyword: Scotian Shelf
Place_Keyword: South Lake Michigan
Place_Keyword: Southwest Washington
Place_Keyword: Sandwich Harbor
Place_Keyword: Somes Sound
Place_Keyword: SBNMS
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: Southern Long Island
Place_Keyword: Southwest Puerto Rico Shelf
Place_Keyword: Toms Canyon
Place_Keyword: Veatch Canyon
Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound
Place_Keyword: Western Puerto Rico Shelf
Place_Keyword: Western Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Wilkinson Basin
Place_Keyword: Wilmington Canyon
Place_Keyword: Wrightsville Beach
Place_Keyword: Nomans Land
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: New Brunswick
Place_Keyword: Apalachicola Bay
Place_Keyword: Arabian Sea
Place_Keyword: Bay of Bengal
Place_Keyword: Sapelo Island
Place_Keyword: Broad Sound
Place_Keyword: Cape Neddick
Place_Keyword: Caribbean Sea
Place_Keyword: Cascadia
Place_Keyword: Chappaquiddick Island
Place_Keyword: Croatan Sound
Place_Keyword: Double Canyon
Place_Keyword: Nahant
Place_Keyword: Old Scantum
Place_Keyword: Tillies Basin
Place_Keyword: Wildcat Knolls
Place_Keyword: Chincoteaque Inlet
Place_Keyword: Bogue Inlet
Place_Keyword: Rehobeth Beach
Place_Keyword: East Channel
Place_Keyword: Broad Sound
Place_Keyword: Cape Porpoise
Place_Keyword: Fletcher Neck
Place_Keyword: Graves
Place_Keyword: Jewell Island
Place_Keyword: Wood Island
Place_Keyword: Norway
Place_Keyword: Fippennies Ledge
Place_Keyword: Georges Basin
Place_Keyword: Georgia Embayment
Place_Keyword: Gerda Terrace
Place_Keyword: Ghana
Place_Keyword: Great Round Shoal
Place_Keyword: Great South Channel
Place_Keyword: Kentucky
Place_Keyword: Lamberts Cove
Place_Keyword: Susquehanna River
Place_Keyword: Merrimack River
Place_Keyword: Merrimack Embayment
Place_Keyword: Monomoy Island
Place_Keyword: Altamaha River
Place_Keyword: Mytilus Seamount
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: Gerda Terrace
Place_Keyword: Palos Verdes
Place_Keyword: Pamlico Sound
Place_Keyword: Penobscot
Place_Keyword: Quicks Hole
Place_Keyword: Red Brook Harbor
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Long Bay
Place_Keyword: slope
Place_Keyword: Southern New England
Place_Keyword: St. Clair River
Place_Keyword: St. Catherines Sound
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Basin
Place_Keyword: Straits of Florida
Place_Keyword: Tarpaulin Cove
Place_Keyword: Texas
Place_Keyword: Washington Canyon
Place_Keyword: Welker Canyon
Place_Keyword: West Falmouth Harbor
Place_Keyword: Wyoming
Place_Keyword: coastal Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory
Place_Keyword: Port Valdez
Place_Keyword: Ressurection Bay
Place_Keyword: Chappaquoit Beach
Place_Keyword: North Slope, AK
Place_Keyword: Chandeleur Islands, LA
Place_Keyword: Barnegat Bay
Place_Keyword: Connecticut River
Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay/Vineyard Sound
Place_Keyword: Provincetown Harbor
Place_Keyword: Ogunquit River, ME
Place_Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Connecticut River Estuary
Place_Keyword: Dauphin Island, AL
Place_Keyword: Little Egg Harbor
Place_Keyword: Mona Block
Place_Keyword: Mona Canyon
Place_Keyword: Mona Slide
Place_Keyword: Desecho Ridge
Place_Keyword: Barracuda Bank
Place_Keyword: Noroit Seamount
Place_Keyword: north wall Virgin Islands Basin
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank
Place_Keyword: Fire Island, NY
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry 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:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Location of USGS East Coast surficial sediment samples (ecstdb2014) displayed on world map
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: A.H. Eliason
Originator: M.E. Hastings
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
A Visual Basic program to generate sediment grain-size statistics and to extrapolate particle distributions
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Computers and Geosciences
Issue_Identification: v. 30, no. 7, p. 791-795
Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/software/sediment-software.html>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: A.H. Eliason
Originator: M.E. Hastings
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
A Visual Basic program to classify sediments based on gravel-sand-silt-clay ratios
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Computers and Geosciences
Issue_Identification: v. 29, no. 6, p. 805-809
Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/software/sediment-software.html>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: A.H. Eliason
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
A Visual Basic program to plot sediment grain-size data on ternary diagrams
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Computers and Geosciences
Issue_Identification: v. 34, p. 561-565
Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/software/sediment-software.html>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: J.C. Hathaway
Title:
Data file - Continental Margin Program, Atlantic coast of the United States
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference No. 71-15
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. A no data value of -9999 is used in number formatted columns where no data were collected or recorded. These cells were originally blank in the Excel file, but in an effort to prevent ArcGIS software from filling those blank cells with 0s in the shapefile, a no data value was added to all blank numerical cells. Many of the no data values were then changed to 0s in the phi percents and gravel/sand/silt/clay percents where it looked like a full coarse (sand and gravel) or fine (silt and clay) analysis was completed and the original blanks likely should have been 0s.
Completeness_Report:
This dataset contains almost all the samples processed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) Sediment Laboratory through March 2014, with the exception of those withheld at the request of the submitter (several hundred).
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years. This information comes from the scientist and is sometimes incomplete.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2014
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2014.xls
Source_Contribution:
This Excel spreadsheet contains the accumulated results of the surficial sediment analysis collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) through March 2014. Data collected from February 2011 through March 2014 were appended to the previously published ecstdb2011.xls spreadsheet. This file has been updated as errors in latitudes, longitudes, depths, and other information have been corrected for over 500 samples. Also, no data values of -9999 in the phi percents and gravel/sand/silt/clay percents have been changed to 0 for many samples in group 3 where it looked like the original blanks in the data should have been 0s (generally, if data was present for part of a coarse or fine fraction, then it was assumed that, based on USGS Woods Hole Sediment Laboratory analytical policy, all the phi classes in that coarse or fine fraction were analyzed and any no data values should be replaced with a 0). This combined spreadsheet was the source of the data that was converted into the Esri shapefile.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Surficial sediment data from February 2011 through March 2014 were recorded in an Excel (version 2003) spreadsheet. This spreadsheet was appended to ecstdb2011.xls. Errors found in the ecstdb2011.xls data were corrected for approximately 500 samples and numerous no data values of -9999 in the phi percentages and gravel/sand/silt/clay percentages were replaced with 0s. No data values were replaced with 0s where it looked like a portion of either the fine or coarse fraction of the sample was analyzed and the original blanks should have been 0s. However, for instance, in some cases it looked like only the coarse fraction was analyzed and any sediment in the fine fraction was recorded as 5 phi, the finer phi sizes remained as no data values in this case. No data values were not changed to 0 in samples that were not analyzed at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Lab, or in samples in groups 1 or 2. Samples where the phi weight percents did not equal the appropriate gravel, sand, silt, and/or clay percents were normalized and run through GSSTAT. The Excel file was edited and a comma-delimited text file was generated. The Excel file was imported into ArcMap 9.3 to create a table with the Add XY Data tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2011.xls
Process_Date: 2014
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Sheet1$ Events
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2014.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
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 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The table was then converted to an ArcGIS shapefile (Data, Export Data) to be used as a GIS data layer using ArcMap 9.3.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sheet1$ Events
Process_Date: 2014
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2014.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
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 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@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: 27784
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ecstdb2014
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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: GROUP
Attribute_Definition: Number assigned to data based on source.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Samples taken before start of the joint USGS/WHOI project.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: USGS/WHOI Atlantic Continental Margin Program stations
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sediment entirely or partially analyzed, processed, or visually described by USGS Woods Hole scientists; most samples analyzed in the USGS Woods Hole Sediment Laboratory.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DB_ID
Attribute_Definition:
Unique identification number generated in the sedimentation laboratory of the USGS's Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. For samples analyzed after 1980 this identifier consists of 2 characters and 3 numerics (e.g. AS114). For samples analyzed prior to 1980, this identifier consists of 4 numerics possibly followed by as many as 2 characters.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FIELD_NO
Attribute_Definition:
Sample name or number as assigned in the field by the Chief Scientist
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PROJECT
Attribute_Definition:
Name of project or project number under which samples were taken or data generated; sometimes project name indicates a more specific area
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CRUISE_ID
Attribute_Definition:
Name or number of cruise on which sample collected. Historically cruise identifiers were a combination of ship name, year of cruise and cruise leg. In more recent years, cruise identifier is a sequential serial number assigned to field activities within a specific year.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CONTACT
Attribute_Definition:
Name of Principal Investigator or Chief Scientist responsible for data collection (usually first initial and last name) when available.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition:
General geographic area of data collection. Name is general enough to easily locate area on a state map.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition:
Latitude coordinate, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. South latitude recorded as negative values.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -16.2320670
Range_Domain_Maximum: 80.81377
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .00000001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition:
Longitude coordinate, in decimal degrees, of sample location. West longitude is recorded as negative values.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -170.52
Range_Domain_Maximum: 123.55683
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .00000001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M
Attribute_Definition:
Measured depth of water overlying sediment at sample time, generally not corrected for tides, in meters. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6945
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: T_DEPTH
Attribute_Definition:
Top depth of the sample below the sediment-water interface, in centimeters. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 115049
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: B_DEPTH
Attribute_Definition:
Bottom depth of the sample below the sediment-water interface, in centimeters. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 115054
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEVICE
Attribute_Definition:
Device used to collect the sample. A blank indicates unknown device.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 METER PLANKTON NET
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1-METER DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3/4 METER PLANKTON NET
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 35MM STEREO CAMERA+DRED
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ANCHOR DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: CAMPBELL GRAB W/O CAMERA
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE DREDGE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: CHAIN BAG+PIPE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: CHAIN BAG+PIPE DREDGE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE DREDGE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: CHAIN DREDGE
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: D-L SNAPPER + GRAV COR
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIETZ-LAFOND GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIETZ-LAFOND SNAPPER
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIGBY DREDGE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIGBY DREDGE W/ CNVS BAG
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: DRAG DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: EDGERTON CAMERA
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: GOS ANCHOR CHAIN
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAB SAMPLER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAPPLING HOOK
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAVITY CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: HAND SAMPLE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Hand Sample
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: HYDROSTATIC CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Hydrostatic CORER
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: IKU GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: JAPANESE DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: M-VV GRAB + D-LF SNAPPER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: M-VV GRAB + GRAVITY CORE
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: MECH ARM + CORE DRILL
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: MECH ARM W/ CORER
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: MECH ARM W/ PRY BAR
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: MECHANICAL ARM
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NA
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NATURALIST DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NISKIN SAMPLER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: OTHER
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: PIPE DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PIPE DREDGE AND D-L SNAP
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: PIPE DREDGE, 12 INCH
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: PISTON CORER
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: PONAR SAMPLER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PULSE AUGER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PUSH CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pulse Auger
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: RAKED INTO BASKET W/ ARM
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: RING NET
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROCKER DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROTARY CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROTOSONIC CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SALINOMETER, VANDORN BOTS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SCALLOP DREDGE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SCOOP FISH
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SEDIMENT TRAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SHIPEK GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMALL VAN VEEN
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMITH-MAC+MIN W, CAMERA
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMITH-MACINTYRE GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMITH-MACINTYRE W/ CAMERA
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMITH-MACINTYRE W/O CAMERA
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMITH/MAC AND NISKIN SPL
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: UNKNOWN
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: VAN VEEN GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Van Veen Grab
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: VIBRA CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: VISUAL OBSERVATION
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: VV GRAB + D-L SNAPPER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: WATER PUMP ONLY
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CRAIB CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIVER GRABS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIVER PUSH CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIVER, HAND
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DIVERS, BY HAND
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: DRILL CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: DRILLED CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAVITY CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: HAND
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MID-SIZED SEABOSS GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MINI SEABOSS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MINI-SEABOSS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PISTON CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PISTON SAMPLER (HYDRAULIC)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PONAR GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROTOSONIC CORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMALL SEABOSS GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SUBMERSIBLE ARM GRAB
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: TEFLON SHOVEL
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: TROWEL
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: VIBRACORE
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: VIBRACORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: WHOI GIANT GRAVITY CORER
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SEABOSS (BIG)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: EPA VanVeen
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Diver
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Craib
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: USGS Slow Corer
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SEABOSS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Drill rig
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Metal scoop
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: InterOcean SeaBoss (osprey config)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MicroSEABOSS (a.k.a. SEABOSSpro, a.k.a. GoProSEABOSS)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Scoop
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rock Dredge
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: vanveen
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROV push core
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MONTH_COLL
Attribute_Definition: Calendar month sample collected. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 12
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: month of year
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DAY_COLL
Attribute_Definition: Calendar day sample collected. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: day of month
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR_COLL
Attribute_Definition: Calendar year sample collected. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 2014
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MONTH_ANAL
Attribute_Definition: Calendar month sample completed analysis. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 12
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: month of year
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DAY_ANAL
Attribute_Definition: Calendar day sample completed analysis. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: day of month
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR_ANAL
Attribute_Definition: Calendar year sample completed analysis. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 2014
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WEIGHT
Attribute_Definition: Weight of dry sample in grams. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.01
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9086.1
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: grams
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .0001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GRAVEL_PCT
Attribute_Definition:
Gravel content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters greater than 2 mm; -1 Phi and larger). No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SAND_PCT
Attribute_Definition:
Sand content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.0625 mm; 0 Phi through 4 Phi). No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 102
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SILT_PCT
Attribute_Definition:
Silt content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.0625 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.004 mm; 5 Phi through 8 Phi, inclusive). No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CLAY_PCT
Attribute_Definition:
Clay content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.004 mm; 9 Phi and smaller). No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 94.71
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CLASSIFICA
Attribute_Definition:
Sediment Classification - Sediment description based on a rigorous definition, usually Shepard (1954) as modified by Schlee and Webster (1967), Schlee (1973), and Poppe and others (2005). A blank cell means a classification was not recorded for the sample.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 19.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Solid rock.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BOULDERS
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CLAY
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.004 mm.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CLAYEY SAND
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant clay.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CLAYEY SILT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is silt, but with significant clay.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAVEL
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm, but with significant other sediment. Gravel > 10 percent.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sediment whose main phase is less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.062 mm.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND SILT CLAY
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sediment with significant (over 20 percent) sand, silt, and clay.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SANDY CLAY
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant sand.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SANDY SILT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is silt, but with significant sand.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.0625 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.004 mm.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant silt.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILTY SAND
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase in sand, but with significant silt.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MUD
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.0625 mm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant silt and clay.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MEDIAN
Attribute_Definition:
Middle point in the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.74
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MEAN
Attribute_Definition:
Average value in the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.62
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STDEV
Attribute_Definition:
Standard deviation (root mean square of the deviations) of the grain size distribution in phi units (sorting). No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.43
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SKEWNESS
Attribute_Definition:
Skewness (deviation from symmetrical form) of the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999. Calculated values less than -50 and greater than 50 have been set to -9999 as they are erroneous.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 37.19
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: KURTOSIS
Attribute_Definition:
Kurtosis (degree of curvature near the mode) of the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999. Calculated values less than -50 and greater than 50 were set to -9999 as they are erroneous.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 49.98
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE1CLASS
Attribute_Definition:
Mode 1 class - First mode (particle size that occurs the most number of times) in phi units. Although values are reported from -5 phi to 11 phi, older datasets recorded values beyond this range and modes can occur outside this range. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.600
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE1FREQ
Attribute_Definition:
Mode 1 strength - Modal strength of the first mode in percent. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE2CLASS
Attribute_Definition:
Mode 2 class - Second mode in phi units. Although values are reported from -5 phi to 11 phi, older datasets recorded values beyond this range and modes can occur outside this range. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 13.40
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE2FREQ
Attribute_Definition:
Mode 2 strength - Modal strength of the second mode in percent. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 60.50
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE3CLASS
Attribute_Definition:
Mode 3 class - Third mode in phi units. Although values are reported from -5 phi to 11 phi, older datasets recorded values beyond this range and modes can occur outside the range. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 15.40
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE3FREQ
Attribute_Definition:
Mode 3 strength - Modal strength of the third mode in percent. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 18.15
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NMODES
Attribute_Definition: Number of modes. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM5
Attribute_Definition:
-5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -5 Phi fraction and larger (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 32 mm); very coarse pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM4
Attribute_Definition:
-4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -4 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 16 mm, but less than 32 mm); coarse pebbles. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM3
Attribute_Definition:
-3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -3 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 8 mm, but less than 16 mm); medium pebbles. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM2
Attribute_Definition:
-2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -2 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 4 mm, but less than 8 mm); fine pebbles. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
-1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -1 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 2 mm, but less than 4 mm); very fine pebbles (granules). No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
0 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 0 Phi fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to 1 mm, but less than 2 mm); very coarse sand. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 1 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, but less than 1 mm); coarse sand. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 2 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.25 mm, but less than 0.5 mm); medium sand. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 3 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.125 mm, but less than 0.25 mm); fine sand. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 4 Phi fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to .0625 mm, but less than 0.125 mm); very fine sand. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 5 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.031 mm, but less than 0.0625 mm); coarse silt. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
6 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 6 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.016 mm, but less than 0.031 mm); medium silt. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
7 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 7 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.008 mm, but less than 0.016 mm); fine silt. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
8 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 8 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.004 mm, but less than 0.008 mm); very fine silt. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
9 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 9 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.002 mm, but less than 0.004 mm); coarse clay. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
10 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 10 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.001 mm, but less than 0.002 mm); medium clay. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Definition:
11 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 11 Phi fraction and smaller (nominal diameter of particles less than 0.001 mm); fine clay. No data value -9999.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANALYST
Attribute_Definition:
Name (usually first initial and last name) of person who performed the grain size or physical properties analysis, if available.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANAL_COMM
Attribute_Definition:
Comments on analyses - Any further information about sediment analysis for all or specific parameters in this table, if available.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Attribute_Label: LITHOLOGY
Attribute_Definition: General lithologic description of sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
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Location and sediment analysis results for approximately 28,000 samples collected and analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center through March 2014. We caution users of this data that in a few samples from some of the older data (from groups 1 and 2), fraction weights and phi weight percents do not add up to 100 +/- 2 percent. This is noted for each affected sample in the Comments section.
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
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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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Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
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Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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