Smithsonian Institution master sediment data file

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Smithsonian Institution

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: Smithsonian Institution master sediment data file

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Smithsonian Insitution

Other_Citation_Details:

These data represent digitized data from paper data sheets from the National Ocean Service (NOS) archived at the Smithsonian Institution. In 2001, the digital data were archived at NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center. The data as used in usSEABED are from NGDC in 2001.

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract: As unpublished data, there is no abstracted information.
Purpose:: The data were collected during dozens of cruises by the National Ocean Service to investigate the sediment type and water depths of areas of interest in United States waters.
Supplemental_Information:: In 2004,the data were migrated to another format file at the Smithsonian Institution.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 08071963
Ending_Date: 09101997

Currentness_Reference: collection date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.68861
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -056.20944
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 61.24000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 14.27889

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: general
Theme_Keyword: marine
Theme_Keyword: sediments
Theme_Keyword: descriptions

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: United
Place_Keyword: States
Place_Keyword: Trust
Place_Keyword: Territories

Access_Constraints: Data are available at the Smithsonian Institution.

Use_Constraints:

Cite the National Ocean Service and the Smithsonian Institution as originators of the data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Contact_Person: Anna Weitzman

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical
Address: 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW
City: Washington
State_or_Province: D.C.
Postal_Code: 20560

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-633-0846

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: smth.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage

Data_Set_Credit:

National Geophysical Data Center archived the data as used here (2001)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Statistical data was digitized by hand at the Smithsonian Institution. At the USGS, the data were viewed in a GIS to determine samples with unlikely locations. In addition, at the University of Colorado, data were passed through a velocity filter to identify samples with notable distances between sequential data points; these samples were tagged. Each tagged sample was manually corrected as possible by comparing the degree and/or minute of location to those within the same cruise ID and day; this affected about 700 samples. Approximately 4300 samples have no location, nonspecific location information, or unresolvably inconsistent locations. These data are not included in the outputs of usSEABED. Where appropriate, data were tested for completeness using MS Excel.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Some data do not pass the location test.

Completeness_Report:

Data are incomplete, as some are missing sampler information and probably not all data have been digitized by the Smithsonian.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:: Navigational techniques not recorded in report; latitudes and longitudes given in degrees, minutes, seconds.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:: Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths given in meters.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: The data are in raw descriptive form from on-board logsheets.

Process_Date: 00001998

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Smithsonian

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Contact_Person: Anna Weitzman

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical
Address: 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW
City: Washington
State_or_Province: D.C.
Postal_Code: 20560

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-633-0846

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: F:\EC_usSEABED\metadata\NOAA\NGDC\smithsonian.xml

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 60003

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00028
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00028
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: point
Entity_Type_Definition: SDTS point
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Smithsonian identifier

Attribute_Definition: non-unique identifying number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 14
Range_Domain_Maximum: 41163
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unitless
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: project number

Attribute_Definition: NOS project number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Insitution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Alpha numeric code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Ship

Attribute_Definition: Ship name

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Project_ref

Attribute_Definition: Project reference number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Alpha numeric code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date_collected

Attribute_Definition: Date of sample collection

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Alpha numeric code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Country_Ocean

Attribute_Definition: Country or ocean where sample was collected

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: State_sea

Attribute_Definition: State or sea where sample was collected

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Specific_locality

Attribute_Definition: Specific locality where sample was collected

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Station

Attribute_Definition: sampling station identification

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Alpha numeric code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Marsden square

Attribute_Definition: Location information

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: numeric code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latdeg

Attribute_Definition: degree of latitude

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 85
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degree
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latmin

Attribute_Definition: latitude minute

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minute
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latsec

Attribute_Definition: latitude second

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: second
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latns

Attribute_Definition: latitude north south

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: North
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: South
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: londeg

Attribute_Definition: degree of longitude

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 175
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degree
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lonmin

Attribute_Definition: longitude minute

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minute
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lonsec

Attribute_Definition: longitude second

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: second
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lonew

Attribute_Definition: longitude east west

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: E
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: East
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: W
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: West
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Collector

Attribute_Definition: Collector

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Navigation_control

Attribute_Definition: Navigational technique

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sounding_method

Attribute_Definition: sounding method

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Bottom_description

Attribute_Definition: description of sea floor

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sample_device

Attribute_Definition: Sampler

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sediment_type

Attribute_Definition: Sediment description, including biota

Attribute_Definition_Source: Smithsonian Institution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Core

Attribute_Definition: Core

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Depth_of_core

Attribute_Definition: subsample depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: core_length

Attribute_Definition: length of core

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: alpha numeric text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: remarks

Attribute_Definition: remarks

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: analysis

Attribute_Definition: type of analysis performed on sample

Attribute_Definition_Source: source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lat_precision

Attribute_Definition: best precision of latitude position

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: D
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: degree
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: minute
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: second
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lon_precision

Attribute_Definition: best precision of longitude position

Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: D
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: degree
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: minute
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: second
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Source report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LGCRSHST

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLEPHAS

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Contact_Person: Anna Weitzman

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical
Address: 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW
City: Washington
State_or_Province: D.C.
Postal_Code: 20560

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-633-0846

Resource_Description: NOS sediment data

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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.

Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII
Format_Information_Content: text
File_Decompression_Technique: unknown
Transfer_Size: 23.6 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: unknown
Recording_Format: Unknown
Compatibility_Information: Unknown

Fees: Unknown

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050321

Metadata_Review_Date: 20050504

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Jane A. Reid

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical and mail
Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 841-427-4727

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jareid@usgs.gov

Contact_Instructions: email preferred

Metadata_Standard_Name: CSDGM Version 2

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

Metadata was written by a user of the data. Any information available from the Smithsonian Institution is authoritative and supercedes any information given here.

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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