USGS OFR 03-001, Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine

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What does this data set describe?
    Title: USGS OFR 03-001, Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine
    Abstract:
    This report contained 42 layers of surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine. These data were presented as single-point vector datasets with sample identifiers, navigation, textural attribute information, and metadata. Complete metadata for these individual datasets can be found at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/htmldocs/data.htm> and are not duplicated within this publication.

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Poppe, Lawrence .J. , 2003, USGS OFR 03-001, Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine: Open-File Report 03-001, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

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    This is part of the following larger work.

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.033330
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.066700
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.906000
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.443300

  3. What does it look like?

    03001.jpg (JPEG)
    Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date:
    Ending_Date: 2003
    Currentness_Reference: publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Entity point (39461)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.400000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.978698.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    03001

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    FILE

    LATITUDE

    LONGITUDE

    SITENAME

    DATASETKEY

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    A data dictionary was provided in this report and can be viewed at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/htmldocs/datadict.htm>

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Lawrence J. Poppe
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
    USA

    508-548-8700 x2314 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    lpoppe@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?
For inclusion in the usSEABED data collection

How was the data set created?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    Anan71 (source 1 of 37)
    Anan, F.S., 1971, Neritic sediments of the Merrimack Embayment:,.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details: 377 p.
    Source_Contribution:
    118 stations: LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, DEVICE, MEAN_PHI, STDDEV_PHI, SKEWNESS, KURTOSIS, LITHOLOGY

    Armstrong74 (source 2 of 37)
    Armstong, P., 1974, Sediment Data from Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire: Master's Thesis, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details: 85 p.
    Source_Contribution:
    81 stations: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, SAND, SILT, CLAY, SHEPARD_CLASS

    Barnhardt96-98 (source 3 of 37)
    , Maine Inner Continental Shelf Sediment Data.

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    Source_Contribution:
    SITE, SAMPLE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, DEPTH_M,C_CODE, LITHOLOGY,GRAVEL, SAND, SILT, CLAY, MUD, MEAN_PHI, STDDEV, BAY

    Bigelow83-95 (source 4 of 37)
    , Sediment Data Produced by the Bigelow Laboratory.

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    Source_Contribution:
    LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, SOUNDING_M, YEAR_ANAL, GRAVEL, SAND, SILT, CLAY, FINES, LITHOLOGY, CLASS_SYS, MEAN_PHI, STDDEV, SKEWNESS, KURTOSIS

    Bockman65 (source 5 of 37)
    , U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Cores.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    6 stations: PROJECTID,CRUISEID,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH,DATE,DEVICE,GRAVEL,SAND,SILT,CLAY,CLASS,MEAN(PHI),STDEV,SKEWNESS,KURTOSIS,CaCO3,COLOR

    Buynevich2001 (source 6 of 37)
    , Fluvial-Marine Interactions, Maine.

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    Source_Contribution:
    388 stations: PROJECTID,STATION_ID,CORE_ID,AREA,DEVICE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,B_DEPTH,GRAVEL,SAND,MUD,MEAN,STDEV,SKEWNESS,KURTOSIS,DESCRIPTION,SED_CLASS

    Folger75 (source 7 of 37)
    , Bottom Sediments -- Cape Ann to Casco Bay.

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    Source_Contribution: 187 stations: PROJECT_ID,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,LITHOLOGY

    Garrison66 (source 8 of 37)
    , Sediments on the Shelf off Southern New England.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    14 stations: CONSECNO, PROJECTID, CRUISEID, STATION, DEVICE, DATE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, DEPTH, DOMINANT LITHOLOGY,SECOND LITHOLOGY, GRAVEL, SAND, SILT, CLAY, SHEPARD CLASSIFICATION

    GOMCSDB (source 9 of 37)
    , Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database.

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    Source_Contribution:
    852 stations: USGSDB_ID,FIELD_ID,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,SOURCE,YEAR,DEVICE,DPTH_CODE, LITHOLOGY,GRAVEL,SAND,SILT,CLAY,FINES,CLASS

    Hollister69 (source 10 of 37)
    , Sediments on the Shelf South of Martha's Vineyard.

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    Source_Contribution:
    53 stations: PROJECTID,STATION,DATE,TIME,DEVICE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,SAND, SILT,CLAY,SHEPARD_CLASS

    Hough40 (source 11 of 37)
    , Sediments of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    196 stations: PROJECTID,SHIP,STATION,DATE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,DOMINANT LITHOLOGY,SECOND LITHOLOGY,MEDIAN_MM,ANALYSIS,LITHOLOGY

    Hough42 (source 12 of 37)
    , Sediments of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts.

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    Source_Contribution:
    154 stations: PROJECTID,SHIP,STATION,DATE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,DOMINANT LITHOLOGY,SECOND LITHOLOGY,MEDIAN_MM,ANALYSIS,LITHOLOGY

    Johnston94 (source 13 of 37)
    , Portsmouth Naval Yard Sediment Data.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    64 stations: LOCAL_ID,REFERENCE,YEAR,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_INT,GRAVEL,SAND, SILT,CLAY,FINES,CLASSIFICATION,SYSTEM,MEDIAN,MEAN,STDDEV,SKEWNESS, KURTOSIS,Q1_MM,Q2_MM,Q3_MM,CFP10,CFP09,CFP08,CFP07,CFP06,CFP05,CFP04, CFP03,CFP02,CFP01,CFP00,CFPM1,CFPM2,CFPM3

    Larsen2002 (source 14 of 37)
    , Sediment Data from the Kennebec/Androscoggin River System.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    47 stations: PROJECTID,AREA,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,SAND,SILT,CLAY,FINES,SED_CLASS

    Larsen03 (source 15 of 37)
    , Sediment Data from Cobscook Bay, Maine.

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    Source_Contribution:
    12 stations: PROJECTID,STATION,AREA,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,GRAVEL,SAND,MUD,CLASS

    McKinney70 (source 16 of 37)
    , Shelf Sediments off Long Island.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    184 stations: PROJECTID,SAMPLEID,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,MEAN_PHI,STDDEV,FINES,LITHOLOGY

    McMaster60 (source 17 of 37)
    , Sediments of Narragansett Bay.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    493 stations: PROJECTID,AREA,SAMPLE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,GRAVEL,SAND,SILT,CLAY,SHEPARD_CLASS

    Meisburger76 (source 18 of 37)
    , Sediments of Western Mass Bay.

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    Source_Contribution:
    42 stations: PROJECTID,DEVICE,CORE_ID.,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DESCRIPTION,MEDIAN_PHI, MEAN_PHI,STDEV_PHI

    Mencher68 (source 19 of 37)
    , Sediments of Boston Harbor.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    152 stations: STATION,LONGITUDE,LATITUDE,MEAN,LITHOLOGY

    MNHACoE (source 20 of 37)
    , Army Corps Sediment Data from Maine and New Hampshire.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    NAI_ID,NAI_DRDG,SAMPLEID,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,SOURCE,REGFILE,SOIL,GRAINMED,GRAINQ1,GRAINQ2,GRAINQ3,GRAVEL,SAND,SILT,CLAY,FINES,LITHOLOGY

    Moore63 (source 21 of 37)
    , Sediments of Buzzards Bay.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    150 stations: PROJECT_ID,STATION_ID,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,TEXTURE

    MWRA (source 22 of 37)
    , Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Sediment Data.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    USGS_ID,FIELD_ID,PROJECT,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,SRCE_OR_RF,DEVICE,YEAR,GRAVEL,SAND,SILT,CLAY,FINES,SHEPARD_CL

    Nelson86 (source 23 of 37)
    , Sediment Data from the Great Bay Estuarine System.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    23 stations: LOCAL_ID,REFERENCE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,SAND,FINES,LITHOLOGY

    Pezzetta62 (source 24 of 37)
    , Recent Sediments of the Scotian Shelf.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    69 stations: STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,DEVICE,GRAVEL,SAND,MUD,COMMENT,PRIMARY_LITH,SECONDARY_LITH,DESCRIPTION,PROJECTID,LITHOLOGY

    Reid82 (source 25 of 37)
    , Northeast Monitoring Program Sediment Descriptions.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    21 stations: REFERENCE,PROJECTID,DEVICE,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M, TEXTURE

    Rowe78 (source 26 of 37)
    , Sediment from Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    25 stations: PROJECTID,VESSEL,DEVICE,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,GRAVEL, SAND,SILT,CLAY,CLASS

    Savard66 (source 27 of 37)
    , Sediments of Block Island Sound.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    84 stations: CONSEC_NO,PROJECTID,CRUISEID,STATION,DEVICE,DATE,LATITUDE,LONGITUD, DEPTH,DOMINANT LITHOLOGY,SECOND LITHOLOGY, GRAVEL, SAND, SILT, CLAY, SHEPARD CLASSIFICATION

    Schlee73 (source 28 of 37)
    , Sediments off Cape Ann to Cape Cod, MA.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    430 stations: PROJECT_ID,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,LITHOLOGY

    Schwartz65 (source 29 of 37)
    , Data from Oceanographer, Lydonia, and Gilbert Canyons.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    50 stations: CONSECNO,PROJECTID,CRUISEID,STATION,DEVICE,DATE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE, DEPTH, DOMINANT LITHOLOGY,SECOND LITHOLOGY, GRAVEL, SAND, SILT, CLAY, SHEPARD CLASSIFICATION

    Stetson36 (source 30 of 37)
    , Samples from the Georges Bank Canyons.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution: 11 stations:

    Stetson38 (source 31 of 37)
    , Samples collected along transects off the Eastern U.S..

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    22 stations: PROJECT_ID,SERIES_ID,SAMPLE_ID,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH,GRAVEL,SAND,SILT,CLAYX,COLLOID,CLAY,TOTAL,CLASSIFICATION

    Ward01 (source 32 of 37)
    , Sediment Data from off New Hampshire.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    199 stations: PROJECTID,DATE,STATION,DEVICE,T_DEPTH,B_DEPTH,DEPTH_M,LATITUDE, LONGITUDE,FOLK_GSM,FOLK_SZC,SHEPARD_SZC,SEDCLASS,GRAVEL,SAND,MUD,SILT, CLAY,MEAN,STDEV,SKEWNESS,KURTOSIS,LOI,COMMENTS

    Wigley61 (source 33 of 37)
    , Bottom Sediments of Georges Bank.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    225 stations: PROJECT_ID,VESSEL,DATE,STATION_ID,DEVICE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,TEXTURE

    Wigley65 (source 34 of 37)
    , Fisheries Sediment Data.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    383 stations: PROJECTID,AREA,CONSEC NO,CRUISEID,STATION,DEVICE,DATE,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH,SHELL, COLOR,GRAVEL ,SAND,SILT,CLAY,FINES,CLASS

    Willett72 (source 35 of 37)
    , Boston Harbor and approaches.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    89 stations: PROJECTID,AREA,ID,TYPE,LONGITUDE,LATITUDE,SEDENV

    Zimmerman72 (source 36 of 37)
    , Sediment Data from the Continental Rise.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    26 stations: PROJECTID,DEVICE,STATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE,DEPTH_M,LENGTH_CM,SAND,MUD,LITHOLOGY

    NOSGOM (source 37 of 37)
    , NOS Cartographic Codes for Bottom Character.

    Online Links:

    Source_Contribution:
    26,130 stations: PROJECTID,LONGITUDE,LATITUDE,SURVEY,YEAR,CODE,DESCRIPTION

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    Poppe, L.J., Paskevich, V.F., Williams, S.J., Hastings, M.E., Kelly, J.T., Belknap, D.F., Ward, L.G., FitzGerald, D.M., and Larsen, P.F., 2003, Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Vicinity: A GIS Compilation: Open-File Report 03-001, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

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.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
    Woods Hole Science Center
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

    (508) 548-8700 (voice)
    5084572310 (FAX)

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    USGS OFR 03-001, Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    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.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?
Dates:
Last modified: 25-May-2005
Last Reviewed: 04-May-2005

Metadata author:
Jamey Reid
U.S. Geological Survey
IT Specialist (Data Management)
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

(508) 548-8700 x2204 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
jreid@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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