U.S. Geological Survey BLM/OCS Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) data set

Metadata:

• 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: James M. Robb

Originator: Norman G. Bailey

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1977

Title:

U.S. Geological Survey BLM/OCS Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) data set

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: National Geophysical Data Center

Other_Citation_Details: NGDC Data Set G02882

Online_Linkage: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/baltcanyon.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set contains analytical data from samples acquired from the Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) area of the Outer Continental Shelf, U.S. East Coast, by the U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology, Woods Hole, Mass., 02543, during the first year of environmental assessment work funded by the Bureau of Land Management (1 July 1975 - 30 June 1976).

Purpose: No purpose is cited on the NGDC website

Supplemental_Information:

For more information about the dataset, see: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/0608/06085001/readme.txt>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 10750701

Ending_Date: 19760630

Currentness_Reference: 197710

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -075.3100

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -071.8683

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.8900

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.0767

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: general

Theme_Keyword: grainsize

Theme_Keyword: statistics

Theme_Keyword: hydrocarbons

Theme_Keyword: contaminants

Theme_Keyword: trace

Theme_Keyword: metals

Theme_Keyword: carbon

Theme_Keyword: content

Theme_Keyword: suspended

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: diatoms

Theme_Keyword: silicoflagellates

Theme_Keyword: dinoflagellates

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: mineralogy

Theme_Keyword: carbon-14

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Baltimore

Place_Keyword: Canyon

Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic

Place_Keyword: continental

Place_Keyword: shelf

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Please cite the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the data and NGDC as the archival institution.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Jim Robb

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2297

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jrobb@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: 83353.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

Bureau of Land Management funded the study; and National Geophysical Data Center archives and provides online access to the data.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: James M. Robb

Publication_Date: 1983

Title:

Summary of environmental geologic studies in the mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf area: Results of 1978-1979 field seasons

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 83-353

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

Originator: Maurice P. Lynch

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Originator: David W. Lynch

Publication_Date: 1977

Title: Middle Atlantic outer continental shelf environmental studies

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: paper

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Unknown

Issue_Identification: PB-281 297

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Gloucester Point, VA

Publisher: Springfield, VA

Other_Citation_Details:

Four volumes; available at the USGS Library, Reston VA and Menlo Park, CA 585.3(220) V819M

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

No information available. Data originally stored on a 9-track magnetic tape, written in EBCDIC, 800bpi, phase encoded in 10 files.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data fall within normal ranges.

Completeness_Report:

Some data do not have relational keys; therefore, these data are not included in usSEABED.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Latitude and longitudes are given to nearest minute-tenth. No navigational information is available.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Water depth determination technique not noted in report. Water depths given to 0.1 meters, subsample depths in centimeters from top of core.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NGDC Data Set G02882

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

No information about the process of the original data is available. For usSEABED, the data were concatenated based on relational key.

Process_Date: 200407

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS_BaltimoreCanyn_1975

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Jane A. Reid

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive

City: Santa Cruz

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4727

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jareid@usgs.gov

Contact_Instructions: email preferred

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: F:\pubwork\baltcany.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: 500 (301 included in usSEABED)

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00167

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00167

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: 83353

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WATERDEPTH

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLETOP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLEBASE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITENAME

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATASETKEY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITEKEY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLEKEY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATATYPES

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRAVEL

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAND

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MUD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLAY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRAINSIZE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SORTING

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SEABEDCLS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLSMSHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FOLKCODE_F

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ROCKMSHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WEEDMSHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CARBONATE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MUNSLCODE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ORGCARBON

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LGSHEARSTR

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POROSITY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PWAVEVEL

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ROUGHNESS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LGCRSHST

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLEPHAS

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This dataset consists of ten relationally linked text files which include: 1. collection documentation 2. grain size of sediments 3. high molecular weight hydrocarbons 4. hydrocarbon contaminent and intercalibration samples 5. trace metals 6. carbon content 7. suspended sediment 8. suspended matter 9. clay mineralogy 10. carbon-14 dates

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/baltcanyon.html> <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/0608/06085001/readme.txt>

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

Contact_Person: Robin R. Warnken

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: E/GC3 325 Broadway

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80305-3328

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-6338

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Robin.R.Warnken@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions: NGDC Data Set G02882

Resource_Description: Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) Data Set

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: none

Transfer_Size: 150 KB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/baltcanyon.html>

Access_Instructions: None

Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: online computer and operating system

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites: web browser and internet access required for digital download

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 03252005

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 contained in the physical report or online at NGDC is authoritative and supercedes any information given here.

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile