Ecological Investigations of Petrolem Production Platforms in the Central Gulf of Mexico

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• 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: Texas A and M University (TAMU)

Originator: Francis Mitchell

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title:

Ecological Investigations of Petrolem Production Platforms in the Central Gulf of Mexico

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital and paper

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: College Station, TX

Publisher: Texas A and M University (TAMU)

Other_Citation_Details: Funded by BLM

Online_Linkage:

Digital data and downloadable .pdf available at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC): <http://oas.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/plsql/geolin.set_expand?v_mggid=23045002>

Description:

Abstract: No abstracted information given in report

Purpose: No specific purpose noted in report

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19780920

Ending_Date: 19780922

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.4707

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.2405

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.8833

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.5675

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Texas A and M University (TAMU)

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category:

Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Cite TAMU as originators of the data and NGDC as archivers of the data

Point_of_Contact:

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

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Data_Set_Credit:

For inclusion into usSEABED: digitization and formatting Tara Kneeshaw and April Villagomez (USGS); Corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Data were digitized by hand (typed in) at NGDC. For usSEABED, digital data and the scanned report were downloaded via the web, visually compared to source and corrected. Additional data may have been included from the scanned report, also available online. Where appropriate, data were tested for completeness using MS Excel.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data fall within normal ranges for the given parameters.

Completeness_Report:

All available textural, statistical, and compositional information are included in usSEABED. The Holmes (USGS) compilation may also include metal and organic contaminant values requested by or performed by the EPA, USGS, USACE, and others for these samples that are not included in usSEABED.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigational techniques not recorded in report; latitudes and longitudes given in decimal degrees; four significant figures.

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: No process information given in report.

Process_Date: 1978

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Texas A and M University

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical

City: College Station

State_or_Province: TX

Postal_Code: 77843

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

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Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data provided include sampler, site date, percentages of gravel, sand, silt, and clay; median grainsize, moment mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis; granulometric analyses at one phi-size intervals in percents.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Source report.

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

Resource_Description: MGGID 23045002

Distribution_Liability:

Although this dataset has been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data. Users of the data should be aware of limitations of the data due to possible imprecision due to navigational inaccuracies, limitations of the statistical data, and digitizing errors.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Format_Information_Content: Text

File_Decompression_Technique: None

Transfer_Size: 5 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://oas.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/plsql/geolin.set_expand?v_mggid=23045002>

Access_Instructions: None

Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Online computer and operating system

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites: web browser and internet access preferred

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 2005

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: 831-427-4727

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_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.