Heavy Mineral Analysis of Inner Continental Shelf Sediments Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

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: Michelle M. Allard

Originator: Florida State University

Originator: Florida Office of Beaches and Coastal Systems

Originator: URS Corporation

Publication_Date: 1988

Title:

Heavy Mineral Analysis of Inner Continental Shelf Sediments Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital

Other_Citation_Details: Data included in usSEABED are part of the URS ROSS database.

Description:

Abstract: Not available

Purpose: Not available

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1988

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.7433

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.8793

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.3512

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.4467

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category:

Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Composition

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: general

Theme_Keyword: heavy mineral

Theme_Keyword: heavy mineral analysis

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: North Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida State University

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: Department of Geological Sciences

Address: 108 Carraway Building

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-4100

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-644-5860

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@gly.fsu.edu

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: URS_HeavyMin.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screen grab view of locations with coastline for reference

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg

Data_Set_Credit:

Data compilation: URS ROSS database. For inclusion into usSEABED: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

No assessment of data accuracy can be given. 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.

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 not given.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: No process information given in report.

Process_Date: 1988

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Allard, 1988

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida State University

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: Department of Geological Sciences

Address: 108 Carraway Building

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-4100

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-644-5860

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@gly.fsu.edu

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: 125

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.1234

Longitude_Resolution: 0.1234

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data provided include percentages of gravel,sand, silt, and clay, mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of grainsize distribution, and carbonate percents.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: URS ROSS database.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida State University

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: Department of Geological Sciences

Address: 108 Carraway Building

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-4100

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-644-5860

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@gly.fsu.edu

Resource_Description: Locker, 1988

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.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050327

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski

Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical and mail

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2361

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@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.