R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cores

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: David Twichell

Originator: Valerie Paskevich

Publication_Date: 20000515

Title: R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cores

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey

Description:

Abstract:

This ArcView GIS layer contains a summary of the locations, depths, and lengths of the cores collected aboard the R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cruise from 12 -26 April 1990. The cores were collected from the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Fan area.

Purpose:

This GIS overlay is a component of the U. S Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center's, Gulf of Mexico ArcView GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.

Supplemental_Information:

R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core information is available in three 1) individual ArcView shapefile, 2) Microsoft Excel spreadsheet; and 3) a column formatted ASCII text file.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19900412

Ending_Date: 19900426

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.4527

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.6444

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.7566

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.2562

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico database

Theme_Keyword: ArcView

Theme_Keyword: arcview

Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme_Keyword: multipoint

Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone

Theme_Keyword: EEZ

Theme_Keyword: cores

Theme_Keyword: samples

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Mississippi Fan

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the 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. The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: David C. Twichell

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2266

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: cores.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: core locations displayed over SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - data\cores\cores.shp

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No report.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

Core sample information is complete for the entire R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cruise.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: David Twichell(comp.)

Publication_Date: Unknown

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: R/V FARNELLA 90-3 & 90-4 cruise report

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19900412

Ending_Date: 19900426

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: farn90-3_4.txt

Source_Contribution:

An ASCII text file listing the core id's, position, depth and length was attached to the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 & 90-4 post-cruise report. The text file was editted to create a tabular list that was read into ArcView.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

An ASCII text file listing the core id's, position, depth and length was attached to the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 & 90-4 post-cruise report. The text file was editted to create a tabular list that was read into ArcView. Minor editting was done to the table for consistency. A final field, DESC, was added and provides a link to GIF images containing an overview description of some of the cores.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: farn90-3_4.txt

Process_Date: 19991005

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A new field, HTMLlink, was added to the cores.dbf file. This field was edited to include the relative path and filename of the visual description for specific cores. This field is used as a hotlink in the windows arcview project file to open the core description in the web browser.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx

Process_Date: 20000515

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

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: 67

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: .0005

Longitude_Resolution: .0005

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: cores.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Coreid

Attribute_Definition:

Unique identifier assigned to collected core in the field. The core identifier is comprised of two 1) either PC for piston core or GC for gravity cores or GEOTECH for cores collected for geotechnical analysis; and 2) a sequential numeric identifier.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat

Attribute_Definition:

Latitude coordinate in decimal degrees of core location. South latitude recorded as a negative value.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lon

Attribute_Definition:

Longitude coordinate in decimal degrees of core location. West longitude recorded as a negative value.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Depth

Attribute_Definition: Measured water depth, in meters, at core location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3060

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3410

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Desc

Attribute_Definition:

Relative pathname to the summary description. The description is stored as a GIF file. This column of the attributes table is intended to be used as a hotlink hyperlink in ArcView.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HTMLlink

Attribute_Definition:

Relative pathname to the HTML visual description page for the cores that were described. This column of the attributes table is intended to be used as a hotlink in the windows ArcView project. The link will open the core description in the user's default web browser.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: David Twichell

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: oceanographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2266

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Mississippi Fan: cores.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the 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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

cores.dbf
cores.shp
cores.shx

File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied

Transfer_Size: 18Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

The three ArcView shapefiles (cores.dbf, cores.shp, cores.shx) comprising the R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core location coverage.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 4Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file.

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Excel

Format_Information_Content: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Transfer_Size: 407Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

In addition to software capable of reading or importing the file in the Microsoft Excel format, the user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

The R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core location overlay is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000515

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: computer specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial

Metadata:

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None