Inner West-Central Florida Continental Shelf: Surface Sediment Characteristics and Distribution

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: G.R. Brooks

Originator: L.J. Doyle

Originator: N.T. DeWitt

Originator: B.C. Suthard

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Inner West-Central Florida Continental Shelf: Surface Sediment Characteristics and Distribution

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document and data tables

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 98-037

Other_Citation_Details:

U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, St. Petersburg, Florida, 129 p.

Description:

Abstract: No abstract given.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to create a digital version of the sedimentary characteristics published by Brooks and others (1999) for inclusion in the usSEABED data collection.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.94099

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.39578

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.3762

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.8841

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: sediment characteristics

Theme_Keyword: sediment distribution

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Florida Shelf

Place_Keyword: Inner West-Central Florida Continental Shelf

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None except that acknowledgement must be made in publications and reports of (i) the original data source, and (ii) the data integration by USGS and dbSEABED project at the University of Colorado.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2361

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: 98037.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image showing geographic extent of data layer coverage

Data_Set_Credit:

Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Brooks and others (1999), and Jamey Reid for digitizing samples locations and entering the data from the source report.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were entered and checked in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional check for topological consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_Report:

Sedimentary descriptions and locations are provided for 340 samples.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigational accuracy is unknown.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Digital data were hand formatted into dbSEABED data entry structure, then filtered and data-mined through dbSEABED software (version: db9_MNEx.bas)

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski

Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2361

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@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: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 340

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.12345678

Longitude_Resolution: 0.12345678

Geographic_Coordinate_Units:

Locations were given in DD MM.mmm and were converted to decimal degrees during data entry

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Depth_Datum_Name: meters

Depth_Resolution: 0.1 - No water depth was recorded for samples J1 through J10

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Brooks and others, 1999

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.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060327

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: 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 x2361

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@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

Metadata_Extensions:

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