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Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
Point attributes
DATE sample date
LATITUDE decimal degrees, WGS84
LONGITUDE deicmal degrees, WGS84
ACTIVITYID activity code F-1-05-TB
EQUIPMENTTYPE grab
DEPTH depth in meters
DEPTHUNITS meters
SAMPLEID field sample number
COMMENTS field notes
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