A80_6LINES2.SHP: Ship Tracklines for Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in Southern Rhode Island Sound in 1980
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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication_Date: 2009
- Title:
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A80_6LINES2.SHP: Ship Tracklines for Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in Southern Rhode Island Sound in 1980
- Edition: 1.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2009-1003
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Online_Linkage:
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/nav/sris/a80_6lines/a80_6lines.zip>
- Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/html/catalog.html>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: K.Y. McMullen
- Originator: L.J. Poppe
- Originator: N.K. Soderberg
- Publication_Date: 2009
- Title:
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Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980
- Edition: 1.0
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2009-1003
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Other_Citation_Details: 2 DVD-ROMs
- Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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During 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a seismic-reflection survey utilizing Uniboom seismics in southern Rhode Island Sound aboard the Research Vessel Asterias. This cruise totalled 3 survey days. Data from this survey were recorded in analog form and archived at the USGS. Due to recent interest in the geology of Rhode Island Sound and in an effort to make the data more readily accessible while preserving the original paper records, the seismic data from this cruise were scanned and converted to TIFF images and SEG-Y data files. Navigation data were converted from LORAN-C time delays to latitudes and longitudes, which are available in ESRI shapefile format and as eastings and northings in space-delimited text format.
- Purpose:
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This GIS layer contains tracklines of the ship-track navigation collected aboard the R/V Asterias during a 1980 geophysical cruise in southern Rhode Island Sound. It is a polyline shapefile that corresponds to a80_6nav_sort.shp and the black and white TIFF images. It is part of a digital version of a regional map showing the distribution of sub-bottom seismic profiles collected in Rhode Island Sound. The seismic data collected along these ship tracks can be used to provide useful information about the framework geology in this region.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 19800610
- Ending_Date: 19800612
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.423661
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.424530
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.378131
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.044571
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
- Theme_Keyword: USGS
- Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Theme_Keyword: CMGP
- Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
- Theme_Keyword: WHSC
- Theme_Keyword: R/V Asterias
- Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile
- Theme_Keyword: navigation
- Theme_Keyword: geophysical data
- Theme_Keyword: ship track
- Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2009-1003
- Theme_Keyword: OFR 2009-1003
- Theme_Keyword: Cruise AST-80-6B
- Theme_Keyword: LORAN-C
- Theme_Keyword: Field activity number 80012
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
- Theme_Keyword: oceans
- Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Place_Keyword: Southern Rhode Island Sound
- Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
- Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
- Place_Keyword: North America
- Place_Keyword: United States
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword: northeast United States
- Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
- Place_Keyword: Cox Ledge
- Place_Keyword: Muskeget Channel
- Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
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Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of this dataset.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician
- Contact_Address:
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- 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) 548-8700 x2277
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
- Browse_Graphic:
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- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1003/data/nav/sris/a80_6lines/a80_6lines2.gif>
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse image of tracklines from cruise AST-80-6B.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: C.J. O'Hara
- Originator: R.N. Oldale
- Publication_Date: 1980
- Title:
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Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
- Edition: 1.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
- Issue_Identification: MF-1186
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: K.Y. McMullen
- Originator: L.J. Poppe
- Originator: N.K. Soderberg
- Publication_Date: 2009
- Title:
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Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Western Rhode Island Sound, 1980
- Edition: 1.0
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2009-1002
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1002/>
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Attribute data were recorded by the science party and entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.
- Logical_Consistency_Report: The layers were edited and processed in a consistent manner.
- Completeness_Report:
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Complete information is provided for all navigation lines in the data set. Navigation points are spaced at approximately 15-minute intervals and at course changes or line events (start/end of line). Continuous navigation is not available.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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All navigation was done by LORAN-C and was manually recorded. The cruise used the Group Repetition Interval 9960 Northeast U.S. chain and recorded time delays from Caribou, Maine (W) and Carolina Beach, N.C. (Y) slave transmitters. Absolute accuracy is 185 to 463 m based on <http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/handbook/h-book.htm> (see Chapter III).
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: C. O'Hara
- Originator: J. Eusden
- Originator: A. Whitney
- Publication_Date: 1980
- Title: Geophysics Log, Asterias 80-6B, Southern Rhode Island Sound
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/1980/80012/archive/80012sei.pdf>
- Type_of_Source_Media: online
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 19800610
- Ending_Date: 19800612
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Geophysics Log, Asterias 80-6B, Southern Rhode Island Sound
- Source_Contribution:
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LORAN-C navigation data were recorded during field work in southern Rhode Island Sound. This data set used the latitude and longitude coordinates converted from the LORAN-C time delays described in the n80_1nav.shp metadata (<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1002/data/nav/n80_1_15minnav/n80_1_15minnav.zip>).
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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The 15-minute navigation of individual seismic lines was connected using Points to Line v2 in VACExtras v 1.91 using the attribute "LineSeg" as the unique line identifier. These lines correspond to the black and white TIFF images. Lines are named using the following convention: for instance, 7a signifies the line 7, section a. Lower case letters refer to sections of the line that were split during data collection or scanning (if a line was too long to scan all at once).
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: a80_6nav_sort.shp
- Process_Date: 2009
- Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: a80_6lines2.shp
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician
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- 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) 548-8700 x2277
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: a80_6lines2
- Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Date_
- Attribute_Definition: Date on which seismic line was run (mm/dd/yyyy)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Log book
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 6/10/1980
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 6/12/1980
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Id
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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- Attribute_Label: LineSplit
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Seismic line identification. The line number is used with a lower-case letter to signify sections that were split during data collection or scanning.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: compiler
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: seismic line identification
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CruiseID
- Attribute_Definition:
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Identification of cruise, AST-80-6B, which indicates R/V Asterias cruise in 1980, cruise 6B.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Chief Scientist
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: AST-80-6B
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- Attribute_Label: Image
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Location of black and white TIFF image of seismic lines that correspond to the polyline.
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Location of the image file
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Image attribute can be hyperlinked as a URL address in ArcMap.
This metadata was partially generated by importing an existing metadata file in text format. A known bug in ArcCatalog is that importing metadata can under certain circumstances scramble some attribute tags. All the attributes and their definitions are present, but the order of the attributes in the metadata does not match the order of the attributes in the attribute table.
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- Contact_Person: Lawrence Poppe
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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- 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) 548-8700 x2314
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data: a80_6lines2.shp
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Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. The user must be able to uncompress a WinZip 9.0 file.
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
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- Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
- City: Woods Hole
- State_or_Province: MA
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- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2277
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
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