USGS
Lake Pontchartrain Basin:  Bottom Sediments and Related Environmental Resources

Table 3.  Example of "horizontal" format for Pontchartrain chemistry table.

[Each sample has a unique ID and all the data associated with that sample are stored across one row.
Each constituent measured has 3 columns; one for the concentration value (heading ends with "_C"),
one for the quality control notes ("_Q"), and one for the detection limit ("_D"). The station data are
stored in a separate table with corresponding unique_ids.]

UNIQUE_ID C2FLORNE_C C2FLORNE_Q C2FLORNE_D C3FLORNE_C C3FLORNE_Q C3FLORNE_D 1-MT-PHE_C 1-MT-PHE_Q 1-MT-PHE_D C1PHENAN_C C1PHENAN_Q C1PHENAN_D
2312 1.21 CH-B 10   CH-A 10 0.34 CH-B 0.6 1.15 CH-B 16.4
2313 8.22 CH-B 10 8.83 CH-B 10 2.02     7.44 CH-B 16.4
2314 3.44 CH-B 10 5.05 CH-B 10 0.81     3.82 CH-B 16.4
2315 6.91 CH-B 10 11.54     2.13     7.71 CH-B 16.4
2316 2.62 CH-B 10 3.52 CH-B 10 1.11     3.27 CH-B 16.4
2317 13.64     11.56     5.09     20.05    
2318 1.63 CH-B 10 2.88 CH-B 10 0.57 CH-B 0.6 2.1 CH-B 16.4
2319 4.25 CH-B 10 6.53 CH-B 10 1.81     8.14 CH-B 16.4
2320 2.64 CH-B 10 3.43 CH-B 10 0.97     3.59 CH-B 16.4
2321 2.72 CH-B 10 3.25 CH-B 10 1.26     4.14 CH-B 16.4
2322 4.36 CH-B 10 6.87 CH-B 10 1.18     5.79 CH-B 16.4

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