U.S. Geological Survey 200508 2.1 vector digital data Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005.zip http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/htmldocs/datacatalog.htm L.J. Poppe S.J. Williams V.F. Paskevich 2005 1.0 Open-File Report 2005-1001 Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Publication and data are released via digital media (either CD-ROM or DVD). This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov ecstdb2005Open-File Report2005-1001 This sediment database contains location, description, and texture of samples taken by numerous marine sampling programs. Most of the samples are from the Atlantic Continental Margin of the United States, but some are from as diverse locations as Lake Baikal, Russia, the Hawaiian Islands region, Puerto Rico, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Michigan. The database presently contains data for over 23,000 samples, which includes texture data for approximately 3800 samples taken or analyzed by the Atlantic Continental Margin Program, a joint U.S. Geological Survey/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution project conducted from 1962 to 1970. This ArcView shapefile contains the locations of marine sediment samples collected and analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center starting in 1962 thru 1999. Distribution of this dataset allows the user the ability to visualize the information in a Geographic Information system. en 1955 2004 ground condition Complete Continually -170.520000 123.556830 69.460900 -16.232067 -170.520000123.556830-16.23206769.460900 General U.S. Geological Survey USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program CMGP Woods Hole Science Center WHSC surficial sediments grain size analyses simple bottom descriptions grab sampler coring mud patch seafloor geology sedimentary dynamics sedimentary processes strataform particle-size analysis ArcView shapefile point data ArcView point shapefile Geographic Information System GIS sample location Open-File Report 2005-1001 OFR 2005-1001 OFR2005-1001 ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans and estuaries location geoscientificInformation General U.S. Atlantic East Coast continental United States east coast Atlantic Margin Florida Platform Gulf of Mexico Great Lakes Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Nevada New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Washington New England Pacific Bermuda Puerto Rico Hawaiian Islands continental shelf continental slope Canada Nova Scotia Italy Russia West Florida Shelf Albermarle Sound Aligator River, NC Atlantic Canyon Baltimore Canyon Bay of Fundy Bear Seamount Blake Escarpment Blake Nose Blake Plateau Blake Ridge Block Canyon Block Island Sound Boston Boston Harbor Browns Bank Buzzards Bay Cape Ann Cape Charles Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod National Seashore Park Cape Elizabeth Cape Hatteras Cape Henry Cape Fear Cape Fear Ridge Cape Lookout Cape May Cape Romain Cape Sable Casco Bay Cashes Ledge Charleston Chesapeake Bay Corsair Canyon Delaware Bay Delaware River Delmar Peninsula Deep Water Dumpsite 106 Dogbone Basin DWD 106 Escollo Arenas Falkner Island Florida Keys Fire Island Georges Bank Gilbert Canyon Gulf of Maine Grand Manan Island Gulf of Maine Heel Tapper Canyon Hudson Canyon Hudson River Hudson Shelf Valley Hudson Valley Hydrographer Canyon Indiana Shoals Inner Blake Plateau Inner Shelf Ipswich Bay Isle of Shoals Jeffreys Basin Jeffreys Ledge John Day Reservoir Kennebec Louisiana Lake Titicaca Lake Baikal Lake Mead Lake Michigan Little Bahama Bank Long Island Sound Los Angeles Lydonia Canyon Mackenzie Delta Marblehead Marthas Vineyard Massachusetts Bay Mass Bay Mexico Mid-Atlantic Bight Mid-Atlantic Slope Mississippi Fan Monomoy Island Murray Basin Nantucket Nantucket Bay Nantucket Shoals Nantucket Sound Narragansett Bay Neuse River North Carolina New Haven Dumpsite New Haven Harbor NYNJ NY-NJ New York/New Jersey New York Bight New York Harbor Norfolk Canyon Northeast Channel Nova Scotia Ocean City Oceanographer Canyon Oculina Bank Old Orchard Beach Oqunquit Oregon Inlet Peak Island Platts Bank Plum Island Plymouth Popham Popham/Kennebec Roanoke Point Saco Bay Scotian Shelf South Lake Michigan Southwest Washington Sandwich Harbor Somes Sound SBNMS Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Southern Long Island Southwest Puerto Rico Shelf Toms Canyon Veatch Canyon Vineyard Sound Western Puerto Rico Shelf Western Long Island Sound Wilkinson Basin Wilmington Canyon Wrightsville Beach None Public domain data from the U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005-world-thumb.gif Thumbnail image showing location of USGS East Coast surficial sediment samples (ecstdb2005) displayed on world map GIF http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005-world.gif Location of USGS East Coast surficial sediment samples (ecstdb2005) displayed on world map JPEG The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Lawrence J. Poppe(ed.) Chris Polloni(ed.) 20000501 1.0 Open-File Report 00-358 Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Publication OFR2005-1001 supersedes this publication. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-358/ ShapefileImage showring location and classification of USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database surficial samples plotted along the U.S. Atlantic East Coast.JPEGhttp://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005.jpg No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. This data set is complete inasmuch as it contains all the samples processed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC) Sediment Laboratory through November 2004 Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years. disc 20041201 publication date ecstdb2005.xls This Excel spread sheet contains the accumulated results of the surficial sediment analysis collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC). This spread sheet was the source of the data converted to the ESRI shapefile. The requested surficial sediment data fields were exported from the most current Excel spreadsheet available as a comma delimited text file. ecstdb2005.xls 20010811 ecstdb2005.txt U.S. Geological Survey Polly Hastings Data Specialist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 (508) 457-2310 Excel The comma delimited source file was imported into ArcView to create a table. The table was then converted to an ArcView shapefile to be used as a GIS data layer. ecstdb2005.txt 20050131 ecstdb2005.dbf ecst0500.shp ecst0500.shx ecst0500.sbn ecst0500.sbx ecst0500.avl ecstdb2005.shp ecstdb2005.shx U.S. Geological Survey Larry Poppe Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov ArcView 3.3 Katherine McMullenU.S. Geological SurveySediment Lab Technicianmailing and physical address

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Woods HoleMA02543USA(508) 540-8700 x2277(508) 457-2310kmcmullen@usgs.govecstdb2005.shpecstdb2005.shxecstdb2005.dbfecstdb2005.xlsecstdb2005.txtErrors found in the data were corrected for approximately 80 samples. The Excel file was edited and the shape and text files were regenerated.ecstdb2005.xls2007 Point Entity point 23308 SimplePointFALSE23306TRUEFALSE 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal degrees North American Datum of 1927 Clarke 1866 6378206.400000 294.978698 GCS_North_American_1927 ecstdb2005 Shapefile Attribute Table ESRI Feature Class23306 Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. GROUP Number assigned to data based on source. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1 Samples taken before start of the joint USGS/WHOI project. 2 USGS/WHOI Atlantic Continental Margin Program stations 3 samples analyzed by the USGS Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology Sediment Laboratory Number196 DB_ID Unique identification number generated in the sedimentation laboratory of the USGS's Woods Hole Science Center. For samples analyzed after 1980 this identifier consists of 2 characters and 3 numerics (e.g. AS114). For samples analyzed prior to 1980, this identifier consists of 4 numerics possibly followed by as many as 2 characters. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary String254 FIELD_NO Sample name or number as assigned in the field by the Chief Scientist USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary String254 PROJECT Name of project or project number under which samples were taken or data generated; sometimes project name indicates a more specific area USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 21. String254 CRUISE_ID Name or number of cruise on which sample collected. Historically cruise identifiers were a combination of ship name, year of cruise and cruise leg. In more recent years, cruise identifier is a sequential serial number assigned to field activities within a specific year. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 21. String254 CONTACT Name of Principal Investigator or Chief Scientist responsible for data collection (usually first initial and last name) USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 12. String254 AREA General geographic area of data collection. Name is general enough to easily locate area on a state map. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 33. String254 LATITUDE Latitude coordinate, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. South latitude recorded as negative values. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -16.2320670 69.4609 signed decimal degrees ,00000001 Number196 LONGITUDE Longitude coordinate, in decimal degrees, of sample location. West longitude is recorded as negative values. USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -170.52 123.55683 signed decimal degrees .00000001 Number196 DEPTH_M Measured depth of water overlying sediment at sample time, not corrected for tides, in USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 5001.00 meters .01 Number196 T_DEPTH Top depth of the sample below the sediment-water interface, in centimeters USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 115049 centimeters 1 String254 B_DEPTH Bottom depth of the sample below the sediment-water interface, in centimeters USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 115054 centimeters 1 String254 DEVICE Device used to collect the sample. USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 28. 1 METER PLANKTON NET 1-METER DREDGE 3/4 METER PLANKTON NE 35MM STEREO CAMERA+DRED ANCHOR DREDG ANCHOR FLUKES ANCHOR SAMPLE BLAKE TRAWL BOOMERANG CORER BOT DRIFTER SALINOMETER BOTTOM DRIFTER BOTTOM DRIFTER BUG BOTTOM SKIMMER BOX CORE BOX SAMPLER CAM GRAB W/O CAM+PLANK T CAMERA SLED CAMPBELL GRAB W/ CAMERA CAMPBELL GRAB W/O CAMERA CHAIN BAG CHAIN BAG DREDGE CHAIN BAG+PIPE DREDGE CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE DREDGE CHAIN BAG+PIPE CHAIN BAG+PIPE DREDGE CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE DREDGE CHAIN DREDGE CORING TUBE IN MECH ARM D-L SNAPPER D-L SNAPPER + DREDGE D-L SNAPPER + GRAV COR DIETZ-LAFOND DIETZ-LAFOND GRAB DIETZ-LAFOND SNAPPER DIGBY DREDGE DIGBY DREDGE W/ CNVS BAG DRAG DREDGE DREDGE Drilled Sample DRILLED SAMPLE EDGERTON CAMERA GOS ANCHOR CHAIN GRAB SAMPLER GRAPPLING HOOK GRAVITY CORER HAND SAMPLE Hand Sample HYDROSTATIC CORE HYDROSTATIC CORER Hydrostatic CORER IKU GRAB JAPANESE DREDGE M-VV GRAB + D-LF SNAPPER M-VV GRAB + GRAVITY CORE modified Van Veen grab sampler and gravity corer MECH ARM + CORE DRILL MECH ARM W/ CORER MECH ARM W/ PRY BAR MECHANICAL ARM MINIATURE VAN VEEN MINIATURE VAN VEEN W/O C. MODIFIED PIERCE DREDGE NA NATURALIST DREDGE NISKIN SAMPLER OTHER PAUL CORER PIPE DREDGE PIPE DREDGE AND D-L SNAP PIPE DREDGE, 12 INCH PISTON CORER PONAR SAMPLER PULSE AUGER PUSH CORER Pulse Auger RAKED INTO BASKET W/ ARM RING NET ROCKER DREDGE ROTARY CORER ROTOSONIC CORER SALINOMETER, VANDORN BOTS SCALLOP DREDGE SCOOP FISH SEDIMENT TRAP SHIPEK GRAB SMALL VAN VEEN small Van Veen grab sampler SMITH-MAC+MIN W, CAMERA SMITH-MACINTYRE GRAB Smith-MacIntyre grab sampler SMITH-MACINTYRE W/ CAMERA SMITH-MACINTYRE W/O CAMERA SMITH/MAC AND NISKIN SPL SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLE Submersible Sample TRAWL TRIGGER CORE UNKNOWN VAN VEEN AND CORE VAN VEEN GRAB sample collected with Van Veen grab sampler Van Veen Grab sample collected with Van Veen grab sampler VIBRA CORE VISUAL OBSERVATION VV GRAB + D-L SNAPPER WATER PUMP ONLY String254 MONTH_COLL Calendar month sample collected USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1 12 month of year 1 blank Month sample was collected is unknown. Number196 DAY_COLL Calendar day sample collected USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1 31 day of month 1 blank Day sample was collected is unknown. Number196 YEAR_COLL Calendar year sample collected USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1955 1999 year 1 blank Year sample connected is unknown. Number196 MONTH_ANAL Calendar month sample analyzed USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1 12 month of year 1 blank Month sample was analyzed is unknown String254 DAY_ANAL Calendar day sample analyzed USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1 31 day of month 1 blank Month sample was analyzed is unknown. String254 YEAR_ANAL Calendar year sample analyzed USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 1969 2000 year 1 blank Year sample was analyzed is unknown. String254 WEIGHT Weight of wet sample in grams USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 9086.1 grams .0001 (blank) Weight not computed or recorded. String254 GRAVEL_PCT Gravel content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters greater than 2 mm; -1Ø and larger) USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 100.00 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 SAND_PCT Sand content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.0625 mm ; 0Ø through 4Ø ) USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 103.02 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 SILT_PCT Silt content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.0625 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.004 mm; 5Ø through 8Ø , inclusive) USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 100.00 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 CLAY_PCT Clay content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.004 mm; 9Ø and smaller) USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 94.71 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 CLASSIFICA Sediment Classification - Sediment description based on a rigorous definition, usually Shepard, 1954 USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 19. BEDROCK BOULDERS CLAY CLAYEY SAND CLAYEY SILT GRAVEL GRAVELLY SEDIMENT SAND SAND SILT CLAY SANDY CLAY SANDY SILT SILT SILTY CLAY SILTY SAND String254 MEDIAN Middle point in the grain size distribution in phi units USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -7.35 10.74 phi .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 MEAN Average value in the grain size distribution in phi units USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -5.93 10.62 phi .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 STDEV Standard deviation (root mean square of the deviations) of the grain size distribution in phi units (sorting) USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -0.08 7.16 phi .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 SKEWNESS Skewness (deviation from symmetrical form) of the grain size distribution in phi units USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -4217.60 123907.67 phi .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 KURTOSIS Kurtosis (degree of curvature near the mode) of the grain size distribution in phi units USGS Eastcoast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -968709.00 357391.91 phi .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 MODE1CLASS Mode 1 class - First mode (particle size that occurs the most number of times) in phi units USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -7.500 10.600 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 MODE1FREQ Mode 1 strength - Modal strength of the first mode in percent USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 100.00 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 MODE2CLASS Mode 2 class - Second mode in phi units USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -7.50 13.40 phi .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 MODE2FREQ Mode 2 strength - Modal strength of the second mode in percent USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 60.50 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 MODE3CLASS Mode 3 class - Third mode in phi units USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -6.50 15.40 phi .01 Number196 MODE3FREQ Mode 3 strength - Modal strength of the third mode in percent USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -2.50 18.15 percent .01 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 NMODES Number of modes USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0 5 integer count 1 blank Value not computed or available for sample. Number196 PHIm5PHIm5Number196PHIm4PHIm4Number196PHIm3PHIm3Number196PHIm2PHIm2Number196PHIm1PHIm1Number196 PHIM5 -5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -5Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 32 mm, but less than 64 mm); very coarse pebbles USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 100.00 percent .01 Number196 PHIM4 -4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -4Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 16 mm, but less than 32 mm); coarse pebbles USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 100.00 percent .01 Number196 PHIM3 -3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -3Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 8 mm, but less than 16 mm); medium pebbles USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 100.00 percent .01 Number196 PHIM2 -2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -2Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 4 mm, but less than 8 mm); fine pebbles USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -1.00 64.43 percent .01 Number196 PHIM1 -1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -1Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 2 mm, but less than 4 mm); very fine pebbles (granules) USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 97.00 percent .01 Number196 PHI_0 0 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 0Ø fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to 1 mm, but less than 2 mm); very coarse sand USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -19.73 86.00 percent .01 Number196 PHI_1 1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 1Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, but less than 1 mm); coarse sand USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 92.67 percent .01 Number196 PHI_2 2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 2Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.25 mm, but less than 0.5 mm); medium sand USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 96.00 percent .01 Number196 PHI_3 3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 3Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.125 mm, but less than 0.25 mm); fine sand USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 94.66 percent .01 Number196 PHI_4 4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 4Ø fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to .0625 mm, but less than 0.125 mm); very fine sand USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 92.75 percent .01 Number196 PHI_5 5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 5Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.031 mm, but less than 0.0625 mm); coarse silt USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 80.51 percent .01 Number196 PHI_6 6 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 6Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.016 mm, but less than 0.031 mm); medium silt USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 68.32 percent .01 Number196 PHI_7 7 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 7Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.008 mm, but less than 0.016 mm); fine silt USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 47.57 percent .01 String254 PHI_8 8 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 8Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.004 mm, but less than 0.008 mm); very fine silt USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 47.90 percent .01 String254 PHI_9 9 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 9Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.002 mm, but less than 0.004 mm); coarse clay USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary -3.87 45.55 percent .01 String254 PHI_10 10 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 10Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.001 mm, but less than 0.002 mm); medium clay USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 54.63 percent .01 String254 PHI_11 11 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 11Ø fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.5 µm, but less than 0.001 mm); fine clay USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary 0.00 55.71 percent .01 Number62 ANALYST Name(usually first initial and last name) of person who performed the grain size or physical properties analysis USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 43. String43 ANAL_COMM Comments on analyses - Any further information about sediment analysis for all or specific parameters in this table USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 154. String154 LITHOLOGY General lithologic description of sample USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 72. String72 COMMENTS Comments on sample collection or lithology USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Character string of width 66. String66 Location and sediment analysis results for approximately 23,000 samples collected and analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center for the past forty years. Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Larry PoppeU.S. Geological Survey Downloadable Data 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. Shapefile ArcView 3.3 ESRI Shapefile The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional). zip 8.0 18.875 0.622 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005.zip http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/sedsamples/ecstdb2005/ecstdb2005.zip http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/htmldocs/datacatalog.htm Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). DVD-ROM 4.7 Gbyte HFS and ISO9660 None 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 data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Larry Poppe U.S. Geological Survey Geologist mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2314 (508) 457-2310 lpoppe@usgs.gov Downloadable Data 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Microsoft Excel Office 2000 Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Excel spreadsheet containing the data source. no compression applied 0.622 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005.xls DVD-ROM 4.75 Gbyte HFS and ISO9660 None ASCII Comma delimited text file Data exported from the source spreadsheet. no compression applied 0.622 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2005.txt DVD-ROM 4.75 Gbyte HFS and ISO9660 None 20050428 Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator mailing and physical address

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Woods Hole MA 02543-1598 USA (508) 548-8700 x2281 (508) 457-2310 vpaskevich@usgs.gov Valerie PaskevichU.S. Geological Survey FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time None None en20050513http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata Profile Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535ecstdb2005-170.52123.5568369.4609-16.2320671-170.52123.5568369.4609-16.2320671ISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0dataset002file://\\KATMCMDTXP\C$\documents and settings\kmcmullen\desktop\surficial_sediments\ecstdb2005.shpLocal Area Network0.622ShapefileGCS_North_American_1927233062007070313383400200707031347090020070703