FARN_CORES_NAD83.SHP - R/V FARNELLA cruise 90-4 cores

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: David Twichell
Publication_Date: 2005
Title: FARN_CORES_NAD83.SHP - R/V FARNELLA cruise 90-4 cores
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1071
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/cores/farnella/farn_cores_nad83.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Cross, V.A.
Originator: Paskevich, V.F.
Originator: Hutchinson, D.R.
Originator: Winters, W.J.
Originator: Hart, P.E.
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1071
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071>
Description:
Abstract:
This GIS overlay is a component of the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center's, Gulf of Mexico GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.
Purpose:
This ArcView GIS layer contains a summary of the locations, depths, and lengths of the cores collected aboard the R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cruise from 12 -26 April 1990. The cores were collected from the eastern Gulf of Mexico to study depositional processes on the Mississippi Fan and along the base of the Florida Escarpment. Cores were collected with either a piston or gravity corer and were all less than 6.55 m in length. This information has been imported from a publication by Paskevich et al. (2001). Further discussion of the information can be found in Nelson et al. (1992).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19900412
Ending_Date: 19900426
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.445833
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.673500
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.738560
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.273500
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico database
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: arcview
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: multipoint
Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone
Theme_Keyword: EEZ
Theme_Keyword: cores
Theme_Keyword: samples
Theme_Keyword: Farnella
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: cruise serial number 90003
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: location
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Mississippi Fan
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David C. Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/cores/farnella/farn_cores-thumb.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/cores/farnella/farn_cores.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Paskevich, V.
Originator: Twichell, D.
Originator: Schwab, W.
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:
SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS data release
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: video
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-352
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-352/data/cores/cores.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Paskevich, V.
Originator: Twichell, D.
Originator: Schwab, W.
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:
SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS data release
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-352
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-352/indexms.htm>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nelson, CH
Originator: Twichell, DC
Originator: Schwab, WC
Originator: Lee, HJ
Originator: Kenyon, NH
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:
Upper Pleistocene turbidite sand beds and chaotic silt beds in the channelized, distal, outer-fan lobes of the Mississippi fan
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Geology
Issue_Identification: v. 20, p. 693-696
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.
Completeness_Report:
Core sample information is complete for the entire R/V FARNELLA 90-4 cruise.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: David Twichell(comp.)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: R/V FARNELLA 90-4 post-cruise report
Online_Linkage:
<http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/cruise/public_show.pl?SERIAL_NO=90003>
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19900412
Ending_Date: 19900426
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: farn90-3_4.txt
Source_Contribution:
An ASCII text file listing the core id's, position, depth and length was attached to the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 90-4 post-cruise report. The text file was edited to create a tabular list that was read into ArcView.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Paskevich, V.
Originator: Twichell, D.
Originator: Schwab, W.
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:
SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS data release
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-352
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-352/indexms.htm>
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19900412
Ending_Date: 19900426
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
An ASCII text file listing the core id's, position, depth and length was attached to the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 90-4 post-cruise report. The text file was editted to create a tabular list that was read into ArcView. Minor editting was done to the table for consistency. A final field, DESC, was added and provides a link to GIF images containing an overview description of some of the cores.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: farn90-3_4.txt
Process_Date: 19991005
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Information Specialist / GIS Coordinator
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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A new field, HTMLlink, was added to the cores.dbf file. This field was edited to include the relative path and filename of the visual description for specific cores. This field is used as a hotlink in the windows arcview project file to open the core description in the web browser.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx
Process_Date: 20000515
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Information Specialist / GIS Coordinator
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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset copied and renamed
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cores.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: farn_cores.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x 2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The shapefile was kept in geographic, but the datum was changed from NAD27 to NAD83 using Projection Wizard in ArcToolbox.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: farn_cores.shp
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: farn_cores_nad83.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: US Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@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: Composite object
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 67
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: farn_cores_nad83
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COREID
Attribute_Definition: Letter and number identifier given to each core
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field identifying the core site
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate in decimal degrees of core location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 25.273500
Range_Domain_Maximum: 26.738560
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .000001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LON
Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate in decimal degrees of core location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -86.445833
Range_Domain_Maximum: -84.673500
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .000001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH
Attribute_Definition: Measured water depth, in meters, at core location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3060
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3410
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LENGTH
Attribute_Definition: Measured length of cores in centimeters
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 655
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HOTLINK
Attribute_Definition: Path to image linked to core site
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Character field defining the path to the image linked to the core site
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable data.
Distribution_Liability:
Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the 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.

Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Format_Version_Number: 3.3
Format_Specification: ESRI point shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
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).
File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 18Kbytes
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/cores/farnella/farn_cores_nad83.zip>
Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser.
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
The 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.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20051031
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Information Specialist / GIS Coordinator
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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@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:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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