Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2014 Title: ECSTDB2014.SHP: U.S. Geological Survey East Coast Sediment Texture Database (2014) Edition: 3.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/htmldocs/datacatalog.htm Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: S.J. Williams Originator: V.F. Paskevich Publication_Date: 2014 Title: USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data Edition: 3.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Description: Abstract: 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 27,000 samples, which includes texture data for approximately 3800 samples taken or analyzed by the Atlantic Continental Margin Program (ACMP), a joint U.S. Geological Survey/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution project conducted from 1962 to 1970. As part of the ACMP, some historical data from samples collected between 1955 and 1962 were also incorporated into the dataset. Purpose: This ArcGIS shapefile contains the locations of marine sediment samples collected and (or) analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center starting in 1955 thru March 2014. Distribution of this dataset allows the user the ability to visualize the information in a Geographic Information System. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1955 Ending_Date: 201403 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.520000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 123.556830 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 80.813770 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -16.232067 Keywords: Theme: 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 Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments Theme_Keyword: grain size analyses Theme_Keyword: simple bottom descriptions Theme_Keyword: grab sampler Theme_Keyword: coring Theme_Keyword: seafloor geology Theme_Keyword: sedimentary dynamics Theme_Keyword: sedimentary processes Theme_Keyword: strataform Theme_Keyword: particle-size 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Desecho Ridge Place_Keyword: Barracuda Bank Place_Keyword: Noroit Seamount Place_Keyword: north wall Virgin Islands Basin Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank Place_Keyword: Fire Island, NY 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: Larry Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Location of USGS East Coast surficial sediment samples (ecstdb2014) displayed on world map Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: A.H. Eliason Originator: M.E. Hastings Publication_Date: 2004 Title: A Visual Basic program to generate sediment grain-size statistics and to extrapolate particle distributions Series_Information: Series_Name: Computers and Geosciences Issue_Identification: v. 30, no. 7, p. 791-795 Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/software/sediment-software.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: A.H. Eliason Originator: M.E. Hastings Publication_Date: 2003 Title: A Visual Basic program to classify sediments based on gravel-sand-silt-clay ratios Series_Information: Series_Name: Computers and Geosciences Issue_Identification: v. 29, no. 6, p. 805-809 Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/software/sediment-software.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: A.H. Eliason Publication_Date: 2008 Title: A Visual Basic program to plot sediment grain-size data on ternary diagrams Series_Information: Series_Name: Computers and Geosciences Issue_Identification: v. 34, p. 561-565 Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/software/sediment-software.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: J.C. Hathaway Title: Data file - Continental Margin Program, Atlantic coast of the United States Series_Information: Series_Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference No. 71-15 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. A no data value of -9999 is used in number formatted columns where no data were collected or recorded. These cells were originally blank in the Excel file, but in an effort to prevent ArcGIS software from filling those blank cells with 0s in the shapefile, a no data value was added to all blank numerical cells. Many of the no data values were then changed to 0s in the phi percents and gravel/sand/silt/clay percents where it looked like a full coarse (sand and gravel) or fine (silt and clay) analysis was completed and the original blanks likely should have been 0s. Completeness_Report: This dataset contains almost all the samples processed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) Sediment Laboratory through March 2014, with the exception of those withheld at the request of the submitter (several hundred). Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years. This information comes from the scientist and is sometimes incomplete. Lineage: Source_Information: Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2014 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2014.xls Source_Contribution: This Excel spreadsheet contains the accumulated results of the surficial sediment analysis collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) through March 2014. Data collected from February 2011 through March 2014 were appended to the previously published ecstdb2011.xls spreadsheet. This file has been updated as errors in latitudes, longitudes, depths, and other information have been corrected for over 500 samples. Also, no data values of -9999 in the phi percents and gravel/sand/silt/clay percents have been changed to 0 for many samples in group 3 where it looked like the original blanks in the data should have been 0s (generally, if data was present for part of a coarse or fine fraction, then it was assumed that, based on USGS Woods Hole Sediment Laboratory analytical policy, all the phi classes in that coarse or fine fraction were analyzed and any no data values should be replaced with a 0). This combined spreadsheet was the source of the data that was converted into the Esri shapefile. Process_Step: Process_Description: Surficial sediment data from February 2011 through March 2014 were recorded in an Excel (version 2003) spreadsheet. This spreadsheet was appended to ecstdb2011.xls. Errors found in the ecstdb2011.xls data were corrected for approximately 500 samples and numerous no data values of -9999 in the phi percentages and gravel/sand/silt/clay percentages were replaced with 0s. No data values were replaced with 0s where it looked like a portion of either the fine or coarse fraction of the sample was analyzed and the original blanks should have been 0s. However, for instance, in some cases it looked like only the coarse fraction was analyzed and any sediment in the fine fraction was recorded as 5 phi, the finer phi sizes remained as no data values in this case. No data values were not changed to 0 in samples that were not analyzed at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Lab, or in samples in groups 1 or 2. Samples where the phi weight percents did not equal the appropriate gravel, sand, silt, and/or clay percents were normalized and run through GSSTAT. The Excel file was edited and a comma-delimited text file was generated. The Excel file was imported into ArcMap 9.3 to create a table with the Add XY Data tool. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2011.xls Process_Date: 2014 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Sheet1$ Events Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ecstdb2014.txt Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician 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 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The table was then converted to an ArcGIS shapefile (Data, Export Data) to be used as a GIS data layer using ArcMap 9.3. 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SEABOSSpro, a.k.a. GoProSEABOSS) Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Scoop Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rock Dredge Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: vanveen Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROV push core Attribute: Attribute_Label: MONTH_COLL Attribute_Definition: Calendar month sample collected. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 12 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: month of year Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DAY_COLL Attribute_Definition: Calendar day sample collected. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 31 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: day of month Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: YEAR_COLL Attribute_Definition: Calendar year sample collected. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1955 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2014 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MONTH_ANAL Attribute_Definition: Calendar month sample completed analysis. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 12 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: month of year Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DAY_ANAL Attribute_Definition: Calendar day sample completed analysis. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 31 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: day of month Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: YEAR_ANAL Attribute_Definition: Calendar year sample completed analysis. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1969 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2014 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: WEIGHT Attribute_Definition: Weight of dry sample in grams. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.01 Range_Domain_Maximum: 9086.1 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: grams Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .0001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: GRAVEL_PCT Attribute_Definition: Gravel content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters greater than 2 mm; -1 Phi and larger). No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SAND_PCT Attribute_Definition: 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; 0 Phi through 4 Phi). No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 102 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SILT_PCT Attribute_Definition: 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; 5 Phi through 8 Phi, inclusive). No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CLAY_PCT Attribute_Definition: Clay content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.004 mm; 9 Phi and smaller). No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 94.71 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CLASSIFICA Attribute_Definition: Sediment Classification - Sediment description based on a rigorous definition, usually Shepard (1954) as modified by Schlee and Webster (1967), Schlee (1973), and Poppe and others (2005). A blank cell means a classification was not recorded for the sample. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Laboratory Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 19. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: BEDROCK Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Solid rock. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: BOULDERS Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rocks with diameters greater than 256 mm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CLAY Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.004 mm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CLAYEY SAND Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant clay. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CLAYEY SILT Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is silt, but with significant clay. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAVEL Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRAVELLY SEDIMENT Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm, but with significant other sediment. Gravel > 10 percent. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.062 mm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAND SILT CLAY Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment with significant (over 20 percent) sand, silt, and clay. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SANDY CLAY Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant sand. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SANDY SILT Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is silt, but with significant sand. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILT Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.0625 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.004 mm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILTY CLAY Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant silt. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SILTY SAND Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase in sand, but with significant silt. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MUD Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.0625 mm Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MUDDY SAND Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant silt and clay. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute: Attribute_Label: MEDIAN Attribute_Definition: Middle point in the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -7.35 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.74 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MEAN Attribute_Definition: Average value in the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -5.93 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.62 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: STDEV Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation (root mean square of the deviations) of the grain size distribution in phi units (sorting). No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.43 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SKEWNESS Attribute_Definition: Skewness (deviation from symmetrical form) of the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999. Calculated values less than -50 and greater than 50 have been set to -9999 as they are erroneous. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -14.78 Range_Domain_Maximum: 37.19 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: KURTOSIS Attribute_Definition: Kurtosis (degree of curvature near the mode) of the grain size distribution in phi units. No data value -9999. Calculated values less than -50 and greater than 50 were set to -9999 as they are erroneous. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -49.56 Range_Domain_Maximum: 49.98 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODE1CLASS Attribute_Definition: Mode 1 class - First mode (particle size that occurs the most number of times) in phi units. Although values are reported from -5 phi to 11 phi, older datasets recorded values beyond this range and modes can occur outside this range. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -7.500 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.600 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODE1FREQ Attribute_Definition: Mode 1 strength - Modal strength of the first mode in percent. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODE2CLASS Attribute_Definition: Mode 2 class - Second mode in phi units. Although values are reported from -5 phi to 11 phi, older datasets recorded values beyond this range and modes can occur outside this range. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -7.50 Range_Domain_Maximum: 13.40 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODE2FREQ Attribute_Definition: Mode 2 strength - Modal strength of the second mode in percent. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 60.50 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODE3CLASS Attribute_Definition: Mode 3 class - Third mode in phi units. Although values are reported from -5 phi to 11 phi, older datasets recorded values beyond this range and modes can occur outside the range. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -6.50 Range_Domain_Maximum: 15.40 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: phi Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODE3FREQ Attribute_Definition: Mode 3 strength - Modal strength of the third mode in percent. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 18.15 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: NMODES Attribute_Definition: Number of modes. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHIM5 Attribute_Definition: -5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -5 Phi fraction and larger (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 32 mm); very coarse pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHIM4 Attribute_Definition: -4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -4 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 16 mm, but less than 32 mm); coarse pebbles. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHIM3 Attribute_Definition: -3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -3 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 8 mm, but less than 16 mm); medium pebbles. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 100.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHIM2 Attribute_Definition: -2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -2 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 4 mm, but less than 8 mm); fine pebbles. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 64.43 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHIM1 Attribute_Definition: -1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -1 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 2 mm, but less than 4 mm); very fine pebbles (granules). No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 97.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_0 Attribute_Definition: 0 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 0 Phi fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to 1 mm, but less than 2 mm); very coarse sand. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 86.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_1 Attribute_Definition: 1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 1 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, but less than 1 mm); coarse sand. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 92.67 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_2 Attribute_Definition: 2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 2 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.25 mm, but less than 0.5 mm); medium sand. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 96.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_3 Attribute_Definition: 3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 3 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.125 mm, but less than 0.25 mm); fine sand. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 95.92 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_4 Attribute_Definition: 4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 4 Phi fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to .0625 mm, but less than 0.125 mm); very fine sand. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 92.75 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_5 Attribute_Definition: 5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 5 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.031 mm, but less than 0.0625 mm); coarse silt. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 80.51 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_6 Attribute_Definition: 6 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 6 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.016 mm, but less than 0.031 mm); medium silt. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 68.32 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_7 Attribute_Definition: 7 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 7 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.008 mm, but less than 0.016 mm); fine silt. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 47.57 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_8 Attribute_Definition: 8 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 8 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.004 mm, but less than 0.008 mm); very fine silt. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 47.90 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_9 Attribute_Definition: 9 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 9 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.002 mm, but less than 0.004 mm); coarse clay. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 45.55 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_10 Attribute_Definition: 10 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 10 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.001 mm, but less than 0.002 mm); medium clay. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 59.53 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHI_11 Attribute_Definition: 11 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 11 Phi fraction and smaller (nominal diameter of particles less than 0.001 mm); fine clay. No data value -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 87.3 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ANALYST Attribute_Definition: Name (usually first initial and last name) of person who performed the grain size or physical properties analysis, if available. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ANAL_COMM Attribute_Definition: Comments on analyses - Any further information about sediment analysis for all or specific parameters in this table, if available. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LITHOLOGY Attribute_Definition: General lithologic description of sample Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254. Attribute: Attribute_Label: COMMENTS Attribute_Definition: Comments on sample collection or lithology, if available. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Location and sediment analysis results for approximately 28,000 samples collected and analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center through March 2014. We caution users of this data that in a few samples from some of the older data (from groups 1 and 2), fraction weights and phi weight percents do not add up to 100 +/- 2 percent. This is noted for each affected sample in the Comments section. 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