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Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans & Marginal Seas
Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans & Marginal Seas
Metadata from the NOAA Metadata Manager and Repository (NMMR)
- Identification Information:
-
- Dataset Identifier:
- gov.noaa.ngdc:G01065
- Citation:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Publication Date:
- 20031223
- Title:
- Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans & Marginal Seas
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- raster digital data
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Boulder, CO
- Publisher:
- DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Description:
-
- Abstract:
- A digital total-sediment-thickness database for the world's oceans and marginal seas has been compiled by the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). The data were gridded with a grid spacing of 5 arc-minutes by 5 arc-minutes. Sediment-thickness data were compiled from three principle sources: (i) previously published isopach maps including Ludwig and Houtz [1979], Matthias et al. [1988], Divins and Rabinowitz [1990], Hayes and LaBrecque [1991], and Divins [2003]; (ii) ocean drilling results, both from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) and the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP); and (iii) seismic reflection profiles archived at NGDC as well as seismic data and isopach maps available as part of the IOC's International Geological-Geophysical Atlas of the Pacific Ocean [Udinstev, 2003].
- Purpose:
- To create a global sediment-thickness database for use by researchers and interested public.
- Documentation:
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- Science Paper:
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- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Ludwig, W. J.
- Originator:
- Houtz, R. E.
- Publication Date:
- 1979
- Title:
- Isopach Map of the Sediments in the Pacific Ocean Basin
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Map
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Publisher:
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Science Paper:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Mathhias, P. K.
- Originator:
- Rabinowitz, P. D.
- Originator:
- Dipiazza, N.
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Title:
- Sediment Thickness map of the Indian Ocean
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Map
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Publisher:
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Science Paper:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Divins, D. L.
- Originator:
- Rabinowitz, P. D.
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Title:
- Thickness of Sedimentary Cover for the South Atlantic
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Map
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Moscow
- Publisher:
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Other Citation Details:
- pp. 126-127
- Larger Work Citation:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Udinstev, G. B. (editor)
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Title:
- International Geological-Geophysical Atlas of the Atlantic Ocean
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Atlas
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Moscow
- Publisher:
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Other Citation Details:
- 158 pages
- Science Paper:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Hayes, D. E.
- Originator:
- LaBrecque, J. L.
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Title:
- Sediment Isopachs: Circum-Antarctic to 30S,
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Map
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Washington, D. C.
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Other Citation Details:
- pp. 29-33
- Larger Work Citation:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Hayes, D. E. (editor)
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Title:
- Marine Geological and Geophysical Atlas of the Circum-Antarctic to 30S
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Atlas
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Washington, D. C.
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Science Paper:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Divins, D. L.
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Title:
- Thickness of Sedimentary Cover in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Map
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Moscow - Saint Petersburg
- Publisher:
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Other Citation Details:
- pp. 120, 126-127, 130
- Larger Work Citation:
-
- Citation Information:
-
- Originator:
- Udinstev, G. B. (editor)
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Title:
- International Geological-Geophysical Atlas of the Pacific Ocean
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
- Atlas
- Publication Information:
-
- Publication Place:
- Moscow - Saint Petersburg
- Publisher:
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Other Citation Details:
- 192 pages
- Time Period of Content:
-
- Time Period Information:
-
- Range of Dates/Times:
-
- Beginning Date:
- 1979
- Ending Date:
- 2003
- Currentness Reference:
- publication date
- Status:
-
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency:
- As needed
- Spatial Domain:
-
- Bounding Coordinates:
-
- West Bounding Coordinate:
- -180.0000
- East Bounding Coordinate:
- 180.0000
- North Bounding Coordinate:
- 79.0000
- South Bounding Coordinate:
- -70.0000
- Keywords:
-
- Theme:
-
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme Keyword:
- geoscientificInformation
- Theme:
-
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
- Theme Keyword:
- Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments
- Theme:
-
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
- Uncontrolled Earth Science Keywords
- Theme Keyword:
- Sediment Thickness
- Theme:
-
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
- NASA/GCMD Data Resolution Keywords
- Theme Keyword:
- H : 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
- Theme Keyword:
- V : 1 meter - < 10 meters
- Place:
-
- Place Keyword Thesaurus:
- NASA/GCMD Location Keywords
- Place Keyword:
- Ocean > Atlantic Ocean
- Place Keyword:
- Ocean > Indian Ocean
- Place Keyword:
- Ocean > Pacific Ocean
- Place Keyword:
- Ocean > Southern Ocean
- Place Keyword:
- Vertical Location > Sea Floor
- Access Constraints:
- None
- Use Constraints:
- None
- Point of Contact:
-
- Contact Information:
-
- Contact Organization Primary:
-
- Contact Organization:
- DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact Person:
- Barry W. Eakins
- Contact Position:
- Research Scientist
- Contact Address:
-
- Address Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
- Address:
- 325 Broadway, E/GC3
- City:
- Boulder
- State or Province:
- Colorado
- Postal Code:
- 80305-3328
- Country:
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone:
- 303-497-6505
- Contact Facsimile Telephone:
- 303-497-6513
- Contact Electronic Mail Address:
- Barry.Eakins@noaa.gov
- Hours of Service:
- 9am-5pm, M-F, Mountain Time
- Contact Instructions:
- Contact NGDC's Marine Geology and Geophysics Division. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/aboutmgg/contacts.html
- Browse Graphic:
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- Browse Graphic File Name:
-
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/sedthick9.jpg
- Browse Graphic File Description:
- Image of total sediment thickness of the world's oceans and marginal seas.
- Browse Graphic File Type:
- JPG
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- Data Quality Information:
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- Logical Consistency Report:
- The distribution of sediments in the oceans is controlled by five primary factors:
1. Age of the underlying crust
2. Tectonic history of the ocean crust
3. Structural trends in basement
4. Nature and location of sediment source, and
5. Nature of the sedimentary processes delivering sediments to depocenters
- Completeness Report:
- NGDC made every effort to obtain all available sediment thickness compilations and data for use in building the global sediment-thickness grid.
- Lineage:
-
- Process Step:
-
- Process Description:
- The sediment isopach contour maps for the Pacific were digitized by Greg Cole of Los Alamos National Laboratory, for the Indian Ocean by Carol Stein of Northwestern University, and the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean by Dennis Hayes of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
- Process Date:
- 2000
- Process Step:
-
- Process Description:
- The digitized data were then gridded at NGDC using the algorithm for "Gridding with Continuous Curvature Splines in Tension" of Smith and Wessel [1990].
- Process Date:
- 2003
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- Spatial Reference Information:
-
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
-
- Geographic:
-
- Latitude Resolution:
- 0.083333333
- Longitude Resolution:
- 0.083333333
- Geographic Coordinate Units:
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model:
-
- 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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- Distribution Information:
-
- Distributor:
-
- Contact Information:
-
- Contact Organization Primary:
-
- Contact Organization:
- DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact Person:
- Barry W. Eakins
- Contact Position:
- Research Scientist
- Contact Address:
-
- Address Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
- Address:
- 325 Broadway, E/GC3
- City:
- Boulder
- State or Province:
- Colorado
- Postal Code:
- 80305-3328
- Country:
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone:
- 303-497-6505
- Contact Facsimile Telephone:
- 303-497-6513
- Contact Electronic Mail Address:
- Barry.Eakins@noaa.gov
- Hours of Service:
- 9am-5pm, M-F, Mountain Time
- Contact Instructions:
- Contact NGDC's Marine Geology and Geophysics Division. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/aboutmgg/contacts.html
- Resource Description:
- Downloadable Data
- Distribution Liability:
- While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
- Standard Order Process:
-
- Digital Form:
-
- Digital Transfer Information:
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- Format Name:
- netCDF
- Format Version Number:
- 1
- Format Specification:
- binary grid created using GMT (Generic Mapping Tools)
- File Decompression Technique:
- No compression applied
- Transfer Size:
- 35600000
- Digital Transfer Option:
-
- Online Option:
-
- Computer Contact Information:
-
- Network Address:
-
- Network Resource Name:
-
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/sedthick/data/gmt_netcdf/
- Digital Form:
-
- Digital Transfer Information:
-
- Format Name:
- ASCII
- Format Version Number:
- 1
- Format Specification:
- ASCII text versions, both with and without NaNs (not a number)
- File Decompression Technique:
- No compression applied
- Transfer Size:
- 31000000
- Digital Transfer Option:
-
- Online Option:
-
- Computer Contact Information:
-
- Network Address:
-
- Network Resource Name:
-
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/sedthick/data/ascii_nans/
- Digital Form:
-
- Digital Transfer Information:
-
- Format Name:
- e00
- Format Version Number:
- 1
- Format Specification:
- ESRI ArcGIS interchange format
- File Decompression Technique:
- WINZIP
- Transfer Size:
- 9700000
- Digital Transfer Option:
-
- Online Option:
-
- Computer Contact Information:
-
- Network Address:
-
- Network Resource Name:
-
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/sedthick/data/arcgis/
- Fees:
- None
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- Metadata Reference Information:
-
- Metadata Date:
- 20080318
- Metadata Contact:
-
- Contact Information:
-
- Contact Organization Primary:
-
- Contact Organization:
- DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact Person:
- Barry W. Eakins
- Contact Position:
- Research Scientist
- Contact Address:
-
- Address Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
- Address:
- 325 Broadway, E/GC3
- City:
- Boulder
- State or Province:
- Colorado
- Postal Code:
- 80305-3328
- Country:
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone:
- 303-497-6505
- Contact Facsimile Telephone:
- 303-497-6513
- Contact Electronic Mail Address:
- Barry.Eakins@noaa.gov
- Hours of Service:
- 9am-5pm, M-F, Mountain Time
- Contact Instructions:
- Contact NGDC's Marine Geology and Geophysics Division. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/aboutmgg/contacts.html
- Metadata Standard Name:
- Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version:
- FGDC-STD-012-2002
- Metadata Access Constraints:
- None
- Metadata Use Constraints:
- None
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