Identification_Information:

    Citation:
        Citation_Information:
            Originator:          United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), Primary Investigator (Eric L. Geist)
            Publication_Date:    19990729
            Title:               Bathymetry, offshore of the northern coast of New Guinea
            Online_Linkage:      http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/PNG.html

    Description:
        Abstract:                   Figure displays earthquake locations plotted on 
                                    ETOPO bathymetric data of the northern coast of New Guinea 
                                    contoured with GMT software.

        Purpose:                    These data and information are intended for science 
                                    researchers, students from elementary through 
                                    college, policy makers, and general public. 
                                    Figure intended both to illustrate bathymetric relief 
                                    just offshore of the northern coast of New Guinea 
                                    and to supplement discussion of the 1998 New Guinea tsunami. 

        Supplemental_Information:   Figure created from /bear/grid/etopo2/global_topo_2min/topo_6.2.img 
                                    using /bear/requests/egeist/newguinea.csh, a UNIX C Shell script 
                                    created by Carolyn Degnan, 19991027, to run GMT V3.3.1 
                                    on nodename shark, a SUNW,Ultra-2 platform with a sparc processor 
                                    running the SunOS operating system release 5.7. 
                                    Final PostScript to GIF work done using Adobe Illustrator 8.0.1 
                                    on a Power Macintosh G3 running Mac OS 8.1.

                                    Information from GMT grdinfo report: 
                                    Title - Data from Altimetry 
                                    Command: img2mercgrd /bear/grid/etopo2/global_topo_2min/topo_6.2.img 
                                    -Gmerc_etopo2.grd -R140:00/145:00/-4:00/0:00 -T1 -V
                                    Remark: Spherical Mercator Projected with -Jm1 -R140/145/-4.03000629166/0 
                                    Pixel node registation used 
                                    grdfile format # 0 
                                    x_min:      0.00000 x_max:      5.00000 x_inc:      0.03333 
                                    units: Spherical Mercator projected Longitude, -Jm1, length from West Edge. nx: 150 
                                    y_min:      0.00000 y_max:      4.03333 y_inc:      0.03333 
                                    units: Spherical Mercator projected Latitude, -Jm1, length from South Edge. ny: 121 
                                    z_min:  -4588.00000 z_max:   1996.00000 
                                    units: meters, mGal, Eotvos, or micro-radians, depending on img file and -S.
                                    scale_factor:      1.00000 add_offset:      0.00000

                                    Reference for ETOPO DATA 
                                    Smith, W. H. F., and Sandwell, D. T., 1997, 
                                    Global seafloor topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings, 
                                    Science, v. 277, p. 1956-1962. 
                                    Data link found at 
                                    http://topex.ucsd.edu/sandwell/sandwell.html#Sandwell 
                                    Data info found at 
                                    http://topex.ucsd.edu/marine_topo/mar_topo.html

                                    Reference for GMT SOFTWARE 
                                    Wessel, P., and Smith, W. H. F., 1998, 
                                    New, improved version of Generic Mapping Tools released, 
                                    EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. U., v. 79 (47), p. 579. 
                                    Software citation found at 
                                    http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu:80/wessel/wessel_pubs.html 
                                    Software info found at 
                                    http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/

    Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
                Calendar_Date:      19990729

        Currentness_Reference:    publication date

    Status:
        Progress:                            Complete
        Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:    As needed

    Spatial_Domain:
        Bounding_Coordinates:
            West_Bounding_Coordinate:      140.00000
            East_Bounding_Coordinate:      145.00000
            North_Bounding_Coordinate:       0.00000
            South_Bounding_Coordinate:      -4.00000

    Keywords:
        Theme:
            Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:      None
            Theme_Keyword:                Marine Geology
            Theme_Keyword:                Tsunami

        Place:
            Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:      None
            Place_Keyword:                New Guinea
            Place_Keyword:                Pacific Ocean


    Access_Constraints:    Figure is available over the internet 
                           in the "New Guinea Tsuniami (USGS)" web site at:
                           http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/PNG.html

    Use_Constraints:       Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as 
                           the source of this information.

                           Some USGS information accessed through this means 
                           may be preliminary in nature and presented without 
                           the approval of the Director of the USGS.  This 
                           information is provided with the understanding 
                           that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete 
                           and conclusions drawn from such information are 
                           the responsibility of the user.

                           This information is not intended for navigational 
                           purposes.

                           Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for 
                           descriptive purposes only and does not imply 
                           endorsement by the U.S. Government.

    Point_of_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
            Contact_Organization_Primary:
                Contact_Organization:           United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
                Contact_Person:                 Eric L. Geist

            Contact_Position:                   Geophysicist

            Contact_Address:
                Address_Type:                   mailing and physical address
                Address:                        USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
                City:                           Menlo Park
                State_or_Province:              CA
                Postal_Code:                    94025-3561
                Country:                        USA

            Contact_Voice_Telephone:            (650) 329-5457
            Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:        (650) 329-5411

            Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:    egeist@usgs.gov

    Browse_Graphic:
        Browse_Graphic_File_Name:           http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/images/bathy.gif
        Browse_Graphic_File_Description:    Figure displays earthquake locations plotted on 
                                            ETOPO bathymetric data of the northern coast of New Guinea
                                            contoured with GMT software.
        Browse_Graphic_File_Type:           GIF

    Data_Set_Credit:  Reference for ETOPO DATA 
                      Smith, W. H. F., and Sandwell, D. T., 1997, 
                      Global seafloor topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings, 
                      Science, v. 277, p. 1956-1962. 
                      Data link found at 
                      http://topex.ucsd.edu/sandwell/sandwell.html#Sandwell 
                      Data info found at 
                      http://topex.ucsd.edu/marine_topo/mar_topo.html

                      Reference for GMT SOFTWARE 
                      Wessel, P., and Smith, W. H. F., 1998, 
                      New, improved version of Generic Mapping Tools released, 
                      EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. U., v. 79 (47), p. 579. 
                      Software citation found at 
                      http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu:80/wessel/wessel_pubs.html 
                      Software info found at 
                      http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/

    Cross_Reference:
        Citation_Information:
            Originator:              United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
            Publication_Date:        Unknown
            Title:                   USGS/CMG Information Bank
            Other_Citation_Details:  Updated daily
            Online_Linkage:          http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/infobank/bear/programs/html/main/infohome.html


Metadata_Reference_Information:

    Metadata_Date:       19991208

    Metadata_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
            Contact_Organization_Primary:
                Contact_Organization:           United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
                Contact_Person:                 Eric L. Geist

            Contact_Position:                   Geophysicist

            Contact_Address:
                Address_Type:                   mailing and physical address
                Address:                        USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
                City:                           Menlo Park
                State_or_Province:              CA
                Postal_Code:                    94025-3561
                Country:                        USA

            Contact_Voice_Telephone:            (650) 329-5457
            Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:        (650) 329-5411

            Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:    egeist@usgs.gov

    Metadata_Standard_Name:       FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

    Metadata_Standard_Version:    Version 1.0 (19940608)

    Metadata_Time_Convention:     universal time