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Location of samples collected in 1995-1999 in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florence L. Wong

Originator: Michael R. Hamer

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Location of samples collected in 1995-1999 in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Edition: Version 1.0, April 02, 2001

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Online_Linkage: <http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Wong, F.L.

Originator: Eittreim, S.E.

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 01-179

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/>

Description:

Abstract:

Locations of samples collected from 1995 through 1999 are recorded in M195MBSP, P295MBSP, N197MBSP, P197MBSP, O499MBSP, and S199MBSP.
These files are part of a geographic information system of spatially referenced data related to the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program "Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Project" <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/mbms>. The data were collected and analyzed between 1994 and 2000.

Purpose:

These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information about the shallower areas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Supplemental_Information:

Survey specific FGDC-compliant metadata and other information are available at the following URLs:

<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/m195mb/html/m-1-95-mb.meta.html>
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/p295mb/html/p-2-95-mb.meta.html>
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/n197mb/html/n-1-97-mb.meta.html>
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/p197mb/html/p-1-97-mb.meta.html>
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/o499mb/html/o-4-99-mb.meta.html>
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/s199mb/html/s-1-99-mb.meta.html>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1995

Ending_Date: 1999

Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.90927967

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.80124096

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.84406096

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.55533433

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: Coastal Geology

Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology

Theme_Keyword: sediment samples

Theme_Keyword: core samples

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Monterey Bay

Place_Keyword: Northern California

Place_Keyword: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Place_Keyword: Central California

Place_Keyword: San Francisco

Place_Keyword: Half Moon Bay

Place_Keyword: Point Ano Nuevo

Place_Keyword: Santa Cruz

Place_Keyword: Moss Landing

Place_Keyword: Monterey

Place_Keyword: CA

Place_Keyword: North Pacific Ocean

Place_Keyword: Northern Pacific Ocean

Place_Keyword: USA

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0

Place_Keyword: OC41 = Northeast Pacific

Place_Keyword: 06041 = Marin

Place_Keyword: 06081 = San Mateo

Place_Keyword: 06087 = Santa Cruz

Place_Keyword: 06053 = Monterey

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
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_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong

Contact_Organization:

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator

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) 329-5327

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

SunOS, 5.7, sun4u UNIX ARC/INFO version 8.0.2

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

<http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/images/splloc1.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location map of MBNMS samples

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Point features present.

Completeness_Report:

Except for a few points, point files include only those points for which a 'RECOVERY' was recorded. 'NO RECOVERY' points were added if sample analyses referred to that point. This occurred when small amounts of sample were scraped off the sampling device which had otherwise failed to retain a sample.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Sample locations were extracted from the navigation logs on the basis of time of collection. Data were lodged in the Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Infobank (<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank>) as ASCII text. These text files were converted to ArcInfo point coverages.

Process_Date: 1995-2000

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

First draft of metadata created by F.L. Wong using a modified version of FGDCMETA.AML on ARC/INFO data set SEDTXT97

Process_Date: 20010402

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 548

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 10

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.00000

False_Easting: 500000.00

False_Northing: 0.00

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 14.232525

Ordinate_Resolution: 14.232525

Planar_Distance_Units: Meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Sample filenames, year and month of collection, geographic extent, and number of points in each file:

 FILE    YYYYMM    XMIN       YMIN        XMAX      YMAX   SPLS
M195MBSP 199504 -122.87425, 36.62622, -121.81105, 37.79693  109
P295MBSP 199509 -122.90928, 36.55533, -121.80174, 37.81330  105
N197MBSP 199707 -122.37930, 36.92717, -121.98520, 37.10141   77
P197MBSP 199708 -122.90629, 36.72277, -121.86097, 37.84406  226
O499MBSP 199906 -122.40520, 36.70703, -121.83510, 37.04510    9
S199MBSP 199910 -122.17825, 36.84119, -121.94952, 36.97814   22

Possible attributes in the point attribute table .PAT for each point data file. Not every attribute appears in all the .PATs.

LONGITUDE83  longitude of point (decimal degrees), datum NAD83
LATITUDE83   latitude of point (decimal degrees), datum NAD83
CRUISEID     cruise identifier, for example M195MB
NAVTIMEC     navigation time when sample was collected in
             YYYYDDDHHMMSSS format where YYYY is year,
             DDD day of the year (1-366), HH hour (0-23),
             MM minutes (0-59), SSS seconds (0-59) and tenths
             of seconds (0-9)
DEPTH_M      depth of water (meters) at sample site
SAMPLEID     sample identifier
EQUIPMENT    type of equipment used to collect sample
EPA_NO       sample identifier based on U.S. Environmental
             Protection Agency (EPA) sampling scheme
LENGTH_M     length of core (meters)
    **  REDEFINED ITEMS  ** /* for labeling
YEAR         4-character year part of NAVTIMEC
DAY          3-character day part of NAVTIMEC
HOUR         2-character hour part of NAVTIMEC
MIN          2-character minute part of NAVTIMEC
SEC          2-character second part of NAVTIMEC
TSEC         1-character tenths of seconds part of NAVTIMEC

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong

Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator

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) 329-5327

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:

Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.

Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 01-179

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcInfo

Format_Version_Number: 8.0.2

Format_Information_Content: sample location points with attributes

Transfer_Size: 1 megabyte

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/>

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010402

Metadata_Review_Date: 200105

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong

Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator

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) 329-5327

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints: none