Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.geology:G02881

Aggregation Info | Bands | Citations | Constraints | Coverage Descriptions | Dimensions | Extents | Formats | Geographic Bounding Box
Georectified Information | Georeferenceable Information | Identifiers | Instruments | Mediums | OnlineResources | Operations
Platforms | Process Steps | Range Elements | Reference Systems | Responsible Parties | Series | Sources | Spatial Grids | Temporal Extents

MD_DataIdentification

Count Component Title Abstract
1 BLM/OCS Southern California Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Baseline Studies Data in this file were produced by Science Applications, Inc., prime contractor on the Bureau of Land Management/Outer Continental Shelf - Southern California Studies (BLM/OCS). Data consist of six data files (benthic sediment characteristics, benthic sediment hydrocarbons, intertidal sediment hydrocarbons, intertidal sediment trace metals, benthic sediment trace metals, and intertidal sediment characteristics). Data are derived from 801 grab and box core samples from the sea floor offshore Southern California. Original documentation have been scanned as images to a .PDF document. The data were received on August 19, 1977. Some documentation has been transcribed to an ASCII readme file. Additional data codes and documentation are in poor, extremely hard to read condition. There are known problems in these data files, including truncation of records past the 80th column in the first file (Benthic Sediment Characteristics). Other problems exist in device codes and analyses that were unable to be resolved by multiple exchanges with the contributors. Additional problems may exist, including deviations from the specified formats.
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SV_Identification

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CI_Citation

Count Component Title Date Citation Identifier
1 BLM/OCS Southern California Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Baseline Studies
    1977-08-10
    1977-08-10
1 CIESIN Keyword Thesaurus
    1 Documentation for the BLM/OCS/Southern California Baseline Studies dataset.
      1976-01-01
    1 European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
      2008-11-12
    1 GCMD Data Center Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
      2020-01-09
    1 GCMD Instrument Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
      2020-01-09
    1 GCMD Location Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
      2020-01-09
    1 GCMD Platform Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
      2020-01-09
    1 GCMD Project Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
      2020-01-09
    1 GCMD Science Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
      2020-01-09
    1 Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress Subject Headings
      1 NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive
        1977-12-31
      1 NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF
        2015-10-05
      1 NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
        1 SeaDataNet Common Vocabularies SeaDataNet Common Vocabularies
          1 The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database
            1976-12-31
          doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W
          1 USGS Science Topics USGS Science Topics
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            CI_Series

            Count Component Name Issue Identification Page
            1 Marine Geology and Geophysics (MGG) MGG64995001/BLM/OCS/Southern California Baseline Studies
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            CI_ResponsibleParty

            Count Component Individual Organization Position Email Role Linkage
            3 https://doi.org/10.7289/V5G44N6W
            1 European Petroleum Survey Group http://www.epsg-registry.org/
            1 John Wilson Science Applications, Inc. author
            6 GCMD Landing Page NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Data and Information System custodian https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
            3 NCEI (pointOfContact) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
            1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher
            1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information resourceProvider
            1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author
            1 NCEI (distributor) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
            1 National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA author
            1 resourceProvider - SeaDataNet SeaDataNet resourceProvider http://www.seadatanet.org/Standards-Software/Common-Vocabularies
            1 resourceProvider - US Geological Survey US Geological Survey resourceProvider https://www2.usgs.gov/science/about/
            1 resourceProvider - US Library of Congress US Library of Congress resourceProvider http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
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            CI_OnlineResource

            Count Component Linkage Name Description Function
            1 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are part of a Linked Data Service, actively maintained since 1898 to catalog materials held at the Library of Congress. information
            1 http://www.epsg-registry.org/ European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Dataset Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search
            1 http://www.seadatanet.org/Standards-Software/Common-Vocabularies SeaDataNet Common Vocabularies The SeaDataNet Vocabulary Server is populated with lists describing a wide range of entities relevant to marine metadata and data such as parameters, sea area names, platform classes, instrument types, and so on. information
            1 https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/Collection/iso/xml/Marine_Geology.xml&view=getDataView&header=none Parent Archive Information about the Marine Geology Data Archive at NCEI. information
            1 https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/xml/G02881.xml&view=getDataView&header=none Metadata Landing Page Information about the data set, all access options, and complete documentation. information
            1 https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/ Marine geology metadata records. search
            1 https://doi.org/10.7289/V5G44N6W Related database (doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W) This database contains related grain size data. information
            6 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information
            3 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information
            1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/g02881/ Data files and documentation Download data files and documentation download
            1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/g02881/readme.txt Readme file Data set information summary, followed by record format and field contents for all data types. information
            1 https://www2.usgs.gov/science/about/ USGS Thesaurus The USGS Thesaurus contains thematic terms for categorizing information resources intended to support finding and understanding scientific information. information
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            MD_Identifier or RS_Identifier

            Count Component Code
            1 In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS
            1 doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W
            1 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326
            1 various
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            EX_Extent

            Bounding Box Temporal Extent
            Count Component Description West East North South Start End
            1 Offshore Southern California -120.533 -117.251 34.411 30.666 1975-9-8 1976-5-7
            Unresolved Xlinks
            #boundingExtent at: gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:scope/gmd:DQ_Scope/gmd:extent
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            EX_GeographicBoundingBox

            Count Component West East North South
            1 -120.533 -117.251 34.411 30.666
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            EX_TemporalExtent

            Count Component Start End
            1 1975-9-8 1976-5-7
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            MD_Format

            Count Component Name Version specification
            1 ASCII UTF-8 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text format.
            1 PDF Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
            1 tar.gz unknown compressed tape archive (tar) file
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            MD_Medium

            none found
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            MD_Constraints

            Count Component Use Limitation
            1 NCEI Copyright Statement Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
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            MD_ReferenceSystem

            Count Component Code Authority Title
            1 EPSG 4326 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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            MD_GridSpatialRepresentation

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            MD_Georeferenceable or MI_Georeferenceable

            none found
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            MD_Georectified or MI_Georectified

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            MD_Dimension

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            MD_CoverageDescription or MI_CoverageDescription

            Count Component Attribute Description Content Type
            1 point The Latitude and Longitude (point) from which a sample of sediment or rock was collected from the sea floor or a lakebed.
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            MD_Band or MI_Band

            Count Component Identifier Descriptor
            1 Latitude Distance measured north or south from the equator. Distance north is positive, distance south is negative.
            1 Longitude Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian (which is the north/south line that runs through Greenwich, England), values measured east are positive and values measured west are negative.
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            MI_RangeElementDescription

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            MD_AggregateInformation

            Count Component Title Code Association Type Code
            1 Marine Geology Archive NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive largerWorkCitation
            1 NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF crossReference
            1 NGDC SEAFLOOR SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE DATABASE The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database crossReference
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            LE_Source or LI_Source

            Count Component Title Date Description
            1 Unknown John Wilson Science Applications, Inc.
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            LE_ProcessStep or LI_ProcessStep

            Count Component DateTime Description
            1 1977-08-10T00:00:00 From 1975 through the 1980s, most sediment data collected as part of offshore environmental baseline and/or habitat studies were part of a suite of measurements sent to NODC or NODC liasons. NODC data managers, primarily Francis Mitchel, then sent the sediment-related data (e.g., physical properties, composition, geochemstry, mineralogy) to the former NGDC as the authoritative archive and distribution point for sediment data. Many sediment analyses and descriptions, however, were maintained by NODC as benthic habitat data, and some additional sediment data were duplicated between the NODC and NGDC archives.
            1 2015-04-22T00:00:00 NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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            MI_Operation

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            MI_Platform

            Count Component Code Description
            1 In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS Various ocean-based and lake-based ships, boats, remotely operated vehicles, submersibles, and other unspecified types of platforms
            Unresolved Xlinks
            In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships at: gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:platform
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            MI_Instrument

            Count Component Code Type Description
            1 various
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