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US Geological Survey BLM/OCS Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) Sediment Analyses (Samples collected 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1976)
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                title:  European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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            title:  US Geological Survey BLM/OCS Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) Sediment Analyses (Samples collected 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1976)
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                date:  1977-10-01
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                date:  1979-03-31
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                individualName:  Norman G. (Red) Bailey
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                individualName:  James M. Robb
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                name:  Marine Geology and Geophysics (MGG)
                issueIdentification:  MGG06595001, MGG06275001, MGG06085001, MGG06595001, MGG06605001, MGG06615001
            otherCitationDetails:  Data produced by by the U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology, Woods Hole, Mass., funded by the Bureau of Land Management and NOAA
        abstract:  This data set contains analytical data from samples acquired from the Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) area of the Outer Continental Shelf, U.S. East Coast, by the U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology, Woods Hole, Mass., during the first year of environmental assessment work funded by the Bureau of Land Management (June 1975 - August 1976), on cruises of the ships Atlantis II, Advance II, Columbus Iselin, Pierce, and Gillis. The data set contains ten files. The first file ("station data") contains location and collection documentation for the subsequent files which contain the various analytical data. Data files include: baltcanyon.1.txt - collection documentation, baltcanyon.2.txt - grain size of sediments, baltcanyon.3.txt - high molecular weight hydrocarbons, baltcanyon.4.txt - hydrocarbon contaminant and intercalibration samples, baltcanyon.5.txt - trace metals, baltcanyon.6.txt - carbon content, baltcanyon.7.txt - suspended sediment (see note), baltcanyon.8.txt - suspended matter, baltcanyon.9.txt - clay mineralogy, baltcanyon.10.txt - carbon-14 dates, readme.txt - full documentation for above.
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            positionName:  Marine Geology Data Manager
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            otherConstraints:  Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
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            otherConstraints:  Cite as: Norman G. (Red) Bailey.1977: US Geological Survey BLM/OCS Baltimore Canyon (Mid-Atlantic) Sediment Analyses (Samples collected 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1976). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date]
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            otherConstraints:  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.
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                title:  The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database
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                    date:  1976-12-31
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                      Anchor:  DOI doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W
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                otherCitationDetails:  National Geophysical Data Center (1976): The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W
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                title:  NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF
                date:  (CI_Date)
                    date:  2015-10-05
                    dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode)
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                    organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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                            linkage: https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/
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                            applicationProfile:  Web Browser
                            name:  Marine geology metadata records.
                            function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) search
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            levelOfDetail:  Vertical resolution is 1 meter and horizontal resolution is .001 degree.
        language:
          LanguageCode:  eng; USA
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        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) geoscientificInformation
        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) oceans
        environmentDescription:  Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text
        extent:  (EX_Extent)
            description:  Baltimore Canyon, U.S. Atlantic East Coast
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                westBoundLongitude:  -74.261
                eastBoundLongitude:  -72.445
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                northBoundLatitude:  39.5
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                  TimePeriod:
                    description:  Publication Date
                    beginPosition:  1975-06-02
                    endPosition:  1976-08-29
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        supplementalInformation:  The first file contains location and collection documentation for the subsequent files which contain the various analytical data. The station data in the first file are keyed to the contents of the subsequent files (except file 4) by a key number. The key number merely serves as a link between the station data and various analytical data to enable the data lines to be kept shorter than 130 characters, the usual capacity of a line printer. In many cases, the key number will appear in two or three of the data files, indicating that several types of analyses were performed on subsamples of the same prime sample. Similarly, repetition of a key number within a single file indicates that analyses were performed on parts of a single prime sample - grain size analyses at intervals down a single core, for example. The core intervals or in some cases, sample depth within water columns are included in the analytical data files.
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
        attributeDescription:
          RecordType:  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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            sequenceIdentifier:
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                aName:  Latitude
                attributeType: (unknown)
            descriptor:  Distance measured north or south from the equator. Distance north is positive, distance south is negative.
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            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
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                attributeType: (unknown)
            descriptor:  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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            units:
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                identifier:  decimal degrees
                name:  decimal degrees
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
        attributeDescription:
          RecordType:  Information about the location from which a sample of sediment or rock was collected from the sea floor or a lakebed.
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            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
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            descriptor:  The depth from the surface of the water to the sea floor or lakebed at the location where a measurement was taken or sample collection was begun.
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            units:
              UnitDefinition:
                identifier:  corrected meters
                name:  corrected meters
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
        attributeDescription:
          RecordType:  Weight percent of particles within a specified size range.
        contentType:  (MD_CoverageContentTypeCode) physicalMeasurement
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            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
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                attributeType: (unknown)
            descriptor:  Percentage, by weight, of the particles from a sample or subsample that falls within a specified particle size range. The range may be expressed in milimeters or phi as inidcated in the dataset.
            maxValue:
              Real:  0
            minValue:
              Real:  100
            units: (unknown)
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    contentInfo:  (MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription)
        complianceCode:  false
        includedWithDataset:  true
        featureTypes:
          LocalName:
        featureCatalogueCitation:  (CI_Citation)
            title:  Documentation for the Baltimore Canyon area dataset.
            date:  (CI_Date)
                date:  1976-01-01
                dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) publication
            otherCitationDetails:  Entities and attributes are completely described in a text file accompanying the dataset on download.
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    distributionInfo:  (MD_Distribution)
        distributor:  (MD_Distributor)
            distributorContact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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                        electronicMailAddress:  ncei.info@noaa.gov
                    onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                        linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
                        name:  NCEI Contact Information
                        description:  Information for contacts at NCEI.
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                fees:  In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.
                orderingInstructions:  Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions.
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                    linkage: https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/xml/G02882.xml&view=getDataView&header=none
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                    description:  Information about the data set, all access options, and complete documentation.
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                    linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/g02882/
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                    applicationProfile:  Web Browser
                    name:  Data files and documentation
                    description:  All data and documentation.
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    dataQualityInfo:  (DQ_DataQuality)
        scope:  (DQ_Scope)
            level:  (MD_ScopeCode) dataset
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                dataset:  gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.geology:G02882
        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Horizontal Positional Accuracy
            measureDescription: (unknown)
            evaluationMethodDescription:  The horizontal accuracy of data values is approximately .001 degree of latitude/longitude.
            result: (unknown)
        report:  (DQ_QuantitativeAttributeAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Reliability
            measureDescription: (unknown)
            evaluationMethodDescription:  Quality control was performed by the originator. NCEI performed basic out-of-range location testing.
            result: (unknown)
        lineage:  (LI_Lineage)
            statement:  These data were contributed by the originator directly to NOAA's former National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), but may be part of a larger compilation archived as oceanographic data by NCEI. Data were received from the USGS on an ASCII nine track magnetic tape containing 10 files, each with a different record length. File contents: 1) collection documentation, 500 records; 2) grain size (not 073), 620 records; 3) Hi molecular weight hydrocarbons, 143 records; 4) hydrocarbon contamination/intercalibration, 52 records; 5) trace metals, 150 records; 6) carbon content, 40 records; 7) suspended sediment, 29 records; 8) suspended matter, 213 records; 9) clay mineralogy, 34 records; 10) carbon 14 dates, 17 records. This submission was a correction of previous update MA-1. Associated 073 grain size are part of MGG03995007.
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  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. 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.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  1979-03-31T00:00:00
            source:  (LI_Source)
                description:  Norman Bailey U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA
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                other:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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                description:  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.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2015-04-22T00:00:00
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    metadataMaintenance:  (MD_MaintenanceInformation)
        maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:  (MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode) asNeeded
        maintenanceNote:  Modified for compliance to NCEI Template v1.2.
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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            description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
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                code:  Atlantis II
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