Bottom Sediment Granulometric Data for the Continental Margins of the Bering, Chukchi, East Siberia, Laptev, and Beaufort Seas

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These data are part of Roberts, Richard W., University of Washington, Department of Oceanography Special Report No. 70, Bottom Sediment Granulometric Data for the Continental Margins of the Bering, Chukchi, East Siberian, Laptev, and Beaufort Seas. Data in the report represent granulometric analyses conducted by UW of over 4,300 sediment samples from approximately 1,500 stations collected during cruises of the Brown Bear, Thomas G. Thompson, Northwind, Staten Island, Burton Island, Surveyor, John N. Cobb, and Drifting Ice Station Alpha II. The full report accompanying the tabular data is available in .pdf form online (27.4 Mbytes).Data include collecting institution, ship, cruise, sample id, latitude/longitude, date of collection, water depth, sampling device, method of analysis, sample weight, sampled interval, raw weight percentages of sediment, within a given phi range. Some samples also have percentages of total gravel, sand, silt, clay, and statistical measurements such as mean, median, skewness, kurtosis, and standard deviation of grain size. These data are also included in the NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database (doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W).
  • Cite as: Richard W. Roberts. 1976: Bottom Sediment Granulometric Data for the Continental Margins of the Bering, Chukchi, East Siberia, Laptev, and Beaufort Seas. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date].
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Coverage Description Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Laptev Sea, Beaufort Sea
Time Period 1959-06-29 to 1970-09-14
Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West:-180
East:180
South:54.75
North:78.16
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
Publication Dates
  • publication: 1976-10-31
  • revision: 1976-10-31
Edition First
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency Not planned - Completed data set, no additions planned.
Supplemental Information
Data consist of 4,320 analyses of 1,499 cores/grabs most of which correspond to samples previously in the University of Washington sample repository which were transferred to Oregon State University. An accompanying data report is available in PDF and microfiche form. A formatted data listing is also available on microfilm reel 1396.
Purpose environmental research
Use Limitations
  • Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Richard W. Roberts. 1976: Bottom Sediment Granulometric Data for the Continental Margins of the Bering, Chukchi, East Siberia, Laptev, and Beaufort Seas. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
  • Richard W. Roberts
    University of Washington
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Acknowledgments
  • Data compilation was funded by Grant OCE76-20834, from the National Science Foundation, with additional support from the Office of Naval Research, the US Atomic Energy Commission, and the US Geological Survey.
Theme keywords Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Scientific archives
  • Electronic records
  • Oceanography
  • Ocean bottom
  • Geology
  • Submarine geology
  • Marine sediments
SeaDataNet Common Vocabularies
  • Marine geology
USGS Science Topics
  • Sea-floor characteristics
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments
  • Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Geotechnical Properties
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentation
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Platform keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
  • In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships
Instrument keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers
Place keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
  • Vertical Location >Sea Floor
  • Ocean > Arctic Ocean
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA
  • Ocean > Arctic Ocean > CHUKCHI SEA
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
  • Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea
  • Ocean > Arctic Ocean > East Siberian Sea
  • Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Laptev Sea
Project keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
  • Unknown
  • ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System
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Other Constraints Cite as: Richard W. Roberts. 1976: Bottom Sediment Granulometric Data for the Continental Margins of the Bering, Chukchi, East Siberia, Laptev, and Beaufort Seas. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date].
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Lineage Statement Data were received as ASCII, nine track magnetic tape, 19,400 total original 80 character records in 24 files, 4000 character blocksize. in originator's format and translated to the 073 fixed-field format for upload to the NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database (doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W).
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  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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