Environmental Assessment of an Active Oil Field in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico 1978-1979. EPA-IAG-DS-E693-EO Buccaneer Oil Field Study NGDC Data Set #MGG03495004 obtained from: U.S. Department of Commerce National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/mggd.html) & co-located World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics, Boulder _______________________________________________________________________ NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THESE DATA _______________________________________________________________________ AVAILABILITY Data are available for download from this server at no charge, data are also available in other formats. NGDC/WDC MGG, Boulder Technical Contact: Carla Moore NOAA/NGDC E/GC3 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 USA phone: 303-497-6339 fax: 303-497-6513 email: Carla.J.Moore@noaa.gov File name: 03495004.tss.txt - trapped suspended sediment TRAPPED SUSPENDED SEDIMENT: Originator Identification: Dr. John B. Anderson Rice University Department of Geology Houston, Texas 77001 713-527-8101 x4880 Platform: Cruise numbers: EPA Buccaneer Oil Field Study Received: 4/22/80 Analytical methods: There is one record type: station Each physical record on the tape contains 2000 bytes and consists of 25 logical records as described. Trapped suspended sediment record type 1 station/sample: Field name Col. Len. Format Use and meaning ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File type 1 2 I2 "23" - constant Record type 3 1 I1 "1" - constant Station 4 2 I2 station number Date 6 6 3I2 date of sample, month, day and year 19__ assumed Structure 12 6 A6 structure name Latitude 18 6 3I2 latitude in degrees, minutes and seconds Longitude 24 6 3I2 longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds Trap 30 1 A1 type of trap (code) S=shallow depth trap M=mid depth trap N=near bottom trap Segment 31 1 A1 portion of sediment where sample taken (code) T=top B=bottom Amount 32 2 I2 depth in trap where sample taken in cm. Organic content 34 3 I3 organic content in percent Detrital mineral content 37 3 I3 detrital mineral content in percent Mean 40 6 F6.3 mean grain size SD 46 6 F6.3 standard deviation no other analytical methods/documentation included with file. DATA RECORDS: 231 1111277288A 285327944142ST 1 71 30 231 2111277288A 285327944142S 3 73 27 231 3111277288A 285327944142MT 1 61 39 7.536 1.593 231 4111277288A 285327944142M 2 60 40 7.841 1.515 231 5111277288A 285327944142M 3 57 43 231 6111277288A 285327944142M 5 54 46 7.962 1.678 231 7111277288A 285327944142M 8 50 50 8.897 1.567 231 8111277288A 285327944142N 3 22 78 7.867 1.697 231 9111277288A 285327944142N 6 24 76 23110111277288A 285327944142N 10 20 80 7.711 1.725 23111062177296B 285202944152ST 73 27 23112062177296B 285202944152SB 69 31 23113062177296B 285202944152MT 55 45 7.813 1.528 23114062177296B 285202944152MB 70 30 23115062177296B 285202944152N 4 11 89 6.590 1.779 23116062177296B 285202944152N 6 8 92 6.500 1.721 23117062177296B 285202944152N 8 6 94 6.369 1.526 231180621772883 285326944109ST 69 31 231190621772883 285326944109SB 71 29 231200621772883 285326944109M 2 54 46 8.810 1.535 231210621772883 285326944109M 5 79 21 231220621772883 285326944109N 35 65 7.005 1.372 23123081177296B 285202944152ST 93 7 23124081177296B 285202944152SB 90 10 23125081177296B 285202944152MT 95 5 23126081177296B 285202944152MB 92 8 23127081177296B 285202944152N 43 57 5.994 1.930 231280811772883 285326944109ST 86 14 231290811772883 285326944109SB 80 20 231300811772883 285326944109MT 93 7 231310811772883 285326944109MB 90 10 231320811772883 285326944109N 59 41 6.172 1.475