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The SEATAR files were compiled by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with funds
from IDOE/NSF, as part of the SIO world sediment data bank, under the direction of
Jane Frazer and Mary Fisk. Data were abstracted from published sources through 1976
and include descriptions of 5919 grabs/dredges and 2249 cores from the area 15 degrees
south to 45 degrees north, 90 degrees to 150 degrees east. The Indian Ocean, North
Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Inland Sea, Eastern China Sea, Yellow
Sea, Japan Sea, East Indian Archipelago, Coral Sea, Solomon Sea, and Bismarck Seas
are included. The files include station information, bibliographic references, and
descriptive information including lithology, percent CaCO3, constituents by grain
size, organic material/fossils, ages, other features, and minerals. Additional, geophysical
data from the SEATAR project are also available through NCEI. Digital SEATAR sediment
files are available for download. |