U.S. East Coast Continental Margin (CONMAR) Sediment Data

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The USGS/WHOI Continental Margin (CONMAR) Data set was compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as a joint program of study of the Atlantic continental margin of the U.S. The CONMAR set contains information for 3,715 cores, dredges, and grab samples, and consists of 18 files of grain size analyses/statistical parameters, composition of clay, sand, gravel and carbonate fractions, organic contents, heavy mineral and x-ray analyses, radioactivity counts, and major chemical and trace-element analyses. An accompanying technical report contains a complete description of methodology and file organization: Hathaway, John C., 1971, Data File, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States: WHOI Reference No. 71-15. Updated data files were received in digital form in 1977. Data collection was partially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the CONMAR program and the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. These data were also included as ASCII files on the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals CDROM data set released by NGDC in 1992. The U.S. Geological Survey has incorporated these data into an updated data set available from their web site, and the original technical report is available from WHOI.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: John Hathaway. 1972: U.S. East Coast Continental Margin (CONMAR) Sediment Data. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date]

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Distribution Formats	ASCII
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Dataset Point of Contact	Marine Geology Data Manager NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information geology.info@noaa.gov


Coverage Description	U.S. East Coast continental shelf and margin
Time Period	1972-12-31 to 1977-12-31
Spatial Reference System	urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West:-70.59 East:-63.533 South:33.116 North:48.322
Spatial Coverage Map


General Documentation	Metadata Landing Page Metadata record containing information about the database and links to download data and documentation
Associated Resources	Data file, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States : vol. 2 sample collection and analytical data PDF Report at WHOI (doi:10.1575/1912/1035) Data file, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States: vol. 2 sample collection and analytical data U.S. Geological Survey East-Coast Sediment Texture Database Updated database at the USGS This database is an update of the historic CONMAR database. The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database Related database (doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W) This database contains related grain size data. NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive Parent Archive Information about the Marine Geology Data Archive at NCEI. NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF Marine geology metadata records. (search)

General Documentation

Metadata Landing Page
Metadata record containing information about the database and links to download data and documentation

Associated Resources

Data file, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States : vol. 2 sample collection and analytical data
- PDF Report at WHOI (doi:10.1575/1912/1035)
  Data file, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States: vol. 2 sample collection and analytical data
U.S. Geological Survey East-Coast Sediment Texture Database
- Updated database at the USGS
  This database is an update of the historic CONMAR database.
The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database
- Related database (doi:10.7289/V5G44N6W)
  This database contains related grain size data.
NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive
- Parent Archive
  Information about the Marine Geology Data Archive at NCEI.
NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF
- Marine geology metadata records. (search)


Publication Dates	publication: 1972-12-31 revision: 1977-05-31
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	MGG06995002, Hathaway, John C., 1971, Data File, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States: WHOI Reference No. 71-15.
Purpose	Environmental Research and Exploration
Use Limitations	Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.


Dataset Citation	Cite as: John Hathaway. 1972: U.S. East Coast Continental Margin (CONMAR) Sediment Data. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date]
Cited Authors	John Hathaway U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole, MA
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Acknowledgments	John C. Hathaway, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and the National Science Foundation (NSF)


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 > Coastal Processes Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentary Textures Earth Science > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Sediments CIESIN Keyword Thesaurus CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Resource Management
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 > Samplers > Dredging Devices In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > Grab Samplers In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers
Place keywords	Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean Vertical Location >Sea Floor
Project keywords	Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / (IDOE) INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / (IDOE) INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / (IDOE)


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Other Constraints	Cite as: John Hathaway. 1972: U.S. East Coast Continental Margin (CONMAR) Sediment Data. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date]
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Lineage Statement	Data were compiled by Dr. John C. Hathaway of the U.S. Geological Survey under the Continental Margin (CONMAR) program and submitted in digital form, with a copy of the paper report, by the author to NGDC for archive and distribution. Data were sent on a nine track magnetic tape in EBCDIC as 20 files, comprised of 120 character records unblocked, with the exception of file 7 which contained 132 character records, and file 18 which contained 80 character records. The 527 page report was scanned to PDF form. The data set was also contributed on microfiche.
Processing Environment	Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text
Source Datasets

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Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
Platform	In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS

Last Modified: 2020-04-21

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