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NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database
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    dateStamp:  2020-04-21
    metadataStandardName:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
    metadataStandardVersion:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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                title:  European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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                    date:  2008-11-12
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            code:  urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326
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            title:  NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database
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                date:  1991-10-31
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                  Anchor:  DOI doi:10.7289/V52Z13FT
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                individualName:  Moore, Carla J.
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                individualName:  Alameddin, George
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                individualName:  Chen, Kuiying
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                individualName:  Mark Barton
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                name:  Marine Geology and Geophysics (MGG)
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        abstract:  The Marine Minerals Geochemical Database was created by NGDC as a part of a project to construct a comprehensive computerized bibliography and geochemical database as a Cooperative effort with the Ocean Minerals and Energy Division of the National Ocean Service of NOAA, and the Office of Marine Minerals and International Activities (INTERMAR) of the Minerals Management Service. The marine minerals project was begun in April of 1983, and ended in 1991. Active compilation of the bibliography ended at NGDC in the fall of 1991. Coding of geochemical analyses at NGDC ended in 1989. The marine minerals database contains geochemical analyses and auxiliary information on present-day marine deposits of primarily ferromanganese nodules and crusts, but also contains some data for heavy minerals, and phosphorites. The NOAA & MMS Marine Minerals CDROM data set, funded by INTERMAR, containing the marine minerals geochemical database and bibliography with access software for PC and Macintosh platforms was released by NGDC in October of 1991. Sources of data include the historic Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) manganese nodule analysis file, the CNEXO ferromanganese nodule analysis file, ferromanganese crust data compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey, and data coded at NGDC from the scientific literature. A placer data set from the USGS is also included. The ferromanganese nodule/crust portion of the database contains over 140,000 element/oxide analyses. Approximately 1,400 heavy mineral analyses and fewer than 300 phosphorite analyses are in the database. The geochemical database is described online through the NGDC server.The geochemical database has been corrected and updated by the International Seabed Authority, sponsored by the United Nations - their geochemical database supersedes the NGDC database.
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                    electronicMailAddress:  geology.info@noaa.gov
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            keyword:  Oceanography
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            keyword:  Geology
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            keyword:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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            keyword:  Geographic Region > Global Ocean
            keyword:  Vertical Location >Sea Floor
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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:  Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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            otherConstraints:  Cite as: Grant, J. Bruce; Moore, Carla J.; Alameddin, George; Chen, Kuiying and Mark Barton. 1991: NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database. First. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.7289/V52Z13FT. Accessed [date].
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            otherConstraints:  Access to this dataset is unrestricted, however no search/subset capabilities are provided by NCEI.
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            useLimitation:  Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
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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 NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Marine Minerals Bibliography
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                    date:  1992-10-31
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                otherCitationDetails:  The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database is part of an NGDC CD-ROM Data Set described in Data Announcement 92-MGG-05, December 1992, NNDC product number G01323-CDR-A0001.
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                      Anchor:  DOI doi:10.7289/V53X84KN
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                    organisationName:  Warnken, R.
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                otherCitationDetails:  Warnken, Robin R., Virden, William T., and Carla J. Moore (1992): The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V53X84KN
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                    date:  2015-01-01
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                otherCitationDetails:  Dr. Jean-Marie Monget is, through a PANGAEA project, extending and updating the original NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and Geochemical Database released by the former National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) in 1992. NGDC is now part of the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
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                      Anchor:  DOI doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2297.0403
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                    date:  2015-10-05
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        environmentDescription:  Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text files Technical Prerequisites: Contact data center for information
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        supplementalInformation:  This database is partially incorporated in corrected, updated form from the International Seabed Authority
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    contentInfo:  (MI_CoverageDescription)
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          RecordType:  Database records contain geochemical analyses for marine mineral deposits of ferromanganese nodules and crusts, and heavy mineral deposits. Data were contributed or extracted from the literature.
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            name:  MMBIB Identifier
            definition:  A unique identifier tying geochemical data to the associated reference within the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography consisting of the first four letters of the (first) author last name, followed by the first letter of the (first) author first name, then the first letter of the (first) author middle name (a if no middle name), then the last two digits of the year of publication, then a two digit sequence number within the year. E.g., CRONTM8301 (Cronin, T.M., 1983). The MMBIB is also used to cross-reference source articles with geochemical data in the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemistry database. This convention has been continued by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in their bibliography and geochemical databases which are partially derived from the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and Database.
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              Record:  AAAAAA0001 - ZZZZZZ9999
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
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          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:
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              UnitDefinition:
                identifier:  corrected meters
                name:  corrected meters
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                date:  1991-10-31
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            otherCitationDetails:  Entities and attributes are completely described in a text file accompanying the dataset on the CD-ROM.
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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.
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                  DateTime:  2015-04-22T00:00:00
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    metadataMaintenance:  (MD_MaintenanceInformation)
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        maintenanceNote:  Modified for compliance to NCEI Template v1.2.
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
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                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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