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Data in this file were produced by Science Applications, Inc., prime contractor on
the Bureau of Land Management/Outer Continental Shelf - Southern California Studies
(BLM/OCS). Data consist of six data files (benthic sediment characteristics, benthic
sediment hydrocarbons, intertidal sediment hydrocarbons, intertidal sediment trace
metals, benthic sediment trace metals, and intertidal sediment characteristics). Data
are derived from 801 grab and box core samples from the sea floor offshore Southern
California. Original documentation have been scanned as images to a .PDF document.
The data were received on August 19, 1977. Some documentation has been transcribed
to an ASCII readme file. Additional data codes and documentation are in poor, extremely
hard to read condition. There are known problems in these data files, including truncation
of records past the 80th column in the first file (Benthic Sediment Characteristics).
Other problems exist in device codes and analyses that were unable to be resolved
by multiple exchanges with the contributors. Additional problems may exist, including
deviations from the specified formats. |