Environmental Assessment of the Buccaneer Oil Field in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico 1978-1979

sample locations in study area

This data set contains analytical data from samples acquired from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico area under contract to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during 1978-1979. Individual contractors included researchers from Rice University, Moody College, and Texas A and M University. Most samples were taken from the R/V Gus III. The project was known as the "Buccaneer Oil Field" project. Caution: numerous errors found in this data set. LIST OF FILES: readme.txt (collection documentation), 03495004.cly.txt (clay mineralogy), 03495004.siz.txt (sediment size analysis), 03495004.sed.txt (surficial sediment), 03495004.tss.txt (trapped suspended sediment ), 03495004.sup.txt (suspended particulates).

Dataset Citation

Cite as: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; Rice University; Moody College and Texas A and M University. 1980: Environmental Assessment of the Buccaneer Oil Field in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico 1978-1979. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date].

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Download Data	Data files and documentation (download) Original data and documentation for MGGID 03495004.
Distribution Formats	ASCII (Version:UTF-8) File Specification: American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text format. tar.gz (Version:unknown) File Specification: compressed tape archive (tar) file
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Distributor	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov
Dataset Point of Contact	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov
Dataset Point of Contact	Marine Geology Data Manager NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information geology.info@noaa.gov


Coverage Description	Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Time Period	1978-08-18 to 1979-05-23
Spatial Reference System	urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West:-94.698 East:-94.695 South:28.866 North:28.9
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General Documentation	Metadata Landing Page Information about the data set, all access options, and complete documentation.
Associated Resources	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: 1980-08-31 revision: 1980-08-31
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	This data set contains analytical data from samples acquired from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico area under contract to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during 1978-1979. Individual contractors included researchers from Rice University, Moody College, and Texas A and M University. Most samples were taken from the R/V Gus III. The project was known as the Buccaneer Oil Field project.
Purpose	environmental studies
Use Limitations	Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.


Dataset Citation	Cite as: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; Rice University; Moody College and Texas A and M University. 1980: Environmental Assessment of the Buccaneer Oil Field in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico 1978-1979. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Rice University Moody College Texas A and M University
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Acknowledgments	NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and US Environmental Protection Agency.


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 > Marine Sediments > Sedimentation Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentary Textures Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring Earth Science > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Sediments CIESIN Keyword Thesaurus CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Resource Management CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Environmental Monitoring
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 > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > Grab Samplers
Place keywords	Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Vertical Location >Sea Floor
Project keywords	Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords OCS > Outer Continental Shelf Program ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System


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Other Constraints	Cite as: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; Rice University; Moody College and Texas A and M University. 1980: Environmental Assessment of the Buccaneer Oil Field in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico 1978-1979. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed [date].
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Lineage Statement	These data were contributed by the originator to NOAA's former National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) and may be part of a larger compilation archived as oceanographic data by NCEI. Data are available in their original form. Due to errors found during processing, the grain size data were not processed to the 073 format and are not included in the historic NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database. Data were contributed on nine track magnetic tape, EBCDIC form, 80 character records blocked to 5120 characters/block. There were 2,553 total records. Positions were not adequate for processing, NODC was notified of problems. Tape contents: 14 samples/25 records type 02,03 sediment size analysis; 84 samples/1102 records type 01, surficial sediments; 14 samples/132 records type 04, clay mineralogy; 3 samples/32 records type 01 trapped suspended sediment; 205 samples/1220 records type 01, suspended particulates.
Processing Environment	Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text
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Processing Steps	2015-04-22T00:00:00 -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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Instrument	various In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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