{
    "tag": 7659,
    "title": "2008 Digitized Shoreline for Breton Island, Louisiana (Geographic, NAD83)",
    "pubdate": "20160125",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "doi:10.5066\/F7XS5SGM",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/spcmsc\/Breton_Island_2008_Shoreline_Metadata.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "Shorelines were derived from the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center high-resolution orthorectified images collected on October 01, 2008. This dataset contains digitized shorelines created from the USGS imagery for Breton Island, Louisiana. Shorelines were digitized in ArcMap 10.2.2 so they could be used for area and shoreline change analysis, using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) Version 4.0.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Terrano, Joseph F.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Smith, Kathryn E. L.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Flocks, James G.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2069",
            "name": "barrier island migration",
            "scope": "The slow, landward movement of barrier islands in response to sea level rise and repeated storm washover."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1799",
            "name": "coastal processes",
            "scope": "Processes unique to coastal areas including longshore transport, beach erosion, storm surge, shoreline change, delta formation, barrier island migration, beach stabilization by vegetation"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "353",
            "name": "erosion",
            "scope": "The process whereby materials of the earth's crust are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and simultaneously moved from one place to another."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2072",
            "name": "shoreline accretion",
            "scope": "Seaward migration of the shoreline resulting from the addition of earth materials."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "003",
            "name": "boundaries",
            "scope": "Legal land descriptions, for example political and administrative boundaries, governmental units, marine boundaries, voting districts, school districts, international boundaries"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "006",
            "name": "elevation",
            "scope": "Height above or below sea level, for example altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, derived products, DEMs, TINs"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "007",
            "name": "environment",
            "scope": "Environmental resources, protection and conservation, for example environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape, water quality, air quality, environmental modeling"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "008",
            "name": "geoscientificInformation",
            "scope": "Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "58",
            "name": "barrier island migration",
            "scope": "the slow, landward movement of barrier islands in response to sea level rise and repeated storm washover."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "427",
            "name": "mapping",
            "scope": "in addition to traditional cartographic methods, this term is used for all field activities that document spatial relationships of scientific interest."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "177",
            "name": "shore",
            "scope": "the boundary between an ocean, sea, or lake and the adjacent dry land."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "68",
            "name": "shoreline accretion",
            "scope": "seaward migration of the shoreline resulting from the addition of earth materials."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "69",
            "name": "shoreline erosion",
            "scope": "landward migration of the shoreline resulting from the removal of earth materials."
        }
    ],
    "place_term": [],
    "image": [],
    "fan": []
}