Daniel J. Kennedy
Maureen A. Walton
Guy R. Cochrane
Charlie Paull
Roberto Gwiazda
Thomas D. Lorenson
Jason A. Addison
Eve Lundsten
20211016
Location and depth data for piston and gravity cores collected in September 2019 offshore of south-central California (USGS FAN 2019-642-FA)
comma-delimited text
data release
DOI:10.5066/P9DE639J
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DE639J
Daniel J. Kennedy
Maureen A. Walton
Guy R. Cochrane
Charlie Paull
Roberto Gwiazda
Thomas D. Lorenson
Jason A. Addison
Eve Lundsten
2021
Piston and gravity core data collected during USGS cruise 2019-642-FA offshore of south-central California in support of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing (Cal DIG I) alternative energy project, September 2019
data release
DOI:10.5066/P9DE639J
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DE639J
This dataset includes the location and depth information for 39 piston and gravity cores that were collected as part of a groundtruthing survey in September 2019 aboard the R/V Bold Horizon. This dataset is one of several collected as part of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)-funded California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing (Cal DIG I) project. The purpose of the study is to assess shallow geohazards, benthic habitats, and thereby the potential for alternative energy infrastructure (namely floating wind turbines) offshore south-central California due to its proximity to power grid infrastructure associated with the Morro Bay power plant. These core data provide information about the geology of the seafloor and shallow subsurface offshore of the south-central California coast.
This dataset was collected in order to identify shallow geohazards, benthic habitats, and thereby the potential for alternative energy infrastructure (namely floating wind turbines) offshore south-central California due to its proximity to power grid infrastructure associated with the Morro Bay power plant.
Additional information about the USGS field activity from which these data were derived is available online at:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2019-642-FA
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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ground condition at the time the samples were collected
None planned
-121.106945
-121.869382
35.782235
34.535102
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:4927a10e-d489-4159-a5c6-57696a262b43
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
Data Categories for Marine Planning
Nonliving resources
Physical/Chemical Features
Substrate
Physical Habitats and Geomorphology
USGS Thesaurus
core analysis
coastal processes
hazards
Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
sediment
submarine landslides
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
CMHRP
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
PCMSC
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
BOEM
California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing
Cal DIG I
Bold Horizon
Boho
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Pacific Ocean
Diablo Canyon
Morro Bay
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
Santa Lucia Bank
Diablo Canyon
Santa Barbara Basin
None
USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the originator of the dataset and in products derived from these data.
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
mailing and physical
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
831-427-4747
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
2019-642-FA_core_thumbnail.png
Bathymetry map of study area with sample sites in purple
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No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted
No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted
Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
The locations of samples were determined using the R/V Bold Horizon's internal Yonav navigation system. No other formal positional accuracy tests were conducted.
Piston and gravity cores were collected at sea aboard the R/V Bold Horizon on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cruise 2019-642-FA in conjunction with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Location and depth information for each core sample are reported in this dataset.
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Point
Point
40
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0.00001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.0
298.257223563
2019-642-FA_core_locations_depths
CSV spreadsheet containing location and depth information of core samples collected during this dataset
Producer defined
Site name
Name of core sample
producer defined
Unique identifier for the core sample given in the field, where GC=gravity core and JPC=jumbo piston core
Lat DD
Latitude coordinate of core samples
Producer defined
34.535102
35.782235
Decimal degrees
Long DD
Longitude coordinate of core samples
producer defined
-121.869382
-121.106945
Decimal degrees
Depth m
Depth at which core sample was collected
producer defined
450
1123
Meters
The first line of the csv file is a header line.
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
mailing and physical
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
831-427-4747
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
comma-separated value (csv) file containing location and depth information
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
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comma-separated value (csv) file containing location and depth information
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DE639J
Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links then scrolling down to the Sampling Data section.
None.
These data can be viewed with Excel or any text-reading software.
20211016
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
mailing and physical
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
831-427-4747
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998