Photographs of piston and gravity cores collected in September 2019 offshore of south-central California (USGS FAN 2019-642-FA)

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Daniel J. Kennedy
Originator: Maureen A. Walton
Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
Originator: Charlie Paull
Originator: Roberto Gwiazda
Originator: Thomas D. Lorenson
Originator: Jason A. Addison
Originator: Eve Lundsten
Publication_Date: 20211016
Title:

Photographs of piston and gravity cores collected in September 2019 offshore of south-central California (USGS FAN 2019-642-FA)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: TIFF
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9DE639J

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DE639J
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

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

Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9DE639J

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DE639J

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset includes photographs of 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.

Purpose:

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.

Supplemental_Information:

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. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20190927

Currentness_Reference: ground condition at the time the samples were collected

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.106945
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.869382
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.782235
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.535102

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:673098db-4829-4798-a3ec-19689c1dc2ac

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Nonliving resources
Theme_Keyword: Physical/Chemical Features
Theme_Keyword: Substrate
Theme_Keyword: Physical Habitats and Geomorphology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: core analysis
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme_Keyword: hazards

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: sediment
Theme_Keyword: submarine landslides

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Diablo Canyon
Place_Keyword: Morro Bay

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: 2019-642-FA_core_thumbnail.png
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Bathymetry map of study area with sample sites in purple
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: png

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted
Completeness_Report:

Piston and gravity cores were collected from 39 of the 40 sampling sites. No cores were retrieved from sampling site 08GC. 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.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No vertical positional accuracy tests were conducted

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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). The cores were transported back to the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, CA, where they were split and photographed using a multi-sensor core logger (MSCL) Geoscan V linescan system. Some of the cores were divided into multiple sections and are indicated as such in the filename. A ruler was added to the TIFF images using the Geotek Add Ruler v.1.4 software, which exported the final TIFF and software-proprietary XML files, adding “R” to the file name. Files have been zipped together by the sampling site name given in the field.

Process_Date: 20200320

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 39

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1927
Altitude_Resolution: 0.1
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: ##JPC.tar.gz
Entity_Type_Definition:

Each zipped folder contains TIFF images per split core or core segment, both with and without the ruler, and their respective software-proprietary xml files.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 09GC.xml
Attribute_Definition:

Example of Geotek software-proprietary XML files for each split core image:

Image-type = giTIFImage
CoreID = 09GC_section1, where GC=gravity core, and JPC=jumbo piston core
Section-number = 1
Physical Width = 10.41
Physical Height = 114.30
Physical Top = 0.00
Pixels Per Scan = 5
Pixels per CM = 200
Horizontal Resolution = 200
Exposure time ms = 40
Calibration Aperture = 3.90
Image Aperture = 4.83
Red High Calibration = 18.0
Green High Calibration = 18.0
Blue High Calibration = 18.0
Red Low Calibration = 0.0
Green Low Calibration = 0.0
Blue Low Calibration = 0.0
Pixel Width = 2083
Scan Lines = 22860
Filename = IM001_01.tif
Geotek camera lighting version="2" mode="visible"
visible-lighting-data
bank-two
bank2cluster1="0"
bank2cluster2="0"
bank2cluster3="0"
bank2cluster4="0"
bank-one
bank1cluster1="0"
bank1cluster2="0"
bank1cluster3="0"
bank1cluster4="0"
Convg-x-red=0
Convg-x-green = 0
Convg-x-blue = 0
Convg-y-red = 0
Convg-y-green = 2
Convg-y-blue = 8
is-a-sync-scan-image = 0
geotek-image

Attribute_Definition_Source: Geotek
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: example only

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Line scan photo of split cores from MSCL logger.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS
Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

Split core photos are archived in tar.gz format. The data are divided up and presented by sampling site, as reflected in the individual file name(s).

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made 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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: TIFF
Format_Version_Number: NA
Format_Information_Content:

Split core photos are archived in tar.gz format. The data are divided up and presented by sampling site, as reflected in the individual file name(s).

File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DE639J

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name link then scrolling down to the Sampling Data section.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites: These data can be viewed with image-reading software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20211016
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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