Photographs of vibracores collected during a Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute cruise in February 2019 offshore of south-central California (USGS FAN 2019-603-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: Charles K. Paull
Originator: Roberto Gwiazda
Originator: Eve Lundsten
Originator: Linda Kuhnz
Originator: Thomas D. Lorenson
Originator: Mary L. McGann
Originator: Nora M. Nieminski
Originator: Jason A. Addison
Publication_Date: 20211016
Title:

Photographs of vibracores collected during a Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute cruise in February 2019 offshore of south-central California (USGS FAN 2019-603-FA)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: zipped TIFF images
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9E2OP35

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/P9E2OP35
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Donated ROV vibracore and sampling data collected during Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute cruises in 2019 offshore of south-central California.

Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9E2OP35

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/P9E2OP35

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset includes photographs of 49 vibracores that were collected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in February 2019 aboard the R/V Western Flyer using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts. The collection of these cores was funded entirely by MBARI, and the cores have been donated to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The cores were collected in collaboration with the USGS and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and are located in the same study area as the collaborative California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing (Cal DIG I) project. The purpose of the overall Cal DIG I 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 the study area's proximity to power grid infrastructure associated with the Morro Bay power plant. These 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=2019-603-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: 20190204

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: -121.355813
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.92941
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.73896
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.964046

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:97fb3f10-8d1d-403c-bec5-b06ab2afb0a7

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: MBARI_ROV_Feb2019_thumbnail.png
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image overview of the project area with sample locations
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:

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 horizontal positioning for vibracores was determined using a Sonardyne Ranger 2720 USBL with Lodestar AHARS equipped on the ROV Doc Ricketts.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No vertical positional accuracy tests were conducted

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Vibracores were collected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts aboard the R/V Western Flyer. The cores were transported back to the Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, Calif. where they were split and photographed using a MSCL Geoscan V linescan system. Some of the cores were divided into multiple sections, resulting in 75 photographs of the 49 split cores. Split cores with multiple sections 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.

Process_Date: 20210323

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: 75

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: 2019-603-FA_Feb2019vibracore.zip
Entity_Type_Definition:

Zipped folder contains TIFF images per split vibracore or vibracore segment, both with and without the ruler, and their respective software-proprietary xml files. Photographs for each core segment are in their own sub-folder with the following naming convention: DR11XX VC-7XX SECX PHOTO, where DR11XX is the ROV Doc Ricketts dive number, VC-7XX is the vibracores number given in the field, and SECX is the core section (if the core was not divided into sections, then this part of the file name is omitted).

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IM001_01.xml
Attribute_Definition:

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

Image-type = giTIFImage
CoreID = DR1223 VC-731 SEC# Photo
Section-number = 1
Image-number = 1
Physical Width = 8.57
Physical Height = 149.30
Physical Top = 0.00
Pixels Per Scan = 5
Pixels per CM = 100
Horizontal Resolution = 100
Exposure time ms = 20
Calibration Aperture = 12.41
Image Aperture = 4.07
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 = 859
Scan Lines = 14950
Filename = IM001_01.tif
Geotek camera lighting version="2" mode="visible" Bank2cluster1="0" Bank2cluster2="0" Bank2cluster3="0" Bank2cluster4="0" 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 = 4
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:

2019-603-FA_Feb2019vibracore.zip contains photographs of split vibracores archived using the tar.gz command. The data are divided up and presented by core sample, 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_Version_Date: 20210225
Format_Information_Content:

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/P9E2OP35

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded by 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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