CMECS geoform, CMECS substrate, and surficial geology offshore of Cape Mendocino

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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: Guy R. Cochrane
Publication_Date: 20231130
Title:

CMECS geoform, CMECS substrate, and surficial geology offshore of Cape Mendocino

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9U0SUGL

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/P9U0SUGL
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
Publication_Date: 2023
Title:

Bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and benthic habitat offshore of Cape Mendocino, California

Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9U0SUGL

Publication_Information:

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

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested Citation: Cochrane, G.R., 2023, Bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and benthic habitat offshore of Cape Mendocino, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U0SUGL.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U0SUGL

Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile has substrate, geomorphic, and geologic attributed polygons in the Offshore of Cape Mendocino, California, map area, one of 83 map areas of the California State Waters Map Series, USGS Data Series 781 (Golden, 2019). The polygons are derived from multibeam echosounder (MBES) data and derivatives of that data using video-supervised and unsupervised classification. Attributes and attribute values are named following the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS; Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2012) to be useful for ecosystems management.

Purpose:

To expand geologic mapping to the seafloor within California's State Waters, to update coastal habitat mapping, and to contribute to a uniform regional habitat database. Additionally, to provide a habitat map for the public and Eco-science community to aid in land-use and land-management decisions both onshore and offshore.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional information about the USGS field activities from which some of these data were derived is available online at:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=C210NC
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: 2011

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.541806
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.372692
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.539138
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.376863

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:b5ab92d4-862c-4751-ba0d-e5a5a75a7809

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Physical Habitats and Geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: Habitat
Theme_Keyword: Invertebrates
Theme_Keyword: Biodiversity

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: seabed
Theme_Keyword: field observation

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: Cape Mendocino
Place_Keyword: State of California
Place_Keyword: Humboldt County

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 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: CMECS_OffshoreCapeMendocino.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Preview image of classified CMECS geoforms offshore of Cape Mendocino

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcGIS 10.8.2, Windows 10
Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Nadine Golden
Publication_Date: 2019
Title: California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Series
Issue_Identification: DS 781

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Golden, N.E., compiler, 2019, California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Federal Geographic Data Committee
Publication_Date: 2012
Title: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
Other_Citation_Details:

Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2012, Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, 343 p.

Online_Linkage:

https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/cmecs-folder/CMECS_Version_06-2012_FINAL.pdf

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:

Video-supervised classification of sonar data for mapping seafloor habitat

Other_Citation_Details:

Cochrane, G.R., 2008, Video-supervised classification of sonar data for mapping seafloor habitat, in Reynolds, J.R., and Greene, H.G., eds., Marine habitat mapping technology for Alaska: Fairbanks, University of Alaska, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, p. 185-194.

Online_Linkage: https://seagrant.uaf.edu/lib/aksg/0803/mhmta-cochrane.pdf

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R.J. McLaughlin
Originator: S.D. Ellen,
Originator: M.C. Blake, Jr.,
Originator: A.S. Jayko,
Originator: W.P. Irwin,
Originator: K.R. Aalto,
Originator: G.A. Carver, and
Originator: S.H. Clarke, Jr.
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Geology of the Cape Mendocino, Eureka, Garberville, and Southwestern part of the Hayfork 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangles and Adjacent Offshore Area, Northern California

Other_Citation_Details:

R.J. McLaughlin, S.D. Ellen, M.C. Blake, Jr., A.S. Jayko, W.P. Irwin, K.R. Aalto, G.A. Carver, and S.H. Clarke, Jr., 2000, USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies MF-2336.

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2000/2336/

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Polygons were derived using video supervised classification and unsupervised classification, and attribute values assigned to polygons are based in part on geologic interpretation; the accuracy of the attribute values and of substrate observations from video cannot be quantified. Polygons were visually checked for overshoots, undershoots, duplicate features, polygon closure, and other errors by the lead author and by the GIS technicians who created the digital database.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No checks for consistency were performed on this data.
Completeness_Report:

Data are complete, in the conversion of rasters with 2-m resolution some small areas were eliminated by filtering to reduce the number of small polygons. The smallest area represented is approximately 0.5 square meters. All geospatial database elements are attributed.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Polygons were mapped by numerical classification of 2-meter-resolution backscatter intensity, and derivatives of bathymetry data, and from visual observations of underwater sea floor video. Sea floor video information position accuracies are highly variable, on the order of 10 meters. Horizontal position given is ship position. A towed camera can be on the order of 10 meters distance from the ship during deployment. MBES data have a horizontal accuracy of approximately 2 meters in continental shelf depths. A horizontal accuracy of polygon boundaries cannot be quantified.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Mosaics of bathymetry and backscatter intensity data for the map area were created from component surveys conducted by Fugro Pelagos Inc. and the California Seafloor Mapping Lab at California State University Monterey Bay in 2005.

Process_Date: 2023

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Seafloor induration was derived from the backscatter intensity and derived ruggedness rasters using the video-supervised method of Cochrane (2008). The CMECS Substrate Induration values are described in Federal Geographic Data Committee (2012).

Process_Date: 2023

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The seafloor induration raster was combined with a CMECS slope class raster, a bathymetry index raster and a CMECS depth zone raster resulting in 62 unique classes of seafloor. The raster was filtered to reduce the number of small areas and converted to polygons. The resulting shapefile has a few geoforms that were classified by hand in places where geologic interpretation was used.

Process_Date: 2023

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

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Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 10
Transverse_Mercator:

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Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.00000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.00000
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.00

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Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 10.0
Ordinate_Resolution: 10.0

Planar_Distance_Units: Meters

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Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_844
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

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Entity_Type_Label: Polygon
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygons representing geologic/geomorphic map units
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: This report

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: definition of code SI1S1BDZ5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft sloping bottom at circalittoral depth
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: definition of code SI1S2BDZ4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft sloping bottom at deep infralittoral depth
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: definition of code SI3S2BDZ3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft sloping bottom at mesobenthic depth
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: definition of code SI1S2BDZ5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft steeply sloping bottom at mesobenthic depth
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: definition of code SI3S3BDZ5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Geoform
Attribute_Definition: geoform code for polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: CMECS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p20
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, submarine canyon physiographic setting

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p20g55.2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, submarine canyon physiographic setting, slump scar geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active margin tectonic setting, continental shelf physiographic setting, depression geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p6g14
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active margin tectonic setting, continental shelf physiographic setting, depression geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p6g14.1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active margin tectonic setting, continental shelf physiographic setting, scour depression geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p6g48
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, continental shelf physiographic setting, ridge geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p6g50
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, continental shelf physiographic setting, rock outcrop geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p6g9
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, continental shelf physiographic setting, channel geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p8g48
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, continental slope physiographic setting, ridge geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p8g50
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, continental slope physiographic setting, channel geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gt2p8g62
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

convergent active continental margin tectonic setting, continental slope physiographic setting, slope geoform

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GeofrmDesc
Attribute_Definition: description of geoform
Attribute_Definition_Source: CMECS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

channel formed by gravitational transport of sediment across the shelf

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Depression
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: a soft bottom depression not part of a channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ridge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: a convex linear hard- or mixed-bottom feature
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rock outcrop
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: an exposure of bedrock on the seafloor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Scour depression
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

shallow depressed area of coarse sediment and flat bedrock formed by bottom current winnowing of shelf sediment

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shelf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: flat sediment covered continental shelf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Slope
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: sloping or steeply sloping area on the shelf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Slump scar
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: hard steeply sloping area created by slumping
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Submarine canyon
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: submarine canyon physiographic setting
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Geology
Attribute_Definition: geologic unit
Attribute_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qccf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Holocene canyon fill sand, gravel, landslide deposits, and bedrock outcrops

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Late holocene gravel with sand and shell hash
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Marine nearshore and shelf deposits (late Holocene); mostly sand; ripples common

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Coarse-grained marine nearshore and shelf deposits (late Holocene); Coarse sand and gravel to boulders

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsd
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Marine shelf scour depressions (Holocene); Inferred to be coarse sand and gravel, in low-relief scour depressions

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Fine-grained marine shelf deposits (Holocene); Mostly mud, and fine sand

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: co
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bedrock exposed by landslide
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: co2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Melange
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: co3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandstone and argillite
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: fc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sedimentary rocks of the False Cape terrane
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GeolgyDesc
Attribute_Definition: geologic unit description
Attribute_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bedrock exposed by landslide
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit co
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Holocene coarse sand and gravel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit Qmsd
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Holocene mud and fine sand
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit Qmsf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Late Holocene gravel with sand and shell hash
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit Qmg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Holocene submarine canyon fill
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit Qccf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Late Holocene sand commonly rippled
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit Qms
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Holocene coarse sand and possible gravel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit Qmsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Guy R. Cochrane

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Melange
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit co2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sandstone and argillite
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit co3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sedimentary rocks of the False Cape terrane
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: abbreviated description of geologic unit fc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: McLaughlin, R.J., and others, 2000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Substrate
Attribute_Definition: substrate code for polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: CMECS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.1.1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bedrock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.2.1.1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.2.1.2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravel mix
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.2.1.3.1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravelly sand
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.2.2.2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.2.2.3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Muddy sand
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S1.2.2.4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandy mud
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CMECS

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

shapefile consisting of 350512 polygons classified into 11 CMECS geoforms

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2012, Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, 343 p., accessed March 10, 2022, at https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/cmecs-folder/CMECS_Version_06-2012_FINAL.pdf

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS

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:

These data are available in shapefile format (CMECS_OffshoreCapeMendocino.shp and associated files) contained in a single zip file (CMECS_OffshoreCapeMendocino.zip).

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: shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 10.8.2
Format_Specification: Esri polygon shapefile
Format_Information_Content: Zip file contains the polygon shapefile
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 29.0

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U0SUGL
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781

Access_Instructions:

The data can be downloaded by going to the first Network_Resource_Name link, then scrolling down to the Habitat Data section. The second link points to a landing page for the entire California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites: These data can be viewed with GIS software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20231130
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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