Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection data of USGS field activity 2016-616-FA collected in the Catalina Basin offshore southern California in February 2016

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• What does this data set describe?
  1. How might this data set be cited?
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
• Who produced the data set?
  1. Who are the originators of the data set?
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
• Why was the data set created?
• How was the data set created?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
• How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the data, including topology?
• How can someone get a copy of the data set?
  1. Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
  2. Who distributes the data?
  3. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  4. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
  5. How can I download or order the data?
• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How might this data set be cited?
   Balster-Gee, Alicia F., Brothers, Daniel S., Roland, Emily C., Kluesner, Jared W., Hart, Patrick E., Conrad, James E., Myers, Emma K., Ebuna, Daniel R., and Edwards, Joel H., 20200327, Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection data of USGS field activity 2016-616-FA collected in the Catalina Basin offshore southern California in February 2016: data release DOI:10.5066/P9BLAJ72, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California.

   Online Links:

   • https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BLAJ72
   • https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5e42eb9ee4b0edb47be84547

   This is part of the following larger work.
   Balster-Gee, Alicia F., Brothers, Daniel S., Roland, Emily C., Kluesner, Jared W., Hart, Patrick E., Conrad, James E., Myers, Emma K., Ebuna, Daniel R., and Edwards, Joel H., 2020, Multichannel minisparker and chirp seismic-reflection data of USGS field activity 2016-616-FA collected in the Catalina Basin offshore southern California in February 2016: data release DOI:10.5066/P9BLAJ72, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA.

   Online Links:

   • https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BLAJ72

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.13
   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.10986328
   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.69320931
   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.642971
   

3. What does it look like?

   https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5e42e63ee4b0edb47be8453b?name=2016-616-FA_mcs_trackline_map.png&allowOpen=true (PNG)

   MCS track line map

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: 22-Feb-2016

   Ending_Date: 26-Feb-2016

   Currentness_Reference:

   ground condition at time data were collected

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: seismic-reflection data in SEG-Y format
   

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      

      Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

      Horizontal X and Y locations for each seismic profile location are provided in ASCII position files and are stored in the SEG-Y data trace headers in header bytes 73 and 77.

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      The map projection used is WGS 1984 UTM Zone 11N.
      

      Projection parameters:

      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.0
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
      False_Easting: 500000.0
      False_Northing: 0.0
      

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0001
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0001
      Planar coordinates are specified in Meter
      The horizontal datum used is D WGS 1984.
      The ellipsoid used is WGS 1984.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257223563.
      

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

      Depth_System_Definition:

      Depth_Datum_Name: local surface
      Depth_Resolution: 0.1
      Depth_Distance_Units: two-way travel time in milliseconds
      Depth_Encoding_Method: attribute values
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

   Navigation and seismic shots with time stamp in standard SEG-Y file format

   Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

   Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Technical Standards, available for download at http://seg.org/Publications/SEG-Technical-Standards

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Alicia F. Balster-Gee
   • Daniel S. Brothers
   • Emily C. Roland
   • Jared W. Kluesner
   • Patrick E. Hart
   • James E. Conrad
   • Emma K. Myers
   • Daniel R. Ebuna
   • Joel H. Edwards
2. Who also contributed to the data set?
3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

   Attn: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

   2885 Mission Street

   Santa Cruz, CA
   

   831-427-4747 (voice)

   pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

Data were acquired to support USGS geologic hazards projects to aide hazard assessment of southern California’s offshore Catalina and San Clemente fault zones. Data collection was funded by UW Student Ship Funds. Chirp sub-bottom data, high-resolution multibeam bathymetry, and backscatter data (Dartnell and others, 2017) were collected coincidentally. These data and information are intended for science researchers, students from elementary through college, policy makers, and general public.

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   Date: 26-Feb-2016 (process 1 of 4)

   Seismic-reflection profiles were acquired using a 1.2kJ Joule minisparker source and recorded with a 150 meter, 24-channel Geometrics MicroEel analog seismic streamer with 6.25m group spacing.

   Date: 10-May-2016 (process 2 of 4)

   MCS profiles were processed using SIOSEIS and Echos seismic software. SIOSEIS processing included conversion from SEGD to SEGY and geometry. Echos processing included NMO, spherical divergence gain, three trace runmix, 80-600Hz bandpass filter, two static corrections to adjust for swell along the streamer, spiking deconvolution, stack, water column mute, trace balance, finite difference time migration, AGC, water column mute and a second 3 trace runmix. Navigation was converted to UTM zone 11N and smoothed over 50m using MatLab.

   Date: 31-May-2020 (process 3 of 4)

   Typo in Longitude of Central Meridian (longcm) tag was corrected. No data were changed. Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Susan A Cochran

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

   2885 Mission St.

   Santa Cruz, CA
   

   United States

   831-460-7545 (voice)

   scochran@usgs.gov

   Date: 19-Oct-2020 (process 4 of 4)

   Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed. Person who carried out this activity:
   

   U.S. Geological Survey

   Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross

   Marine Geologist

   384 Woods Hole Road

   Woods Hole, MA
   

   508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)

   508-457-2310 (FAX)

   vatnipp@usgs.gov

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
   Dartnell, Peter, Roland, Emily C., Brothers, Daniel, Conrad, James E., Raineault, Nicole A., Kane, Renato R., Castillo, Christopher M., Kluesner, Jared W., and Walton, Maureen AL, 2017, Multibeam bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data collected in 2016 in Catalina Basin, southern California and merged multibeam bathymetry datasets of the northern portion of the Southern California Continental Borderland.

   Online Links:

   • https://doi.org/10.5066/F7DV1H3W

   Other_Citation_Details:

   Dartnell, P., Roland, E.C., Raineault, N.A., Castillo, C.M., Conrad, J.E., Kane, R.R., Brothers, D.S., Kluesner, J.W., Walton, M.A.L., 2017, Multibeam bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data collected in 2016 in Catalina Basin, southern California and merged multibeam bathymetry datasets of the northern portion of the Southern California Continental Borderland: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7DV1H3W

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

1. How well have the observations been checked?
   Identified as the best available version
2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
   Position data were provided by a Differential Global Postitioning System (DGPS) navigation receiver. A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
   Depths shown in the seismic data files are in milliseconds (round trip travel time) and are referenced to sea level.
4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
   Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record and segy EBCDIC headers carefully for additional details.
5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
   Multichannel minisparker seismic reflection data were collected during USGS field activity 2016-616-FA using a 1.2kJ minisparker source and recorded with a Geometrics MicroEel 24-channel analog streamer. Quality control was conducted during the collection process.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

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 and the University of Washington as the originators of the dataset and in products derived from these data. This information is not intended for navigation purposes.

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   
   U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

   Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302

   Denver, CO
   

   1-888-275-8747 (voice)

   sciencebase@usgs.gov
2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? 2016-616-FA_chirp.zip This zip file contains chirp sub-bottom (SEG-Y) data collected during USGS field activity 2016-616-FA. These data are divided up and presented by navigation line, as reflected in the individual file names.
3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   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.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	Zip file contains the raw seismic data per navigation line. in format SEG-Y (version SEG-Y rev 1) Size: 2340
     Network links:	https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5e42e63ee4b0edb47be8453b https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5e42e63ee4b0edb47be8453b https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BLAJ72

   • Cost to order the data: None.

5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

   Use of SEG-Y data requires specialized software, such as Reveal by Shearwater Geophysical; ProMax and Seisworks by Landmark Geophysical; FOCUS and SeisX by Paradigm Geophysical; SPW by Parallel Geoscience; VISTA by Seismic Image Software; SeiSee by Dalmorneftegeophysica (DMNG); amongst others.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 19-Oct-2020

Metadata author:

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

Attn: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

2885 Mission Street

Santa Cruz, CA

831-427-4747 (voice)

pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)