Offshore sediment thickness data in California State Waters between Refugio and Hueneme Canyon, California (sbsedthkpt).

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Metadata:

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: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Eleyne L. Phillips
Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
Originator: Ray W. Sliter
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:

Offshore sediment thickness data in California State Waters between Refugio and Hueneme Canyon, California (sbsedthkpt).

Edition: version 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2012-1161

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1161
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121161
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Eleyne L. Phillips
Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
Originator: Ray W. Sliter
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:

Modeling of depth to base of Last Glacial Maximum and seafloor sediment thickness for the California State Waters Map Series, eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California

Edition: version 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2012-1161

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121161

Description:

Abstract:

As part of the USGS's California State Waters Mapping Project, sediment thickness for the seafloor within the 3-nautical mile limit between Gaviota and Hueneme Canyon was extracted from seismic-reflection data collected in 2007 (USGS activity (Z-3-07-SC) and 2008 (S-7-08-SC). Sediment thickness ranges from 0 to 65 m with a mean of 12 m and a standard deviation of 15 m.

Purpose:

These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional information about the field activities from which this data set was derived are available online at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/activity_info.php?fan=z307sc https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/activity_info.php?fan=s708sc
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:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2007
Ending_Date: 2009

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.206232
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.123028
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.492447
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.027787

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:c772fd7c-1d6a-491f-b72b-734eba2a10a0

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection methods
Theme_Keyword: maps and atlases
Theme_Keyword: stratigraphic thickness
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: coastal geology
Theme_Keyword: depth to last glacial maximum
Theme_Keyword: seismic-reflection data
Theme_Keyword: transgressive surface

Theme:

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

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Port Hueneme
Place_Keyword: Huememe Canyon
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Ventura
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara
Place_Keyword: Coal Oil Point
Place_Keyword: Refugio
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara Channel
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: USA

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GEOnet Names Server
Place_Keyword: north Pacific Ocean

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints: Not to be used for navigation.
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: 95060-5792
Country: US

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

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sbsedthkpt.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: map of sediment thickness points rendered by color
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Data points are approximately 1 m apart along tracklines and 1000-2000 m apart between tracks.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Point features present.
Completeness_Report: All points exported from Seisworks present
Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The chirp sonar instrument is deployed under the research vessel with about 10m of variation in position. The sparker position may vary as much as 20m from the navigation reference on the vessel.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Chirp and sparker seismic-reflection data from USGS field activity Z-3-07-SC and chirp data from field activity S-7-08-SC were imported to SEISWORKS. (Ray Sliter, rsliter@usgs.gov)

Process_Date: 2011

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Seabed and depth to Last Glacial Maximum horizons digitized in Seisworks (S.Y. Johnson, sjohnson@usgs.gov)

Process_Date: 2011

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data exported and converted with 1500m/sec velocity in water and 1600 m/sec velocity in sediment. (Ray Sliter, rsliter@usgs.gov).

Process_Date: 2011

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

X, Y locations and sediment thickness value Z imported to ArcGIS format as points (Florence Wong, fwong@usgs.gov)

Process_Date: 2011

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Q:\sbsedthk\metadata\covsfinal\sedthick\metadata.xml
Process_Date: 20110609
Process_Time: 12414600

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: d:\TEMP\xml257.tmp
Process_Date: 20110609
Process_Time: 13352600

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Corrected Larger_Work section of metadata so that each author had a separate originator tag

Process_Date: 20180717
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran
Contact_Organization:

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

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060-5792
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add USGS Thesaurus keywords and perform minor edits to bring the metadata up to current PCMSC standards. No data were changed. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Users are advised to compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.

Process_Date: 20211021
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Susan Cochran

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 924661

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sbsedthkpt
Entity_Type_Definition: sediment thickness at point locations
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this study

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SEDTHKPTLL
Attribute_Definition: line number in Seisworks export file
Attribute_Definition_Source: none
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: line numbers in file

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: X_UTM1184
Attribute_Definition: X-coordinate in UTM zone 11 coordinates
Attribute_Definition_Source: standard usage
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y_UTM1184
Attribute_Definition: Y-coordinate in UTM zone 11 coordinates
Attribute_Definition_Source: standard usage
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: THK_M
Attribute_Definition: sediment thickness THK_M0 <= 0.1 increased to 0.1
Attribute_Definition_Source: this study
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: sediment thickness value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: THK_M0
Attribute_Definition: sediment thickness in meters as exported from Seisworks
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: sediment thickness value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONG84
Attribute_Definition: x-coordinate (longitude) in geographic coordinates, WGS84
Attribute_Definition_Source: standard usage
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT84
Attribute_Definition: Y-coordinate (latitude) in geographic coordinates, WGS84
Attribute_Definition_Source: standard usage
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong

Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5327
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data. USGS OF 2012-1161
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: 9.3.1
Format_Specification: ArcGIS shapefile
Format_Information_Content: sediment thickness and coordinates
File_Decompression_Technique: windows winzip
Transfer_Size: 36

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1161
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121161

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20211021
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: 95060-5792
Country: US

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
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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