Navigation data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Page C. Valentine
Publication_Date: 20230321
Title:
Navigation data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9G7QARQ
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G7QARQ
Online_Linkage: https://sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/633c908ed34e900e86cf1aa2
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Page C. Valentine
Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross
Publication_Date: 2023
Title:
Sea-floor Sediment Samples, Seabed and Sample Imagery, and CTD Instrument Data Collected on Stellwagen Bank from September 2020 to August 2021
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9G7QARQ
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2023, Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed and sample imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank from September 2020 to August 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G7QARQ .
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G7QARQ
Online_Linkage: https://sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/633c8e2dd34e900e86cf1a93
Description:
Abstract:
These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties including temperature, salinity, density, and fluorescence.
Purpose:
These navigation data are provided in three different formats: raw data in the original collected format (*raw.csv) as an archive of the navigation data files acquired during the survey as well as in reformatted CSV and XLSX formats. The reformatted files add additional information, and most significantly provide the navigation in decimal degrees.
Supplemental_Information:
Additional information regarding the field activities associated with these data can be obtained from the following locations https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2020-012-FA, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2021-016-FA, and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2021-017-FA .
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20200924
Ending_Date: 20210804
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition of when data were collected. These data were collected during three separate surveys, with the following ranges of dates for each survey: field activity 2020-012-FA: 20200924 to 20200925; field activity 2021-016-FA: 20210721 to 20210723; and field activity 2021-017-FA: 20210802 to 20210804.
Status:
Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.72088
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.11564
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.44198
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.09436
Keywords:
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: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: GPS measurement
Theme_Keyword: geolocation measurement
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:633c908ed34e900e86cf1aa2
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: SBNMS
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints: None.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine
Contact_Position: Research Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:
The email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with the USGS.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: P.C. Valentine
Originator: V.A. Cross
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
Location and analyses of sediment samples collected on Stellwagen Bank off Boston, Massachusetts from November 5, 2013 to April 30, 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey field activities
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9FWFLPD
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
This publication includes the grain-size analyses of the sediment samples collected on 20 other field activities.
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FWFLPD
Online_Linkage:
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The navigation was exported from the ship's navigation system by the R/V Auk's crew at the end of each cruise and given to the chief scientist. This raw navigation is in $GPGGA format. GGA is a National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) sentence for Global Positioning System (GPS) fix data that includes time, position and fix related data for a GPS receiver. These raw navigation files were then parsed and reformatted to remove extraneous GPS information and clipped to exclude the transit portion of the navigation data (between the port and the study area). This dataset includes both the raw and reformatted navigation.
The original raw navigation filenames are in the format AUKYYYYYYY_XXXX_UTC_nav_raw.csv where YYYYYY is the field activity identifier (for example 2020012), and XXXX is the day of navigation (for example 24sep2020). All of the raw navigation files have the CSV file extension. The filenames of the reformatted navigation are in the format AUKYYYYYYY_station_nav_log_XXXX_UTC where YYYYYYY is the cruise ID (for example 2020012), and XXXX is the day of navigation (for example 24SEP2020); the file extension is either XLSX or CSV.
All the field activities were conducted on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk. Although these data represent three separate field activities, the set-up and acquisition on all the cruises is consistent with the exception of the navigation - which was sometimes acquired at 2-second intervals and sometimes at 5-second intervals.
Completeness_Report:
The raw navigation files represent all the navigation acquired on the cruises, including transit lines. These files are the original files handed over to the scientist from the ship personnel. The reformatted navigation files do not include the transit navigation between the port and the study area. No other navigation fixes were removed, so the data could include bad navigation fixes, missing fixes, and duplicates. The bounding coordinates represent the extent of the raw navigation data. The ranges of values in the entity and attribute section are from the reformatted navigation with the transit navigation fixes removed.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The location information for stations was acquired from a satellite navigation receiver (Furuno satellite compass SC-30 GPS receiver) in geographic coordinates (World Geodetic System of 1984 [WGS 84]) with a horizontal accuracy of 10 m. Field activity 2020-012-FA acquired navigation at two-second intervals on September 24 and five-second intervals on September 25. Field activity 2021-016-FA acquired navigation at a two-second interval. Field activity 2021-017-FA acquired navigation at a two-second interval. The navigation antenna was located 5.3 m forward of the SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) deployment location. This offset was not accounted for in the navigation acquisition so navigation fixes represent the antenna location.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Raw CSV files: AUKYYYYYYY_XXXX_UTC_nav_raw.csv
The files *_raw.csv are the GGA strings of the raw navigation recorded on the ship each day. The first row in each file describes the file.

For the remaining rows, the format of the columns of information is as follows:

$GPGGA, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the format HHMMSS, latitude (DDMM.MMMM), latitude hemisphere, longitude (DDMM.MMMM), longitude hemisphere.
Data were collected from 2020 to 2021 with the process date representing the most recent acquisition year.
Process_Date: 2021
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine
Contact_Position: Research Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Reformatted XLSX files: AUKYYYYYYY_station_nav_log_XXXX_UTC.xlsx
The GGA strings have the latitude and longitude in the degrees decimal minutes format DDMM.MMMM with the hemisphere indicated (N for North and W for West). These data were brought into an Excel spreadsheet and converted to decimal degrees using the following formula examples:
latitude: (4211.9672-4200)/60+(42) to give 42.19945 decimal degrees
longitude: ((7043.2105-7000)/60 + 70​) * -1 to give -70.72018 decimal degrees with negative for western hemisphere
Additional fields of information were added to the spreadsheet and are defined in the entity and attribute section, as well as within the header information in each spreadsheet. The first row is an explanation header, the second row contains descriptive column headers, and the third row contains brief column headers that are compatible with importing the data into a GIS.
The reformatted version of the navigation excludes the transit navigation between the port and the study area.
The data were reformatted shortly after collection, with data collection occurring from 2021 to 2021. The process date represents the most recent acquisition year.
Process_Date: 2021
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine
Contact_Position: Research Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The XLSX spreadsheet was opened in Microsoft Excel (O365). The first row (the explanation header) and the second row (descriptive column headers) were deleted and the third row (brief column headers that are compatible with importing the data into a GIS) was retained. Then the spreadsheet was exported as an MS-DOS CSV file with the same prefix filename as the Excel file.
Process_Date: 2022
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
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
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: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Reformatted navigation in Excel spreadsheet and CSV format
Entity_Type_Definition:
The Excel spreadsheet has a header (in row 1) explaining the columns of information, row 2 has the header names, row 3 has header names that are appropriate for incorporation into a GIS (shorter names, no punctuation, and the header row of the CSV file), and the remaining rows contain the data in 11 columns. The labels below are the CSV row headers with the first part of the attribute definition the longer Excel header in row 2 of the Excel spreadsheet.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VESSEL
Attribute_Definition:
Vessel name: The name of the ship that the field activity used for the cruise. The R/V Auk is the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary research vessel - a 50-foot catamaran.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CRUISE_ID
Attribute_Definition:
WHCMSC field activity number: The field activity number assigned to the cruise by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). The number is in the format YYYY-XXX where YYYY is the year and XXX is the number activity in that year.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTC_DATE
Attribute_Definition:
Date, UTC: The date of data collection for the given row based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time. In the Excel spreadsheet, the date has the format of D-M-YYYY where D is the numeric day of the month, M is the month abbreviation, and YYYY is the year.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTC_JD
Attribute_Definition:
Julian Day, UTC: Julian day of data collection based on UTC time. Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TIMEZONE
Attribute_Definition:
Study area time zone: The time zone in which the study area is located. The time zone of the survey is dependent on the survey date.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: EDT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Eastern Daylight Time. To derive EDT, subtract 4 hours from the UTC time.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTC_TIME
Attribute_Definition:
Time, UTC, HHMMSS: The time of the navigation fix in the format HHMMSS where HH is hour, MM is minutes, and SS is seconds. The times are UTC (coordinated universal time).
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DDMM_LAT
Attribute_Definition:
Lat N, DDMM.MMMM: The latitude coordinate in WGS 84 in the format DDMM.MMMM where DD is degrees and MM.MMMM is decimal minutes. The "N" refers to northern latitude.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DDMM_LON
Attribute_Definition:
Lon W, DDMM.MMMM: The longitude coordinate in WGS 84 in the format DDMM.MMMM where DD is degrees and MM.MMMM is decimal minutes. The "W" refers to western longitude and serves the place of having a negative value.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition:
Lat N, decimal degrees: The latitude coordinate in decimal degrees, WGS 84; positive values indicate northern hemisphere.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 42.09436
Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.44109
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition:
Lon W, decimal degrees: The longitude coordinate in decimal degrees, WGS 84; negative values indicate western hemisphere.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.56294
Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.11564
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Region: The area of the survey.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SBNMS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Region: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The attribute label is the abbreviated label in row 3 of the Excel file that is more compatible with importing the dataset into a GIS. The first part of the attribute definition is the longer label of the column that is in the second row of the Excel spreadsheet.
The Excel spreadsheets have the following information in the first row describing the spreadsheet:
GPS navigation log: Column A, vessel name, AUK, SBNMS research vessel; column B, field activity number; column C, date, UTC; column D, Julian Day, UTC; column E, study area time zone; column F, time, UTC (for Eastern Daylight Time subtract 4 hours); column G, latitude north, degrees and decimal minutes; column H, longitude west, degrees and decimal minutes; column I, latitude north, decimal degrees; column J, longitude west, decimal degrees; column K, geographic region [abbreviations: D, degrees; H, hour; M, minute; S, second; EDT, Eastern Daylight Time; lat, latitude; lon, longitude; WHCMSC, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center; SBNMS, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; UTC, Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time, Zulu time); GPS, satellite-based Global Positioning System receiver]
The 11 columns of data are the same as those represented in the entity and attribute detailed description.
The files with the same prefix name, but the CSV extension are exported from the Excel spreadsheet, minus the first two rows of information.
The *_raw.csv files are the original GGA strings off the ship. The first row in the *raw.csv file describes the file. For the remaining rows, the format of the columns of information for field activities with the $GPGGA string is as follows:
$GPGGA, UTC time (HHMMSS), latitude (DDMM.MMMM), latitude hemisphere, longitude (DDMM.MMMM), longitude hemisphere.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
The dataset contains the raw and reformatted navigation from three field activities in the following three ZIP files with each ZIP file containing the navigation from a single field activity.
2020-012-FA_nav.zip: Raw navigation files are AUK2020012_24sep2020_UTC_nav_raw.csv and AUK2020012_25sep2020_UTC_nav_raw.csv. The reformatted navigation are available in XLSX format and CSV. The files are as follows: AUK2020012_station_nav_loc_24SEP2020_UTC.xlsx, AUK2020012_station_nav_loc_24SEP2020_UTC.csv; and AUK2020012_station_nav_loc_25SEP2020_UTC.xlsx, AUK2020012_station_nav_loc_25SEP2020_UTC.csv.
2021-016-FA_nav.zip: Raw navigation files are AUK2021016_21jul2021_UTC_nav_raw.csv, AUK2021016_22jul2021_UTC_nav_raw.csv, and AUK2021016_23jul2021_UTC_nav_raw.csv. The reformatted navigation are available in XLSX format and CSV. The files are as follows: AUK2021016_ station_nav_log_21JUL2021_UTC.xlsx, AUK2021016_ station_nav_log_21JUL2021_UTC.csv; AUK2021016_ station_nav_log_22JUL2021_UTC.xlsx, AUK2021016_ station_nav_log_22JUL2021_UTC.csv; and AUK2021016_station_nav_log_23JUL2021_UTC.xlsx, AUK2021016_station_nav_log_23JUL2021_UTC.csv.
2021-017-FA_nav.zip: Raw navigation files are AUK2021017_2aug2021_UTC_nav_raw.csv, AUK2021017_3aug2021_UTC_nav_raw.csv, and AUK2021017_4aug2021_UTC_nav_raw.csv. The reformatted navigation are available in XLSX format and CSV. The files are as follows: AUK2021017_station_nav_log_2AUG2021_UTC.xlsx, AUK2021017_station_nav_log_2AUG2021_UTC.csv; AUK2021017_station_nav_log_3AUG2021_UTC.xlsx, AUK2021017_station_nav_log_3AUG2021_UTC.csv; and AUK2021017_station_nav_log_4AUG2021_UTC.xlsx, AUK2021017_station_nav_log_4AUG2021_UTC.csv.
In addition to the navigation files, the dataset contains the FGDC CSDGM metadata in XML format.
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 for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: XLSX
Format_Version_Number: Excel O365
Format_Information_Content:
The dataset contains the navigation data in XLSX and CSV formats, along with the FGDC CSDGM metadata.
Transfer_Size: 7
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
The first link is to download all the data in a ZIP file. The second link is to the landing page of the data where individual files can be downloaded. The third link is to the main landing page of the publication.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: CSV
Format_Version_Number: MS-DOS CSV
Format_Information_Content:
The dataset contains the navigation data in XLSX and CSV formats, along with the FGDC CSDGM metadata.
Transfer_Size: 7
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
The first link is to download all the data in a ZIP file. The second link is to the landing page of the data where individual files can be downloaded. The third link is to the main landing page of the publication.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
The ZIP files contain data in XLSX and CSV formats. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the ZIP file and reading the data formats.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20230321
Metadata_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
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
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: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with the USGS.
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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