Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20010110 Title: ATLANTIC - Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic Coast Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Digital Data Series Issue_Identification: DDS-68 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds68 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/htmldocs/data.htm Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/atlantic/atlantic.e00 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/cvi.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Erika S. Hammar-Klose Originator: E. Robert Thieler Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Digital Data Series Issue_Identification: DDS-68 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/ Description: Abstract: The goal of this project is to provide a preliminary overview, at a National scale, the relative susceptibility of the Nation's coast to sea-level rise through the use of a coastal vulnerability index (CVI). This initial classification is based upon the variables geomorphology, regional coastal slope, tide range, wave height, relative sea-level rise and shoreline erosion and accretion rates. The combination of these variables and the association of these variables to each other furnish a broad overview of regions where physical changes are likely to occur due to sea-level rise. Purpose: The purpose of this data layer is to allow the user to view both the coastal vulnerability index (CVI) and the data from which the CVI is calculated (tides, wave height, relative sea-level rise, coastal slope, geomorphology, and shoreline erosion and accretion rate) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI provides insight into the relative potential for coastal change due to future sea-level rise. The maps and data presented here can be viewed in at least two ways: 1) as a base for developing a more complete inventory of variables influencing the coastal vulnerability to future sea-level rise to which other elements can be added as they become available; and 2) as an example of the potential for assessing coastal vulnerability to future sea-level rise using objective criteria. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2001 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.798500 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.957794 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.098335 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.548496 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:cd752620-7439-4c5c-aeb1-b1aad3c86fbc Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: shapefile polygon Theme_Keyword: Coastal Hazards Theme_Keyword: Hazards Theme_Keyword: Erosion Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change Theme_Keyword: Beach Theme_Keyword: Beach Erosion Theme_Keyword: Sea-Level Theme_Keyword: Sea-Level Rise Theme_Keyword: Slope Theme_Keyword: Wave Height Theme_Keyword: Coastal Geomorphology Theme_Keyword: Tide Range Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: sea-level change Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme_Keyword: coastal hazards Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Virginia Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: South Carolina Place_Keyword: Georgia Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: Atlantic Coast Place_Keyword: East Coast Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: USA Place_Keyword: North America Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: U.S.A Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2350 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: M-F 9-5 EST Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: E. Robert Thieler Originator: Erika S. Hammar-Klose Publication_Date: 1999 Title: National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise, U.S. Atlantic Coast Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 99-593 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: 1 sheet Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of99-593/ Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The attributes in this dataset are based on A Coastal Hazards Database for the U.S. East Coast (Gornitz, V. and White, T. W. 1992. ORNL/CDIAC-45, NDP-043A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee) updated with data from more recent sources. The data has gone through a series of QA/QC procedures, and is therefore believed to accurately reflect the data gathered in the Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Study. Logical_Consistency_Report: This database is believed to be logically consistent. Completeness_Report: This database is complete. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: V.M Gornitz Originator: T.W. White Publication_Date: 1992 Title: A coastal hazards database for the U.S. East Coast Series_Information: Series_Name: NDP-043A Issue_Identification: ORNL/CDIAC-45 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Online_Linkage: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_CDIAC_NDP43A.html Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1992 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ORNL Source_Contribution: The data set was combined and updated with other source data, refining the existing databases of geologic and environmental variables Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Originator: National Ocean Service (NOS) Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Sea Levels Online Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Springs, MD Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS) Online_Linkage: http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.shtml Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2001 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sea level data Source_Contribution: The data set was combined and updated with other source data, refining the existing databases of geologic and environmental variables Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: J.M. Hubertz Originator: E.F. Thompson Originator: H.V. Wang Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Wave Information Studies of U.S. coastlines: Annotated bibliography on coastal and ocean data assimilation Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Vicksburg, MS Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Other_Citation_Details: 46 p. Online_Linkage: http://www.stormingmedia.us/92/9262/A926223.html Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WIS Wave Data Source_Contribution: Data from publication tables were compiled. Wave height is used here as an indicator of wave energy, which drives the coastal sediment budget. Process_Step: Process_Description: The Coastal Hazards Database for the U.S. East Coast (Gornitz, V. and White, T. W. 1992. ORNL/CDIAC-45, NDP-043A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee), NOS tide and sea-level rise data, WIS wave data, state and U.S. Geological Survey erosion/accretion rate data, NGDC and ETOPO5 elevation data and the Living with the Shore series (Duke University Press, Durham, NC) were used to create this digital dataset. An ArcView .shp file was updated with each attribute. Process_Date: 19991215 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: Massachusetts Postal_Code: 02543 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2350 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST Process_Step: Process_Description: Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.30 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. In this particular metadata file, most of the edits were related to the entity and attribute information. Most attributes had two entries, one all uppercase and one with lowercase characters. The lowercase attributes were from the original metadata, but did not match the character case of the attribute table, so the information was transferred to the uppercase attributes and the lowercase attributes were deleted. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent. Process_Date: 20151104 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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section. Process_Date: 20180720 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: Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata. Process_Date: 20191115 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: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20200908 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 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 11923 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: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: atlantic Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None 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: NEWID Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 12228 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ID Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LENGTH Attribute_Definition: Length of line Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ID_1 Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LENGTH_1 Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute: Attribute_Label: TIDE_M_ Attribute_Definition: Mean Tide Range Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS tide station Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.09 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.6 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TIDERISK Attribute_Definition: Relative Tide Risk Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 2 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SLOPERISK Attribute_Definition: Relative slope risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SLOPE___ Attribute_Definition: Regional Coastal Slope (%) Attribute_Definition_Source: ETOPO5 and NGDC elevation data Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00108 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.41120 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ERR_M_YR_ Attribute_Definition: Erosion and Accretion rates (m/yr) Attribute_Definition_Source: updated CEIS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -24.600 Range_Domain_Maximum: 25.500 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ERRRISK Attribute_Definition: Relative erosion risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SL_MM_YR_ Attribute_Definition: Relative Sea-Level Rise (mm/yr) Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS tide stations Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.9 Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SLRISK Attribute_Definition: Relative sea-level rise risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: GEOM Attribute_Definition: Geomorphology Risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: WAVES_M_ Attribute_Definition: Mean Wave Height Attribute_Definition_Source: WIS hindcast nearshore mean wave height 1976-1995 Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.6 Attribute: Attribute_Label: WAVERISK Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CVIVALUE Attribute_Definition: Actual CVI value Attribute_Definition_Source: Calculated Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.224744871 Range_Domain_Maximum: 39.528470750 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CVIRISK Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 4 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TIDE Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: WAVES Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: EROSION Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: SEALEVEL Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: GEOMORPHOL Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: SLOPE Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: CVI Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Many of the attributes were missing complete definitions. It is suggested that to learn more about the attributes, the user should read thea accompanying publication found at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/ . Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: Massachusetts Postal_Code: 02543 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2350 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ARCE Format_Version_Number: Esri Arc Export Format_Specification: ESRI Arc Export Transfer_Size: 1.568 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/atlantic/atlantic.e00 Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Compatibility_Information: ISO 9660 format allows the CD-ROM to be read by most computer operating systems. Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SHP Format_Version_Number: ArcView 3.2 Format_Specification: ESRI Shapefile Format Format_Information_Content: The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set .shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file (optional). A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional). File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/cvi.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/atlantic/ Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Compatibility_Information: ISO 9660 format allows the CD-ROM to be read by most computer operating systems. Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) '.e00' export format. The user must have software capable of importing and processing the data file. The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: Massachusetts Postal_Code: 02543 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2350 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST Contact_Instructions: The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None