U.S. Geological Survey
2016
Location and analyses of sediment samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015 along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA (Esri point shapefile and CSV file, Geographic, WGS 84)
1.0
vector and raster digital data
data release
DOI:10.5066/F7P55KK3
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KK3
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-001-FA/data/samples/2015-001-FA_samples.zip
Edward M. Sweeney
Elizabeth A. Pendleton
Seth D. Ackerman
Brian D. Andrews
Wayne E. Baldwin
William W. Danforth
David S. Foster
E. Robert Thieler
Laura L. Brothers
2016
High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-001-FA
3.0
data release
DOI:10.5066/F7P55KK3
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KK3
The Delmarva Peninsula is a 220-kilometer-long headland, spit, and barrier island complex that was significantly affected by Hurricane Sandy in the fall of 2012. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted cruises during the summers of 2014 and 2015 to map the inner continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula using geophysical and sampling techniques to define the geologic framework that governs coastal system evolution at storm-event and longer timescales. Geophysical data collected during the cruises include swath bathymetric, sidescan sonar, chirp and boomer seismic reflection profiles, grab sample and bottom photograph data. More information about the USGS survey conducted as part of the Hurricane Sandy Response-- Geologic Framework and Coastal Vulnerability Study can be found at the project website or on the WHCMSC Field Activity Web pages: https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/delmarva/, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-002-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-001-FA. Data collected during the 2014 survey can be obtained here: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60
This data set includes the locations, identifiers, grain-size ananlysis, and carbonate concentration of the coarse fraction for surficial sediments collected at 125 stations along the Delmarva Peninsula. The sediments were collected with a modified Van Veen grab on the mid-sized SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS, SEABOSS Mark II configuration) during USGS survey 2015-001-FA, aboard the M/V Scarlett Isabella. This data set was collected to ground-truth (verify) the acoustic data sets that were acquired early during the same survey (2015-001-FA). Bottom photographs were also taken at each station occupied by the SEABOSS (see shapefile 2015-001-FA_photos.shp in larger work citation). Samples were analyzed in the sediment laboratory at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
20150714
20150716
ground condition; sample and photo data were collected after geophysical data collection was complete.
None planned.
-75.874776
-75.223674
37.753898
37.011494
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:f88987f9-2d01-438e-921f-174c40ab68e1
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WHCMSC
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
seafloor samples
Esri shapefile
field activity number 2015-001-FA
M/V Scarlett Isabella
sediment samples
surficial sediment classification
sediments
SEABOSS sampler
Van Veen grab sampler
stations
ground-truth
marine geology
sediment data
seafoor
sea floor
carbonate
gravel
sand
silt
clay
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
geoscientificInformation
location
USGS Thesaurus
grain-size analysis
navigational data
geospatial datasets
sea-floor characteristics
marine geology
None
Atlantic Ocean
Delmarva Peninsula
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Assateague Island
Assateague Island National Seashore
Chincoteague Island
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague Inlet
Chincoteague Bay
Wallops Island
Parramore Island
Cobb Island
Wreck Island
Ship Shoal Island
Myrtle Island
Smith Island
Fisherman Island
Hog Island
None
sea floor
seafloor
seabed
none
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.
Edward M. Sweeney
U.S. Geological Survey
Physical Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2256
508-457-2310
emsweeney@usgs.gov
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-001-FA/data/samples/2015-001-FA_samples_browse.jpg
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center 2015 sediment sample locations along the Delmarva Peninsula.
JPEG
Elizabeth A. Pendleton
Seth D. Ackerman
Wayne E. Baldwin
William W. Danforth
David S. Foster
E. Robert Thieler
Laura L. Brothers
2015
High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-002-FA
3.0
webpage
data release
DOI:10.5066/F7MW2F60
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60
D. Blackwood
K. Parolski
2001
Seabed observation and sampling system
1.0
Sea Technology
v. 42, no.2, p. 29-43
Arlington, VA
Compass Publications, Inc.
L.J. Poppe
K.Y. McMullen
S.J. Williams
V.F. Paskevich
2014
USGS east-coast sediment analysis: Procedures, database, and GIS data
3.0
Open-File Report
2005-1001
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/
All attributes were checked in a consistent manner. The field values associated with carbonate dissolution may not add up to exactly 100 percent. However, all are within 3 percent of 100. This is due to the carbonate digestion process and the inevitable loss of material with very high carbonate concentrations.
All samples were acquired with the same modified Van Veen Sampler mounted on a mid-sized SEABOSS (Mark II configuration). No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
All 125 sampling stations retained a sample and all samples were analyzed for grain-size and carbonate concentration. A CSV file contains sediment lab analyses data used to create the sample shapefile.
Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) enable GPS navigation data were acquired during sediment sampling with a Hemisphere receiver and recorded with HYPACK software versions 13.0.9.21 and 15.0.9.71 (www.hypack.com). The recorded position of each bottom photograph is the position of the GPS antenna on the survey vessel acquisition van, not the SEABOSS sampler. The SEABOSS was deployed approximately 5 meters astern of the GPS antenna off the ship's A-fame on the stern of the ship. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. In addition to the plus or minus 5 m offset the SEABOSS may additionally drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources of horizontal error, a conservative estimate of the horizontal accuracy of the bottom photograph location is 20-30 m.
U.S. Geological Survey
2016
Sediment sample locations with sediment grain size and carbonate analysis
disc
20150714
20150716
ground condition; sample and photo data were collected after geophysical data collection was complete.
raw hypack nav and bottom photographs
Bottom photographs and sediment samples were acquired to validate the seafloor interpretations made from geophysical data. Often sediment samplers are unable to recover large-diameter particles, so photographs can document the seafloor character in areas where samples may not be obtained.
Two GoPro cameras were mounted to a USGS SEABOSS (Mark II configuration) with a modified VanVeen sampler frame. Approximate SEABOSS dimensions are 115 X 115 X 117 cm. The Van Veen sampler is housed at the bottom and center of the frame at approximately 30 X 32 X 16 cm with a 1/10 sq. meter sample capacity. Two red lasers were mounted on the frame above the sampler, 20 cm apart for scale in bottom photographs. A Keldan (Advanced Lighting Technology) light was mounted at the top of the frame and aimed downward to illuminate the seabed for photographs. Two GoPro cameras were mounted on the frame and set to capture photographs at 2 or 5 second intervals. Samples were recovered when the frame was lifted off the seabed and triggered the Van Veen sampler to close.
One hundred and twenty-five target stations were sampled aboard the M/V Scarlett Isabella (USGS survey 2015-001-FA) with the mid-sized SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) that was equipped with a Van Veen grab sampler, and 2 digital GoPro cameras. Physical sediment samples were collected at all 125 stations. Locations for sediment samples were manually recorded from the Hemisphere GPS during the retrieval of the SEABOSS instrument, at the start of instrument recovery when it was lifted from the seabed (the Van Veen sampler closed and collected a sample as it was lifted from the sea floor).
2015
U.S. Geological Survey
Seth Ackerman
Physical Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2315
508-457-2310
sackerman@usgs.gov
Samples were analyzed in the sediment laboratory at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Coarse fraction determined by sieve; fine fraction determined by Coulter Counter. Additionally carbonate concentrations were determined through acid wash analysis on the coarse fraction. See Poppe et al. (2014) for analytical specifics for both grain size and carbonate measurement processes. Sediment statistics were recorded in MS Excel file (XLS) and saved as Comma Separated Value file (CSV).
2016
U.S. Geological Survey
Brian Buczkowski
Physical Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2361
508-457-2310
bbuczkowski@usgs.gov
In ArcMap (version 10.3.1), the ASCII comma-delimited file (2015-001-FA_samples.csv) was converted to a point feature class by selecting the 'comma separated value' text file -- Create Feature Class -- from XY table using the defined geographic coordinate system (Decimal_Degrees_WGS84.prj). The point feature class layer was then exported to a shapefile using the XTools Pro (version 12.0) -- Table Restructure tool. Field types for the PHIm4 and PHIm5 attributes were manually adjusted in XTools Pro to double precision floating point values during this step, as ArcGIS automatically read these 2 attributes as integer values.
2016
U.S. Geological Survey
Edward M. Sweeney
Physical Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2256
508-457-2310
emsweeney@usgs.gov
The online links to the data were updated to reflect the new server hosting the data. Additionally, other small edits could be made to the metadata, such as modifying http to https where appropriate. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes.
20170419
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Vector
Entity point
125
0.000001
0.000001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
2015-001-FA_samples
Sample locations and texture analysis.
U.S. Geological Survey
FID
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
FIELD_NO
Sample name or number as assigned in the field by the Chief Scientist.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Character string.
CRUISE_ID
Name or number of cruise on which sample collected. Historically cruise identifiers were a combination of ship name, year of cruise and cruise leg. In more recent years, cruise identifier is a sequential serial number assigned to field activities within a specific year (in the format YYYY-XXX-FA where YYYY is the year, XXX is the cruise number within that year and FA is Field Activity).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Character string.
LATITUDE
Latitude coordinate, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. South latitude recorded as negative values.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
37.011494
37.753898
Decimal degrees
0.000001
LONGITUDE
Longitude coordinate, in decimal degrees, of sample location. West longitude is recorded as negative values.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-75.874776
-75.223674
Decimal degrees
0.000001
DEPTH_M
Depth in meters extracted from the NOAA U.S. coastal relief model data.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
6.6
31.7
meters
DEVICE
Device used to collect the sample.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
MINI SEABOSS
sample collected with Van Veen grab sampler on the mid-size SEABOSS (Mark II configuration).
U.S. Geological Survey
MONTH_COLL
Calendar month sample collected based on time in UTC.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
7
7
DAY_COLL
Calendar day sample collected based on time in UTC.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
14
16
YEAR_COLL
Calendar year sample collected based on time in UTC.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
2015
2015
MONTH_ANAL
Calendar month sample analyzed.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
2
9
DAY_ANAL
Calendar day sample analyzed.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
1
22
YEAR_ANAL
Calendar year sample analyzed.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
2015
2016
WEIGHT
Weight of dry sample in grams.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
35.3636
211.6847
grams
0.0001
GRAVEL_PCT
Gravel content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters greater than 2 mm; -1 Phi and larger).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
76.39
percent
0.01
SAND_PCT
Sand content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.0625 mm; 0 Phi through 4 Phi).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
21.50
99.86
percent
0.01
SILT_PCT
Silt content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.0625 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.004 mm; 5 Phi through 8 Phi, inclusive).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.04
21.62
percent
0.01
CLAY_PCT
Clay content in percent dry weight of the sample (particles with nominal diameters less than 0.004 mm; 9 Phi and smaller).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.02
27.21
percent
0.01
CLASSIFICA
Sediment Classification - Sediment description based on a rigorous definition, usually Shepard (1954) as modified by Schlee (1973) and Poppe et al. (2014).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
CLAYEY SAND
Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant clay.
U.S. Geological Survey
GRAVEL
Sediment whose main phase (equal to or greater than 50 percent) is greater than 2 mm.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
GRAVELLY SEDIMENT
Sediment whose phase is equal to or greater than 10 percent, but less than 50 percent gravel, but with significant other sediment.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
SAND
Sediment whose main phase is less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.0625 mm.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
SILTY SAND
Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant silt.
U.S. Geological Survey
MEDIAN
Middle point in the grain size distribution in phi units.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-2.04
3.86
phi
0.01
MEAN
Average value in the grain size distribution in phi units.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
-1.39
5.32
phi
0.01
STDEV
Standard deviation (root mean square of the deviations) of the grain size distribution in phi units (sorting).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.47
3.40
phi
0.01
PHIm5
-5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -5 Phi fraction and larger (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 32 mm); very coarse pebbles, cobbles, and boulders.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
8.62
percent
0.01
PHIm4
-4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -4 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 16 mm, but less than 32 mm); coarse pebbles.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
5.57
percent
0.01
PHIm3
-3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -3 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 8 mm, but less than 16 mm); medium pebbles.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
18.38
percent
0.01
PHIm2
-2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -2 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 4 mm, but less than 8 mm); fine pebbles.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
31.40
percent
0.01
PHIm1
-1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the -1 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 2 mm, but less than 4 mm); very fine pebbles (granules).
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
26.78
percent
0.01
PHI_0
0 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 0 Phi fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to 1 mm, but less than 2 mm); very coarse sand.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.02
38.24
percent
0.01
PHI_1
1 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 1 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, but less than 1 mm); coarse sand.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.06
77.85
percent
0.01
PHI_2
2 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 2 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.25 mm, but less than 0.5 mm); medium sand.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.23
66.91
percent
0.01
PHI_3
3 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 3 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.125 mm, but less than 0.25 mm); fine sand.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.06
83.97
percent
0.01
PHI_4
4 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 4 Phi fraction (nominal diameters of particles greater than or equal to 0.0625 mm, but less than 0.125 mm); very fine sand.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.02
85.46
percent
0.01
PHI_5
5 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 5 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.031 mm, but less than 0.0625 mm); coarse silt.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
5.46
percent
0.01
PHI_6
6 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 6 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.016 mm, but less than 0.031 mm); medium silt.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.01
5.43
percent
0.01
PHI_7
7 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 7 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.008 mm, but less than 0.016 mm); fine silt.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.01
6.99
percent
0.01
PHI_8
8 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 8 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.004 mm, but less than 0.008 mm); very fine silt.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.01
9.18
percent
0.01
PHI_9
9 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 9 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.002 mm, but less than 0.004 mm); coarse clay.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.01
9.81
percent
0.01
PHI_10
10 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 10 Phi fraction (nominal diameter of particles greater than or equal to 0.001 mm, but less than 0.002 mm); medium clay.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0.01
13.11
percent
0.01
PHI_11
11 Phi - Weight percent of the sample in the 11 Phi fraction and smaller (nominal diameter of particles less than 0.001 mm); fine clay.
Modified from USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
0
4.29
percent
0.01
PctCO3_C
Percent of the sample carbonate that is in coarse fraction.
U.S. Geological Survey
0.23
99.45
percent
0.01
PctCO3_CF
Percent of the sample carbonate that is in coarse and fine fractions.
U.S. Geological Survey
0.23
97.66
percent
0.01
The CSV file has the same attributes with the same definitions.
USGS Open File Report 2005-1001 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/)
Edward M. Sweeney
U.S. Geological Survey
Physical Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2256
508-457-2310
emsweeney@usgs.gov
USGS data release 2015-001-FA contains sediment sample locations, grain size and carbonate concentration analyses of the seafloor samples collected from the Delmarva Peninsula area (2015-001-FA_samples.zip). The zip file contains the following shapefile: 2015-001-FA_samples.shp and a CSV files with sample analysis (2015-001-FA_samples.csv). A browse graphic (2015-001-FA_samples_browse.jpg) and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) metadata files (2015-001-FA_samples.xml) in four standard formats are also included in the zip file.
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.
Shapefile
ArcGIS 10.3.1
Shapefile
WinZip (v 14.0) file contains bottom photograph locations and images of the seafloor collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA and the associated metadata.
Use WinZip, 7zip, Peazip or pkUnzip
0.1
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-001-FA/data/samples/2015-001-FA_samples.zip
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KK3
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-001-FA/
Data can be downloaded via the Internet
CSV
Comma Separate Value (CSV)
Comma delimited file
WinZip (v 14.0) file contains sediment sample locations and texture analysis of the seafloor collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA and the associated metadata.
Use WinZip, 7zip, Peazip or pkUnzip
0.1
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-001-FA/data/samples/2015-001-FA_samples.zip
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KK3
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-001-FA/
Data can be downloaded via the Internet
none
This zip file contains data available point shapefile and CSV format. The user must have software capable of reading shapefile or the CSV format to use these data.
20211119
Edward M. Sweeney
U.S. Geological Survey
Physical Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2256
508-457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time