Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Ellen Thomas Publication_Date: 2000 Title: USGS benthic foraminiferal samples (1996 - 1997) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: point shapefile Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2000-304 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Ellen Thomas was the editor of this individual dataset. The accompanying chapter in the OFR includes the authors Taras Gapotchenko, Johan C. Varekamp, Ellen L. Mecray, and Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00304 Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/htmldocs/chap09/index.htm Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Originator: Larry Poppe(ed.) Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound Series_Information: Series_Name: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: OFR 00-304 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Valerie F. Paskevich and Lawrenc J. Poppe are the editors of the publication which contains 12 individual chapters with various authors. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00304 Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/ Description: Abstract: This GIS layer contains a point overlay showing the the population of benthic foraminiferain samples collected during the time period of 1996 - 1997 by the USGS. Purpose: The purpose of this layer is to disseminate a digital version of the location of benthic foraminiferal samples and population data collected and analyzed by the USGS during the time period of 1996 - 1997. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Multiple_Dates/Times: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1997 Currentness_Reference: data acquisition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.7466 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.4066 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.2696 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.8781 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:30c465fc-0a21-47d1-8627-9aab358f19e8 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Theme_Keyword: Wesleyan University Theme_Keyword: ArcView Theme_Keyword: arcview Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: points Theme_Keyword: benthic foraminiferal distribution Theme_Keyword: benthic foraminiferal Theme_Keyword: sample locations Theme_Keyword: foraminiferal analysis Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: protists Theme_Keyword: unconsolidated deposits Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: New York Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: The U.S. Geological Survey and Wesleyan University must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, Wesleyan University and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by either the USGS, Wesleyan University or the Connecticut DEP as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by either the USGS, Wesleyan University or the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Wesleyan University Contact_Person: Ellen Thomas Contact_Position: professor Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Wesleyan University 265 Church Street City: Middletown State_or_Province: CT Postal_Code: 06459-0139 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 685-2238 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ethomas@wesleyan.edu Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: usgs9697.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: image showing the extent of the GIS layer and the distribution of benthic foraminiferal samples collected during the time period of 1996 - 1997 by the USGS in Long Island Sound Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - lissound\data\chap09\usgs9697.shp Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The foraminifera species were individually identified and counted with a binocular microscope using standard micropaleontologic procedures. This suggest a reproducibility of less than 1 standard deviation. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set. Completeness_Report: none Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Ship navigation was by radar and line of sight (sextant) and is therefore of variable accuracy. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No attempt was made to correct depths for tides. Accuracy is assumed to be 1 to 2 meters. Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 2 Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Tidal range for Long Island Sound Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Sediment samples were washed on a 0.062 mm sieve to separate the foraminifera from the silt and clay. Foraminifera were picked from the fraction retained on the sieve and individually identified and counted with a binocular microscope using reflected light. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Wesleyan University Contact_Person: Ellen Thomas Contact_Position: Professor Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 265 Church Street City: Middletown State_or_Province: CT Postal_Code: 06459 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 685-2238 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ethomas@weslyan.edu Process_Step: Process_Description: The foraminifera data and navigation were entered into a flat-file database (Excel) and inported into Mapview for graphical analysis. The files were subsequently exported into MIDMIF files, and converted into shape files with the Arc utility MIFSHAPE.EXE. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Ellen L. Mecray Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2213 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emecray@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.50 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. Additional small edits including (but not limited to) such as adding the edition element were perfomed on the metadata. Author names were edited to remove "ed." and "comp". Added links to access the data including the DOI link. Added USGS Thesaurus keywords. Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword (PID). Fixed the ellipsoid name to agree with the datum. Fixed the denominator of flattening ratio. Updated the distribution liability. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. A generic email in the metadata contact was used, along with adding contact instructions. 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. (20230626) Process_Date: 20230626 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 Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 45 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 18 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -075.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: +00.000000 False_Easting: 500000 False_Northing: 0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 8500 Ordinate_Resolution: 4000 Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface Depth_Resolution: 2 Depth_Distance_Units: Meters Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: usgs9697.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: Usgs96_97_ Attribute_Definition: Assigned unique identifier of sample. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 51 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Cruis Attribute_Definition: Name of Cruise from which sample collected. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Station_na Attribute_Definition: Name or number of station at which sample was collected. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 23 Range_Domain_Maximum: 93 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Longitude Attribute_Definition: Longitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.746600 Range_Domain_Maximum: -72.406600 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: Latitude Attribute_Definition: Latitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.878100 Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.269600 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: Water_dept Attribute_Definition: Measured depth of water overlying sediment at sample time, in original units. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 35.000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: E__excavat Attribute_Definition: Elphidium excavatum in a species of benthic foraminifera Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 92.300000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Perecent of total benthic foraminifera Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Elph__i Attribute_Definition: Elphidium incertum is a species of benthic foraminifera Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 50.500000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent of total fbenthic oraminifera Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: B__frigid Attribute_Definition: Bucella frigida is a species of benthic foraminifera. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.300000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: % of total benthic foraminifera. Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Egg__adven Attribute_Definition: Eggeralla advena is a species of benthic foraminifera. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent of the total benthic foraminifera Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: A__beccari Attribute_Definition: Ammonia beccarii is a species of benthic foraminifera Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 27.800000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent of the total benthic foraminifera Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: This is a point layer showing the distribution of samples collected by the USGS during the time period of 1996- 1997. Attribute information associated with the samples provide analysis of the composition of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in LIS. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Wesleyan University Contact_Person: Ellen L. Thomas Contact_Position: professor Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Wesleyan University 265 Church Street City: Middletown State_or_Province: CT Postal_Code: 06459-0139 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (860) 685-2238 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ethomas@wesleyan.edu Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: usgs9697.shp Distribution_Liability: Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, Connecticut Department of Environmental protection and Wesleyan University, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by either the USGS, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection or Wesleyan University, in the use of these data or related materials. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: shapefile Format_Information_Content: usgs9697.dbf usgs9697.shp usgs9697.shx usgs9697.avl usgs9697.sbn usgs9697.sbx File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied Transfer_Size: 0.012 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/lisound/data/chap09/usgs9697.zip Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/htmldocs/data.htm#chap09 Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00304 Access_Instructions: The first link is to download the zip file of the data directly. The second link is to the landing page of the data, The third link is to the main landing page of the publication. Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9600 Compatibility_Information: The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. Fees: none Custom_Order_Process: None Technical_Prerequisites: The usgs9697 layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20001101 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20230626 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Poppe 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: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314 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: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time