Location of bottom photographs taken along the U.S. Atlantic East Coast as part of the Continental Margin Program (1963-1968, BPHOTOS)

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Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich
Publication_Date: 20010702
Title:

Location of bottom photographs taken along the U.S. Atlantic East Coast as part of the Continental Margin Program (1963-1968, BPHOTOS)

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 01-154

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/ofr01154
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/data/bphotos.zip
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/htmldocs/data.htm
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: V. F. Paskevich
Originator: L. J. Poppe
Originator: M. E. Hastings
Originator: J. C. Hathaway
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:

SEA-FLOOR PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM: A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 01-154

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/

Description:

Abstract:

In 1962, Congress authorized the Continental Margin Program, a joint program between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to conduct a geological reconnaissance investigation of the continental shelf and slope off the Atlantic coast of the United States. As part of this program 464 photographs were collected at 378 stations from the Canadian border to the southern tip of Florida. Bottom photography was conducted at many of these stations in conjunction with sediment sampling for grain size, mineralogy, geochemistry, and biology. Those photographs have been scanned and are archived here to release a digital version of the historical dataset.

Purpose:

This ArcView shapefile contains the locations of bottom photographs taken along the U.S. Atlantic East Coast as part of the Continental Margin Program and may be utilized as a data layer in any Geographic Information System (GIS).

Supplemental_Information:

The bottom photographs in this gallery are especially important because they can be used to appraise bottom variability, faunal communities, and sedimentary processes around stations distributed over a wide geographic area. These photographs also document bedrock outcrops, boulder fields, and coarse gravelly areas where statistically meaningful samples could not be collected. It is precisely because of this inability to collect adequate gravel samples that this fraction is often under-represented in many sediment grain-size databases (Hastings and others, 2000).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1963
Ending_Date: 1968

Currentness_Reference: completion of the Continental Margin Program sampling

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.8167
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.9833
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.8500
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.4083

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:b2054b92-f420-4dcb-a8a5-a88c67c23f74

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Continental Margin Program
Theme_Keyword: bottom photographs
Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments
Theme_Keyword: seafloor photography
Theme_Keyword: marine photography
Theme_Keyword: black and white photography
Theme_Keyword: photograph locations
Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme:

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

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: underwater photography
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast
Place_Keyword: continental United States
Place_Keyword: east coast
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Margin
Place_Keyword: continental shelf
Place_Keyword: North America

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: US10 = Delaware
Place_Keyword: US12 = Florida
Place_Keyword: US13 = Georgia
Place_Keyword: US23 = Maine
Place_Keyword: US24 = Maryland
Place_Keyword: US25 = Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: US34 = New Jersey
Place_Keyword: US36 = New York
Place_Keyword: US37 = North Carolina
Place_Keyword: US44 = Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: US45 = South Carolina
Place_Keyword: US51 = Virginia

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: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/htmldocs/images/browse/thumb/bphotos.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Thumbnail image showing location and distribution of bottom photographs along the U.S. east coast

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/htmldocs/images/browse/bphotos.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image showing location and distribution of bottom photographs along the U.S. east coast

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

The locations associated with the bottom photographs were extracted from the surficial sediment database held at the USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center.

Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI ArcView shapefile
Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: V.F. Paskevich
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:

USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1001

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051001

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes were extracted with the bottom photograph location from the East coast surficial samples database.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

This data set is complete inasmuch as it contains the location of those bottom photos that could be recovered from the archives at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Individuals should be careful when assuming precise positional accuracy because of the navigational equipment used to locate the bottom photography stations. Most of the stations were navigated with Loran-A; some near-shore stations were navigated by radar and line of sight. As a general rule of thumb, Loran-A had an average expected accuracy of 1 percent of the distance between the navigator and the onshore Loran stations (U.S. Coast Guard, 1949).

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: John C. Hathaway (comp.)
Publication_Date: 1971
Title:

DATA FILE: CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

Edition: Vol. 2 Samples Collection and Analytical Data
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe (ed.)
Originator: C.F. Polloni (ed.)
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

U.S. Geological Survey East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and Georeferenced Displays

Edition: Vol. 2 Samples Collection and Analytical Data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-358

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00358

Type_of_Source_Media: disk file
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1963
Ending_Date: 1971

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sd022395.db
Source_Contribution:

Data from report 71-15 were digitally transcribed to create a Paradox database. This database was the foundation of the USGS East Coast Sediment Texture database referenced as the Larger_Work_Citation in the Source_Information.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The records pertaining to the bottom photos were extracted from the sediment database.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sd022395.db
Process_Date: 20010305
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.xls
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: M.E. (Polly) Hastings

Contact_Position: database specialist
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 x2289
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: phastings@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Excel spreadsheet was exported as an ASCII text file with tab delimited fields.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.xls
Process_Date: 20010515
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.txt
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The file, stations.txt, was imported into ArcView to create a table. The table was then converted to an ArcView shapefile to be used as a GIS data layer. Also, at this time the ArcView legend file, bphotos.avl, was created and saved.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.txt
Process_Date: 20010608
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.shx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.sbn
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.sbx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.avl
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The ArcView shapefile was modified to add the field URL. This new field holds the relative path to the HTML formatted page containing the bottom photograph associated with the FIELD_ID for the data record.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.dbf
Process_Date: 20010608
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.dbf
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 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.). Removed a bad link in the Identification_Information section to coastalmap. 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. 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: 20160608
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: 20191118
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 (20200908). Fixed broken link to browse graphics and the data in the distribution section. Added the DOI link to the distribution section. Updated other publication links to DOI links (20240819).

Process_Date: 20240819
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: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 378

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: .17
Longitude_Resolution: .24
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bphotos.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

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_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shapefile point data
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIELD_ID
Attribute_Definition:

Field identifier - sample name or number as assigned in the field.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 24.4083
Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.8500
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition:

General geographic area to identify location of bottom photograph. The "area" is general enough to easily locate the area on a map.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition:

Latitude coordinate portion of position of bottom photo location. Value is recorded in decimal-degrees. South latitudes are recorded as negative values.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 24.4083
Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.8500
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .0001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition:

Longitude coordinate portion of position of bottom photo location. Value is recorded in decimal-degrees. West longitudes are recorded as negative values.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -81.8167
Range_Domain_Maximum: -59.9833
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .0001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M
Attribute_Definition:

Depth or sounding in meters - Measured depth of water, in meters, overlying sediment at sample time. Depth value is not corrected for tides.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 7
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4861
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CRUISE_ID
Attribute_Definition: Name or number of cruise on which sample collected. (text)
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEVICE
Attribute_Definition: Sampling device used to collect the sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LITHOLOGY
Attribute_Definition: General lithologic description of sample (text)
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NO_PHOTOS
Attribute_Definition: number of photos taken at station (integer)
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: count
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: URL
Attribute_Definition:

URL (Uniform Resource Locator) link to HTML formatted page containing thumbnail(s) view of the bottom photograph for the given station. The HTML formatted page also includes links to a larger, browse image and the full-resolution bottom photograph. (text)

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Attributes include cruise identifier, depth of the sample, a text description of the recovered sediment sample, and the name and relative location of the associated bottom photograph.

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: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and its sources have been used by the USGS, 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 the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcView 3.2
Format_Specification: shapefile
Format_Information_Content:

The six files comprising the ArcView shapefile representing the Continental Margin bottom photograph locations and an ASCII version of the metadata file.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 0.03

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/data/bphotos.zip
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01154

Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser.

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

Technical_Prerequisites:

The Continental Margin bottom photograph locations overlay is available as 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. Access to the data and information contained on this CD-ROM was developed using the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) utilized by the World Wide Web (WWW) project. Development of the CD-ROM documentation and user interface in HTML allows a user to access the information by using a variety of WWW information browsers to facilitate browsing and locating information and data. To access the information contained on this disk with a WWW client browser, open the file 'index.htm' at the top level directory of this CD-ROM with your selected browser. This CD-ROM should be readable by a variety of operating systems including Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh and UNIX.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240819
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator
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 x2281
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 metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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