Lawrence J. Poppe
2003
Lithologic Descriptions of Bottom Sediments for the New England coast and the Gulf of Maine region (SMITHSONIAN shapefile)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
03-001
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr031
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/smithsonian/smithsonian.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/htmldocs/data.htm
L.J. Poppe
V.F. Paskevich
S.J. Williams
M.E. Hastings
J.T. Kelley
D.F. Belknap
L.G. Ward
D.M. Fitzgerald
P.F. Larsen
2003
Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation
1.0
Open-File Report
03-001
Reston, VA
U. S. Geological Survey
1 CD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/
These data, which comprise part of the Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment data file, were abstracted by the staff of the Smithsonian Institution from materials submitted for archival by various groups and individuals. Most of the data in this set were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS, formerly the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) for the purpose of charting the coastal waters and navigable waterways of the United States. Prior to 1985, the NOS data were released as part of the National Ocean Surveys Hydrographic Database. After 1985, sediment samples collected by NOS during surveys were transferred to the Smithsonian for archival and textural analysis. All of the data in this set were collected post 1985 and have been processed by the Smithsonian. These data were supplied by the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), but this data set contains fields that are only a subset of those fields available in the full Smithsonian data set. For example, the data have been clipped to eliminate those stations that were not from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, or the shelf and slope off southeastern New England. Last update of this file was July, 2001.
The purpose of this data layer is to provide the lithologic description in the Smithsonian dataset in a form that can be more easily used to interpret surficial sediment distributions off the northeastern United States.
1965
1990616
publication date
None planned
-71.998060
-67.000000
44.803060
41.000000
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:5fdfba80-9e7b-4b8f-b978-875826e91c19
None
U.S. Geological Survey
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Smithsonian
NGDC
sediment
bottom
lithology
Open-File Report 03-001
USGS
CMGP
surficial sediments
Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment data file
National Ocean Survey
NOS
National Geophysical Data Center
NGDC
Woods Hole Science Center
sediment classification
surficial classification
point shapefile
points
GIS
WHSC
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
location
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
navigational data
geospatial datasets
sea-floor characteristics
marine geology
None
U.S. East Coast
Atlantic
continental shelf
continental slope
Gulf of Maine
Georges Bank
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts Bay
Buzzards Bay
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 (USGS) as the source of this information.
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/smithsonian/smithsonian-thumb.gif
Thumbnail image showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage.
GIF
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/smithsonian/smithsonian.gif
Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage.
GIF
National Geophysical Data Center for supplying the original Smithsonian dataset. Larry Poppe for creating the ArcView shapefile.
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Smithsonian Institution
National Geophysical Data Center
Unpublished Material
Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment Data File
1.0
All attributes were checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed
Navigation, lithologic descriptions, bottom types, and station identifiers are provided for 3190 stations. However, many fields not germaine to the interpretation of surficial sediments distributions off the northeastern U.S. have been eliminated from the original dataset.
Navigation was performed by several instruments (e.g. Loran C, GPS, DGPS) and therefore varies.
Smithsonian Institution
Unpublished Material
Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment Data File
CD-ROM
unknown
unknown. Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
The lithologic descriptions, together with navigation and survey identifiers, were clipped to cover oly a limited geographic area and selected attributes saved as an ASCII text file. The ASCII text file was imported to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme in ArcView and saved as the final shapefile.
smithsonian.txt
20021218
smithsonian.dbf
smithsonian.shp
smithsonian.shx
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
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.). 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.
20151202
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
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
Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
20191118
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
3188
0.00001
0.00001
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1927
Clarke 1866
6378206.400000
294.978698
smithsonian.dbf
Shapefile Attribute Table
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
SOURCE
Organization responsible for compiling the data
Compiler
SMITHSONIAN
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
CATALOG_NO
Unique number assigned to each record by the Smithsonian Institution
Compiler
1
58133
station
1
SHIP
Affilication and name of vessels used to collect samples
Scientist
Character string of width 27.
PROJECTID
Individual project during which samples were collected.
Scientist
Character string of width 27.
DATE
Day, month, and year when the samples were collected.
Scientist
Character string of width 11; DD-Mmm-YY
AREA
General geographic area where samples were collected
Scientist
Character string of width 27.
STATE
State adjacent to the area where samples were collected.
Scientist
Character string of width 25.
SPECIFIC_L
Specific geographic area where the samples were collected
Scientist
Character string of width 53.
STATION
Sampling station name
Scientist
Character string of width 11.
LATITUDE
Latitutde coordinate of sample location
Scientist
41.60000
44.80306
Decimal degrees
0.00001
LONGITUDE
Longitude coordinate of sample location
Scientist
-71.99806
-67.00000
Decimal degrees
0.00001
COLLECTOR
Name of Chief Scientist who collected samples
Scientist
Character string of width 18.
BOTTOM_DES
Brief description of bottom character
Scientist
Character string of width 22.
DEVICE
Equipment used to collect samples
Scientist
Character string of width 43.
LITHOLOG_D
Verbal description of the bottom-sediment lithology at the stations
Scientist
Character string of width 73.
LITHOLOGY
Short textural description of the sediment
Compiler
Character string of width 20.
Navigation, lithologic descriptions, and identifiers for those stations off the northeastern U.S. that comprise a portion of the Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment Database.
U.S. Geological Survey
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. 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.
SHP
3.2
ESRI point shapefile
Five files (smithsonian.shp, smithsonian.dbf, smithsonian.shx, smithsonian.sbx, smithsonian.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic.
zip
0.34
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/smithsonian/smithsonian.zip
Data may be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW).
CD-ROM
650
Mbytes
ISO 9600
The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.
None
These 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 the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
2002
20211116
Lawrence J. Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(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
None
None