Mass-wasting deposits within the GLORIA survey area, Gulf of Mexico (MASSWASTING.SHP)

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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: David Twichell
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:

Mass-wasting deposits within the GLORIA survey area, Gulf of Mexico (MASSWASTING.SHP)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1071

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/ofr20051071
Online_Linkage:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/masswasting.zip

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Twichell D.C.
Originator: Cross V.A.
Originator: Paskevich, V.F.
Originator: Hutchinson, D.R.
Originator: Winters, W.J.
Originator: Hart, P.E.
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:

GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1071

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS overlay is a component of the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center's, Gulf of Mexico GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.

Purpose:

This GIS data layer shows the distribution of mass-wasting deposits in the Gulf of Mexico. The interpretation was completed by David Twichell using the GLORIA image, multibeam bathymetry, high-resolution seismic profiles, and cores to identify areas of mass wasting. Some of the mass-wasting deposits were reported in publicatons by Paskevich (2000) and Twichell and others (1990; 1991; 2000), while others are reported for the first time here.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19820202
Ending_Date: 19851022

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -95.748373
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.397406
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.201852
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.741351

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:b1e8ce61-5a5e-4ecc-9c6c-81b80c9ff6b4

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: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico GIS database
Theme_Keyword: polyline
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
Theme_Keyword: EEZ
Theme_Keyword: mass-wasting deposits
Theme_Keyword: geologic interpretation
Theme_Keyword: GLORIA interpretation
Theme_Keyword: Geologic LOng -Range Inclined Asdic
Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar mosaic
Theme_Keyword: interpretation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: scientific interpretation
Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

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: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/masswasting.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Overview image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/masswasting-thumb.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Thumbnail image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

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: Paskevich, V.
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation:ArcView data coverages

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-019

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-019/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Parson, L.M.
Originator: Paull, C.K.
Publication_Date: 1990
Title:

Variations in the styles of erosion along the Florida Escarpment, eastern Gulf of Mexico

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine and Petroleum Geology
Issue_Identification: vol. 7, p. 253-266

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Publisher: Elsevier

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Kenyon, N.H.
Originator: Parson, L.M.
Originator: McGregor, B.A.
Publication_Date: 1991
Title:

Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high-resolution seismic profiles

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Modern and Ancient Submarine Fans

Issue_Identification: pages 349-364

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Nelson, C.H.
Originator: Damuth, J.E.
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Late-stage development of the Bryant Canyon turbidite pathway on the Louisiana continental slope

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Deep-Water Reservoirs of the World edited by Weimer, P., Slatt, R., Coleman, J., Rosen, N., Nelson, H., Bouma, A., Styzen, M., and Lawrence, D.

Issue_Identification:

Proceedings of the Gulf Coast Section SEPM 20th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, p. 1032-1044.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tulsa, OK
Publisher: Society of Economic Paleontologists aned Mineralogists

Other_Citation_Details: Publication on CD-ROM

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: The data layer has been checked for topological consisitency.
Completeness_Report: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Paskevich, V.
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretaiton: ArcView data coverages

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-019

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-019/

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shp
Source_Contribution:

The mass-wasting deposits were selected from the geologic interpretation of the Gulf of Mexico GLORIA imagery and provide a subset of the mass-wasting deposits shown in This GIS data layer.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Nelson, C.H.
Originator: Damuth, J.E.
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Late-stage development of the Bryant Canyon turbidite pathway on the Louisiana continental slope

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Deep-Water reservoirs of the World: Proceedings of the Gulf Coast Section SEPM 20th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference

Issue_Identification: pages 1032-1044

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tulsa, OK
Publisher: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source_Contribution:

Locations of some mass-wasting deposits were derived from this report

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This interpretive layer shows the distribution of mass-wasting deposits in the deep-water part of the Gulf of Mexico. The shapefile was created in ArcView using 250 m GLORIA sidescan image (gloria.tif) to interpolate between known areas of mass wasting that had been identified on widely spaced high-resolution seismic profiles, and in short cores. The mass-wasting deposits were differentiated into Terrigenous mass-wasting deposits, Carbonate debris flow deposits, and Carabonate talus deposits.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gloria.tif
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: masswasting.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The shapefile was reprojected from NAD_27, geographic to WGS84, geographic using the Project utility in ArcToolBox (v. 9.1).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: masswasting.shp
Process_Date: 2005
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: masswasting_PROJECT.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanogrpaher
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: masswasting_PROJECT.shp
Process_Date: 2005
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: masswasting.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 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.). Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. The link to the larger work citation had to be fixed. The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. 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: 20170307
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: 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.

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: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 85

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: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: masswasting
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:

Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon in native units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.001
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.086
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon in native units
Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.028
Range_Domain_Maximum: 11.490
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPTIO
Attribute_Definition:

text description assigned to the polygon feature describing the type of mass-wasting deposit

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The DESCRIPTION attribute of This GIS data layer divides the mass-wasting deposits into three categories depending on the sediment type. The categories are: Carbonate debris flow deposits - carbonate sediment that was deposited as debris flows. Carbonate talus deposits - large clasts of carbonate material that have failed from the Florida Escarpment Terrigenous mass-wasting - mass-wasting deposits in terrigenous sediment that have not been differentiated by process.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data.
Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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.
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: SHP
Format_Version_Number: 3.3
Format_Specification: ESRI polyline shapefile
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 <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).

File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 0.109

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/masswasting.zip

Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser.

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

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: 20211116
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: David Twichell

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
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: 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

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