Morphology of the Gulf of Mexico within GLORIA survey area (MORPHOLOGY.SHP)

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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:

Morphology of the Gulf of Mexico within GLORIA survey area (MORPHOLOGY.SHP)

Edition: 1.0
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/morphology.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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/

Description:

Abstract:

Since 1982 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has collected a large amount of surficial and shallow subsurface geologic information in the deep parts of the Gulf of Mexico. These data include digital sidescan sonar imagery, digital seismic-reflection data, and descriptions and analyses of piston and gravity cores. The data were collected during several different projects that addressed surficial and shallow subsurface geologic processes. Some of these data sets have already been published, but the growing interest in the occurrence and distribution of gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico warrants integrating these existing data and associated interpretations into a GIS to provide regional background information for ongoing and future gas hydrate research.

Purpose:

This GIS data layer shows the geomorphic provinces of the deep-water part of the Gulf of Mexico. The interpretation draws on the geologic interpretation (EEZ-SCAN Scientific Staff, 1987; Paskevich, 2000) and publications by Twichell and others (1990; 1991; 2000).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

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Beginning_Date: 19820202
Ending_Date: 19851024

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -95.799362
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.041714
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.210850
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.741351

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Theme:

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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: GLORIA
Theme_Keyword: Geologic LOng-Range Inclined Asdic
Theme_Keyword: vectors
Theme_Keyword: geomorphic interpretation
Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar mosaic
Theme_Keyword: interpretation
Theme_Keyword: morphology
Theme_Keyword: GLORIA interpretation
Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar mosaic

Theme:

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

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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

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

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Browse_Graphic:

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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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-019/

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

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Paul Weimer (ed.)
Originator: Martin H. Link (ed.)
Publication_Date: 1991
Title:

Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Modern and Ancient Submarine Fans

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Springer-Verlag

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

Series_Information:

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

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Amsterdam
Publisher: Elsevier

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: EEZ Scan 85 Scientific Staff
Publication_Date: 1987
Title: Atlas of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Mexico
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map
Issue_Identification: I-1864

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1864AB

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

Publication_Information:

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

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: P. Weimer (ed.)
Originator: R.M. Slatt (ed.)
Originator: J. Coleman (ed.)
Originator: N.C. Rosen (ed.)
Originator: H. Nelson (ed.)
Originator: A.H. Bouma (ed.)
Originator: M.J. Styzen (ed.)
Originator: D.T. Lawrence
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Deep-Water Reservoirs of the World: Proceedings of the Gulf Coast Section SEPM

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on the data.

Completeness_Report: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: various (comp.)
Publication_Date: 1987
Title:

Atlas of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean areas

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map
Issue_Identification: I-1864-A,B

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1864AB

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Time_Period_Information:

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Calendar_Date: 1987

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

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Source_Contribution:

The image showing the geologic interpretation of the Gulf of Mexico GLORIA data was created by digitizing the expanded interpretations from I-1864-A,B.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-019/

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Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

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Source_Contribution:

The morphologic features included in the geologic interpretation of this publication were incorporated into this morphologic interpretation.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

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, pages 253-266

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Publisher: Elsevier

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Time_Period_Information:

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Calendar_Date: 1990

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source_Contribution:

The morphology of the Florida Escarpment was taken in part from this report.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

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, edited by Weimer, P. and Link, M.H.

Issue_Identification: pages 349-364

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Springer-Verlag

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Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1991

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source_Contribution:

The extent of the Mississippi Canyon and Mississippi Fan were taken from this report.

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, Gulf Coast Section of SEPM 20th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, edited by Weimer, P., Slatt, R., Coleman, J., Rosen, N., Nelson, H., Bouma, A., Styzen, M., and Lawrence, D.

Issue_Identification: pages 1032-1044

Publication_Information:

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

Other_Citation_Details: published on CD-ROM

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Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source_Contribution: The extent of Bryant Canyon and Fan were taken from this report

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The interpretive overlay, morphology.shp, used the gloria.tif image and the geology.shp shapefile as a base, and then incorporated the morphology of different parts of the Gulf of Mexico that has been described in studies by EEZ-Scan 85 Scientific Staff (1987), Paskevich (2000, and Twichell and others (1990, 1991, 2000). The components of the interpretation and their sources are listed below: Salt deformed slope - modified from Paskevich (2000) Basin floor - combined sediment wave and hemipelagic drape of Paskevich (2000) Mesozoic/Cenozoic carbonate - taken from Paskevich (2000) and Twichell and others (1990) Carbonate slope - same as Pleistocene carbonate mud of Paskevich (2000) Sigsbee Escarpment - same as Paskevich (2000) Seamount - same as Paskevich (2000) Mississippi Fan - from Twichell and others (1991) Bryant Fan - from Twichell and others (2000). Processing took place after 2001.

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Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shp
Process_Date: 2001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: morphology.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 Geographic NAD27 to Geographic WGS84 using ArcToolBox (v. 9.1)

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Process_Date: 2005
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Process_Contact:

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City: Woods Hole
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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2266
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
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sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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text description assigned to the polygon feature of the geomorphic interpretation

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Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string

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

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.

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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).

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Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

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

Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser.

Offline_Option:

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Recording_Capacity:

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Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

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 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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