Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: sedgrabs
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: ID
Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LABNO
Attribute_Definition:
USGS unique identifier consisting of two characters and three numerics
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: String of width 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATIONID
Attribute_Definition: Sample name assigned in the field
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: String of width 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PROJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Project under which the samples were taken
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CRUISEID
Attribute_Definition:
Name or number of cruise during which the samples were collected
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PRINCIPAL
Attribute_Definition: Name (initial and last name) of the principal investigator
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MONTH
Attribute_Definition: Calendar month sample was analyzed
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DAY
Attribute_Definition: Day sample was analyzed
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR
Attribute_Definition: Day sample was analyzed
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of sample location
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of sample location
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEVICE
Attribute_Definition: Device used to collect sample
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: SMALL SEABOSS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: General geographic area
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M
Attribute_Definition: Depth or sounding in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: T_DEPTH
Attribute_Definition:
Top depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: B_DEPTH
Attribute_Definition:
Bottom depth of the sample below sediment-water interface in centimeters
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depth in sediment in cm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WEIGHT
Attribute_Definition: Weight of dry sample in grams
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZGRAVEL
Attribute_Definition: Gravel content in percent dry weight
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZSAND
Attribute_Definition: Sand content in percent dry weight
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZSILT
Attribute_Definition: Silt content in percent dry weight
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZCLAY
Attribute_Definition: Clay content in percent dry weight
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SEDCLASS
Attribute_Definition: Sediment description based on Shepard 1954
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary (See Shepard (1954))
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MEDIAN
Attribute_Definition: Middle point in the grain-size distribution in phi units
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MEAN
Attribute_Definition: Average value in the grain-size distribution in phi units
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STDDEV
Attribute_Definition: Standard deviation of the grain size distribution
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SKEWNESS
Attribute_Definition: Deviation from symmetrical form of the grain-size distribution
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: KURTOSIS
Attribute_Definition:
Degree of curvature near the mode of the grain-size distribution
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE_1_CLA
Attribute_Definition: First mode in phi units
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE_1_FRE
Attribute_Definition: Frequency percent of the first mode
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE_2_CLA
Attribute_Definition: Second mode in phi units
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE_2_FRE
Attribute_Definition: Frequency percent of the second mode
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE_3_CLA
Attribute_Definition: Third mode in phi units
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MODE_3_FRE
Attribute_Definition: Frequency percent of the third mode
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NMODES
Attribute_Definition: Number of modes
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_11
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 11 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_10
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 10 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_9
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 9 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_8
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 8 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_7
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 7 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_6
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 6 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_5
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 5 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_4
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 4 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_3
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 3 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_2
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 2 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_1
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 1 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHI_0
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the 0 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM1
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -1 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM2
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -2 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM3
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -3 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM4
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -4 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHIM5
Attribute_Definition: Cumulative weight percent of the sample in the -5 phi fraction
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACKTIME
Attribute_Definition: Time in seconds from Jan 1, 2004 12:00:01 AM
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHOTONO
Attribute_Definition:
Original photo number as recorded by the digital camera used to take the on-deck sample photos
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HOTLINK
Attribute_Definition: Field used to hotlink the sample photo in ArcMap or ArcView
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZONE
Attribute_Definition:
Seafloor zone that the sample lies in (zone corresponds to the polygons in the shapefile "bottomtype.shp")
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata.