NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database

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Resource language:  eng; USA

Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8

Resource progress code:  completed

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Cite as: Grant, J. Bruce, Moore, Carla J., Alameddin, George, Chen, Kuiying, and Mark Barton (1992). The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V52Z13FT

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Access to this dataset is unrestricted, however no search/subset capabilities are provided by NGDC.

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Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.

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While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

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Classification  unclassified

Spatial representation type code:  vector

Processing environment:  Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text files Technical Prerequisites: Contact data center for information

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This database is partially incorporated in corrected, updated form from the International Seabed Authority

Credits:

NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA National Ocean Service, Minerals Management Service

point of contact - pointOfContact

individual Name Marine Geology Data Manager

organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

position Name Marine Geology Data Manager

Contact information

Telephone

Voice (303) 497-4603

Fax (303) 497-6513

Address

325 Broadway, Mail Code E/NE42, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328 Country USA

electronic Mail Address geology.info@noaa.gov

hoursOfService 7:30 - 5:00 Mountain

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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects

geometric Object Type  point

Back to top Database records contain geochemical analyses for marine mineral deposits of ferromanganese nodules and crusts, and heavy mineral deposits. Data were contributed or extracted from the literature. point

Band

descriptor The date when a sampling operation was begun.

sequence Identifier

name begin_date

Long Wavelength  199112315900

Short Wavelength  180001010000

units

Band

descriptor Distance measured north or south from the equator in whole degrees, unsigned.

sequence Identifier

name latdeg

Long Wavelength  90

Short Wavelength  0

units

Band

descriptor Minutes of latitude, added to the attribute latdeg, indicating distance measured north or south from the equator.

sequence Identifier

name latmin

Long Wavelength  59.00

Short Wavelength  00.00

units

Band

descriptor Distance measured east or west of the Prime Meridian in whole degrees, unsigned.

sequence Identifier

name londeg

Long Wavelength  180

Short Wavelength  0

units

Band

descriptor Minutes of longitude, added to the attribute londeg, indicating distance measured east or west of the Prime Meridian.

sequence Identifier

name lonmin

Long Wavelength  59.00

Short Wavelength  00.00

units

ns Indicator of whether latitude is north or south of the equator. n: Latitude value is north of the equator. s: Latitude measured is south of the equator. ew Indicator of whether longitude is east or west of the Prime Meridian. e: Longitude measured is east of the Prime Meridian. w: Longitude measured is west of the Prime Meridian. MMBIB Identifier A unique identifier tying geochemical data to the associated reference within the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography consisting of the first four letters of the (first) author last name, followed by the first letter of the (first) author first name, then the first letter of the (first) author middle name (a if no middle name), then the last two digits of the year of publication, then a two digit sequence number within the year. E.g., CRONTM8301 (Cronin, T.M., 1983). The MMBIB is also used to cross-reference source articles with geochemical data in the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemistry database. This convention has been continued by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in their bibliography and geochemical databases which are partially derived from the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and Database. AAAAAA0001 - ZZZZZZ9999

Coverage description

Type of coverage content  physicalMeasurement

Cell value attribute description:  Information about the location from which a sample of sediment or rock was collected from the sea floor or a lakebed.

Band

descriptor The depth from the surface of the water to the sea floor or lakebed at the location where a measurement was taken or sample collection was begun.

sequence Identifier

name Water Depth Meters

Long Wavelength  23000

Short Wavelength  0

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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true

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Reference system information

Reference System Identifier

Identifier string: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326

authority

Title European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

publication  Date   2008-11-12

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organisation Name  European Petroleum Survey Group

Contact information

Linkage for online resource

name European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Dataset

URL: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

link function search

Description Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations.

Version 6.18.3

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