The MAFLA (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida) Study, Grain Size Analyses

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Resource language:  eng; USA

Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8

Resource progress code:  completed

Resource Maintenance Information

maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned

notes: Completed data set, no additions planned.

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Please cite the originator of the data set, the date downloaded, and the National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA, as the source of the data.

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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

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Access to this dataset is unrestricted.

Spatial representation type code:  vector

Processing environment:  Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text

Spatial resolution:

Additional information on resource:

minimal documentation, added to NGDC grainsize database

Credits:

L. J. Doyle, University of Southern Florida, with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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

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Coverage description

Type of coverage content  point

Cell value attribute description:  The Latitude and Longitude (point) from which a sample of sediment or rock was collected from the sea floor or a lakebed.

Band

descriptor Distance measured north or south from the equator. Distance north is positive, distance south is negative.

sequence Identifier

name Latitude

Long Wavelength  90.00000

Short Wavelength  -90.00000

units

Band

descriptor Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian (which is the north/south line that runs through Greenwich, England), values measured east are positive and values measured west are negative.

sequence Identifier

name Longitude

Long Wavelength  180.00000

Short Wavelength  -180.00000

units

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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

units

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Coverage description

Type of coverage content  physicalMeasurement

Cell value attribute description:  Weight percent of particles within a specified size range.

Band

descriptor Percentage, by weight, of the particles from a sample or subsample that falls within a specified particle size range. The range may be expressed in milimeters or phi as inidcated in the dataset.

sequence Identifier

name weight percent

Long Wavelength  0

Short Wavelength  100

units

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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true

Compliance Code  false

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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

cited responsible party -

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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