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

Dataset Identification:

Resource 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.
Citation
Title Morphology of the Gulf of Mexico within GLORIA survey area (MORPHOLOGY.SHP)
publication  Date   2005-01-01
Edition 1.0
presentationForm  mapDigital
Series
Name Open-File Report
Issue 2005-1071
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Contact information
Address
, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  David Twichell
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Twichell D.C.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Cross V.A.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Paskevich, V.F.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Hutchinson, D.R.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Winters, W.J.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Hart, P.E.
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/morphology.zip
Topic Category:  oceans,geoscientificInformation
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
Gulf of Mexico GIS database
polyline
ArcView
shapefile
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
EEZ
GLORIA
Geologic LOng-Range Inclined Asdic
vectors
geomorphic interpretation
sidescan sonar mosaic
interpretation
morphology
GLORIA interpretation
sidescan sonar mosaic
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
Gulf of Mexico
thesaurus name >
Title None
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).
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: GIF
thumbnail file description:  Overview image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: GIF
thumbnail file description:  Thumbnail image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
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.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
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.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Processing environment:  Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 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.
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -95.799362
eastBoundLongitude  -82.041714
northBoundLatitude  29.210850
southBoundLatitude  23.741351
Temporal Extent
1982-02-02 1985-10-24
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name David Twichell
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Oceanographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (508) 548-8700 x2266
Fax (508) 457-2310
Address
384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1598 Country USA
electronic Mail Address dtwichell@usgs.gov
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  complex
geometric Object Count  26
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 2
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size 
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size 
transformation parameter availability:  false
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Internal feature number.
sequence Identifier
name FID
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Area of polygon in native units.
sequence Identifier
name AREA
Long Wavelength  14.168
Short Wavelength  0.000
units
Band
descriptor Perimeter of polygon in native units.
sequence Identifier
name PERIMETER
Long Wavelength  33.463
Short Wavelength  0.001
units
Band
descriptor text description assigned to the polygon feature of the geomorphic interpretation
sequence Identifier
name DESCRIPTIO
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  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 Type paper
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 500000
source citation
Title Atlas of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean areas
publication  Date   1987-01-01
Edition 1.0
presentationForm  mapHardcopy
Series
Name Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map
Issue I-1864-A,B
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  various (comp.)
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1864AB
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1987-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: The morphologic features included in the geologic interpretation of this publication were incorporated into this morphologic interpretation.Source Type CD-ROM
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 500000
source citation
Title Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation: ArcView data coverages
publication  Date   2000-01-01
Edition 1.0
Series
Name Open-File Report
Issue 00-019
other Citation Details  1 CD-ROM
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Paskevich, V.
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-019/
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2000-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: The morphology of the Florida Escarpment was taken in part from this report.Source Type paper
source citation
Title Variations in the styles of erosion along the Florida Escarpment, eastern Gulf of Mexico
publication  Date   1990-01-01
Edition 1.0
presentationForm  documentDigital
Series
Name Marine and Petroleum Geology
Issue Vol. 7, pages 253-266
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  Elsevier
Contact information
Address
, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Twichell, D.C.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Parson, L.M.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Paull, C.K.
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: The extent of the Mississippi Canyon and Mississippi Fan were taken from this report.Source Type paper
source citation
Title Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high-resolution seismic profiles
publication  Date   1991-01-01
Edition 1.0
presentationForm  documentDigital
Series
Name Seismic facies and sedimentary processes of modern and ancient submarine fans, edited by Weimer, P. and Link, M.H.
Issue pages 349-364
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  Springer-Verlag
Contact information
Address
, New York, NY
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Twichell, D.C.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Kenyon, N.H.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Parson, L.M.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  McGregor, B.A.
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1991-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: The extent of Bryant Canyon and Fan were taken from this reportSource Type CD-ROM
source citation
Title Late-stage development of the Bryant Canyon turbidite pathway on the Louisiana continental slope
publication  Date   2000-01-01
Edition 1.0
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 pages 1032-1044
other Citation Details  published on CD-ROM
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
Contact information
Address
, Tulsa, OK
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Twichell, D.C.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Nelson, C.H.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Damuth, J.E.
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2000-01-01
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  Information unavailable from original metadata.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  Information unavailable from original metadata.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on the data.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name David Twichell
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Oceanographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (508) 548-8700 x2266
Fax (508) 457-2310
Address
384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1598
electronic Mail Address dtwichell@usgs.gov
Standard ordering process
fees None
Format
Format name SHP
Format version 3.3
specification > ESRI polyline shapefile
file Decompression Technique  zip archive
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size 0.290
Linkage for online resource
name SHP
URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/morphology.zip
link function 
Description 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).
Digital Transfer Options
Medium of distribution
name  dvdRom
medium Format  UDF
density 4.75
density Units Gbytes

Metadata data stamp:  2017-03-16
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
Metadata Constraints
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Metadata Access Constraints: None
Metadata Constraints
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Metadata Use Constraints: None
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name David Twichell
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Oceanographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (508) 548-8700 x2266
Fax (508) 457-2310
Address
384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1598 Country USA
electronic Mail Address dtwichell@usgs.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  2bf8349c-b369-4f07-a13b-f7693df84f70

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)