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  • Seabed component and feature data for the continental margin of the U.S. Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) from usSEABED (pac_cmp.txt)

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    This data layer (PAC_CMP.txt) is one of five point coverages of known sediment samples, inspections, and probes from the usSEABED data collection for the U.S. Pacific continental margin integrated using the software system dbSEABED. This data file gives numeric data about selected components (for example, minerals, rock type, microfossils, and benthic biota) and sea floor features (for example, bioturbation, structure, and ripples) at a given site. Values in the attribute fields represent the membership to that attribute's fuzzy set. For components such as minerals, rocks, micro-biota and plants, and (or) epifauna and infauna, corals and other geologic and biologic information, the value depends on sentence structure and other components in description. For features (denoted by an '_F') such as ripples, ophiuroids, sponges, shrimp, worm tubes, lamination, lumps, grading, and (or) bioturbation, the value of the fuzzy set depends on the development of the attribute. Only the relative fuzzy presence of components and features can be determined; the absence of information does not indicate a lack of the attribute, only lack of information about that attribute. Table 5 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/table5.html) in the Larger_Work_Citation gives more information about the words or phrases that trigger each component and feature.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date December 4, 2019
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2006 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update AS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ADDED TO THE USSEABED DATA COLLECTION AND (OR) SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE DATA MINING SOFTWARE.

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    Harvested from DOI Open Data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 4, 2019
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2006 (publication)
    Responsible Party U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
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    Access Constraints Use Constraints: USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data. This information is not intended for navigation purposes., Access Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long -117.02848
    Bbox North Lat 48.72750
    Bbox South Lat 31.93333
    Bbox West Long -128.20000
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update AS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ADDED TO THE USSEABED DATA COLLECTION AND (OR) SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE DATA MINING SOFTWARE.
    Graphic Preview Description Image map showing extent of data layer coverage
    Graphic Preview File https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/data/pac_cmp.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Licence Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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