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Marine Ecosystems Analysis (MESA) Program, New York Bight Surficial Sediment Analyses


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            title:  Marine Ecosystems Analysis (MESA) Program, New York Bight Surficial Sediment Analyses
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        abstract:  The Marine Ecosystems Analysis (MESA) Program, New York Bight Study was funded by NOAA and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Atlas was a historical compilation of surficial sediment grain size analyses in the NY Bight from 1957-1979. 5,928 cores, grabs, and dredges are included from multiple cruises: (BCTS, BLM01B-BLM08B, FIM01-FIM14, HSV, LEI-A - LEI-M, OCSS, Quart1 - Quart5, RBCI02 - RBCI04, RBCII1 - RBCII4, and RECON). Data are in the historic 073 format. Data include collecting institution, ship, cruise, sample id, latitude/longitude, date of collection, water depth, sampling device, method of analysis, sample weight, sampled interval, raw weight percentages of sediment, within a given phi range. Some samples also have percentages of total gravel, sand, silt, clay, and statistical measurements such as mean, median, skewness, kurtosis, and standard deviation of grain size. These data are part of the larger NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database. In addition to grain size data included in the atlas, this data set also contains related sediment geochemistry in the MESA 001 format, and some originator's grain size data in the MESA 003 format which were returned to the originator for error correction and may not be represented in the 073 format data.
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            otherConstraints:  Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
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                            description:  Information about the Marine Geology Data Archive at NCEI.
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                title:  NOAA/NCEI Marine Geology WAF
                date:  (CI_Date)
                    date:  2015-10-05
                    dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode)
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                    organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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                            linkage: https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/
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                            name:  Marine geology metadata records.
                            function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) search
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            initiativeType:  (DS_InitiativeTypeCode) collection
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        spatialResolution: (missing)  (MD_Resolution)
            levelOfDetail:  Vertical resolution is 1 meter and horizontal resolution is .001 degree.
        language:
          LanguageCode:  eng; USA
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        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) geoscientificInformation
        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) oceans
        environmentDescription:  Native Dataset Environment: ASCII text
        extent:  (EX_Extent)
            description:  Northwest Atlantic Ocean, New York Bight
            geographicElement:  (EX_GeographicBoundingBox)
                westBoundLongitude:  -75.3103
                eastBoundLongitude:  -70.0216
                southBoundLatitude:  37.0102
                northBoundLatitude:  40.9783
            temporalElement:  (EX_TemporalExtent)
                extent:
                  TimePeriod:
                    description:  Sampling Dates
                    beginPosition:  1957-01-01
                    endPosition:  1979-12-31
            verticalElement:  (EX_VerticalExtent)
                minimumValue:
                  Real:  -870
                maximumValue:
                  Real:  -0
                verticalCRS: (missing)
        supplementalInformation:  The atlas is a historic compilation of all grain size data available for the MESA/NY Bight area at the time. NCEI archives a microfiche copy of the atlas, but it is interpretive only and not in the inventory. Cruises in the atlas include BCTS, BLM01B through BLM08B, FIM01 through FIM14, HSV, LEI-A through LEI-M, OCSS, QUART1 through QUART5, RBCI02 through RBCI04, RBCII1 through RBCII4, and RECON; other cruises in the atlas are not defined and additional cruises include MESA geochemistry data not in the atlas. Some cruises are replacements for data previously returned for correction, see lineage/processing notes.
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
        attributeDescription:
          RecordType:  The Latitude and Longitude (point) from which a sample of sediment or rock was collected from the sea floor or a lakebed.
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  Latitude
                attributeType: (unknown)
            descriptor:  Distance measured north or south from the equator. Distance north is positive, distance south is negative.
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            minValue:
              Real:  -90.00000
            units:
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                identifier:  decimal degrees
                name:  decimal degrees
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  Longitude
                attributeType: (unknown)
            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.
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            minValue:
              Real:  -180.00000
            units:
              UnitDefinition:
                identifier:  decimal degrees
                name:  decimal degrees
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
        attributeDescription:
          RecordType:  Information about the location from which a sample of sediment or rock was collected from the sea floor or a lakebed.
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  Water Depth Meters
                attributeType: (unknown)
            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.
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            minValue:
              Real:  0
            units:
              UnitDefinition:
                identifier:  corrected meters
                name:  corrected meters
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    contentInfo:  (MD_CoverageDescription)
        attributeDescription:
          RecordType:  Weight percent of particles within a specified size range.
        contentType:  (MD_CoverageContentTypeCode) physicalMeasurement
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  weight percent
                attributeType: (unknown)
            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.
            maxValue:
              Real:  0
            minValue:
              Real:  100
            units: (unknown)
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    contentInfo:  (MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription)
        complianceCode:  false
        includedWithDataset:  true
        featureTypes:
          LocalName:
        featureCatalogueCitation:  (CI_Citation)
            title:  Documentation
            date:  (CI_Date)
                date:  1979-01-01
                dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) creation
            otherCitationDetails:  Entities and attributes are completely described in a text file accompanying the dataset on download.
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    distributionInfo:  (MD_Distribution)
        distributor:  (MD_Distributor)
            distributorContact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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                    address:  (CI_Address)
                        electronicMailAddress:  ncei.info@noaa.gov
                    onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                        linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
                        name:  NCEI Contact Information
                        description:  Information for contacts at NCEI.
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                fees:  In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.
                orderingInstructions:  Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions.
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                    linkage: https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/xml/G02889.xml&view=getDataView&header=none
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                    description:  Information about the data set, all access options, and complete documentation.
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                onLine:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                    linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/g02889/
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                    name:  Data files and documentation
                    description:  Original data and documentation for the historical compilation of MESA NY Bight grainsize data (MGG03995007) in the fixed-field 073 format, data and documentation for geochemical data in the MESA 001 format, and additional grain size analyses in the MESA 003 format not all of which is included in the atlas.
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                    linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg_grainsize/selectdisplay.jsp?mgg=03995007
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                    name:  Database extract MGG03995007
                    description:  Download MESA NY BIGHT Atlas grain size data (MGG03995007) in delimited form from the NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database.
                    function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) download
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    dataQualityInfo:  (DQ_DataQuality)
        scope:  (DQ_Scope)
            level:  (MD_ScopeCode) dataset
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                dataset:  gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.geology:G02889
        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Horizontal Positional Accuracy
            measureDescription: (unknown)
            evaluationMethodDescription:  The horizontal accuracy of data values is approximately .001 degree of latitude/longitude.
            result: (unknown)
        report:  (DQ_QuantitativeAttributeAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Reliability
            measureDescription: (unknown)
            evaluationMethodDescription:  Quality control was performed by the originator. NCEI performed basic out-of-range location testing and testing for conformance to the 073 grain size format, these data were marginal after revision.
            result: (unknown)
        lineage:  (LI_Lineage)
            statement:  Final resubmission of originator's data as a single historic compilation were received through the former National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) in February of 1980. Data were received on nine track magnetic tape in EBCDIC form as 80 character records blocked to 4000 characters per block. 22,566 records total for 5,961 samples were processed into the NGDC Seafloor Sediment Grain Size Database after extensive revision and the data are still not of high quality. Artifical 073 File IDs were created using the first six digits of the cruise/project to replace null fields. Data included BLM01B through BLM08B formerly on a VIMS submission, and also USGS (Red Bailey) 073 data from MGG06995003. Data contributed by the originator to NOAA's former NODC may be part of a larger compilation archived as oceanographic data. Related grain size data in the MESA 003 format (MGG03995004-5) and geochemical data in the MESA 001 format (MGG03995006) are included in this data set (see lineage description field for complete information).
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  Previously received data replaced by this submission of MGG03995007 include data in the MESA 003 format for: Ferrel cruises SUMP1 and SUMP4 (MGG03305001, MGG03305002), Albatross cruise SUMP2 (MGG03375001), Venture cruise SUMP3 (MGG03235001), Delaware IV cruise SUMP5 (MGG03385001), and Advance II cruise SUMP6 (MGG03395001). Data were returned to AOML for correction and re-received as AOML MGG03995004 (Sump1-6 of the Ferrel, Albatross IV, Venture, Delaware IV, Advance II) and NMFS MGG03995005 (Albatross IV A-73-1, A7401, Oregon II O-73-1, O-74-1, Delaware II D7409) along with NMFS MESA geochemistry in the 001 format for those and additional cruises (DO 3/1, 4/1, and Delaware I, DE1/1, 2/1, 3/1, 4/1, DE5,6,7, D7409) and NMFS MGG03995006 (Atlantic Twin A73-1, Rorgual R73-2, Oregon II 73-1, Dolphin DO 1/1, 2/1) - all of which again had too many errors to process into the master grain size database. Additional data replaced by MGG03995007 include BLM01B Columbus Iselin 10/27/75-11/06/75 (MGG57035001) 1,298 records; BLM02B G.W. Pierce 2/19/76-3/23/76 (MGG57015002) 2,606 records; BLM03B J.M.Gilliss 6/14/76-6/24/76 (MGG57025001) 1,298 records; and BLM04B G.W. Pierce 8/14/76-9/2/76 (MGG57015001) 2,768 records, received on four nine track EBCDIC magnetic tapes, 109 character unblocked records, 1 file per tape - all sent back to the originator in 1977 for correction (resubmitted IDs MGG06595001, MGG06605001, MGG06605002, MGG06615001 were later combined into MGG03995007). In addition, some of the previously rejected BLM/OCS/Mid-Atlantic data: BLM05B H.J.W. Fay 11/3/76-11/18/76 (MGG57055001); BLM06B H.J.W. Fay 2/4/77-2/17/77 and 3/6/77-3/13/77 (MGG57055002); BLM07B H.J.W. Fay 5/30/77-6/5/77 (MGG57055003); BLM08B H.J.W.Fay 8/3/77-8/17/77 (MGG57055004) received in the MESA 003 format which failed quality control tests and were returned to NOAA/AOML for correction, were also included in the resubmitted MGG03995007. Many of the former MGG identifiers exist in the Marine Geology Inventory as data sets with no associated samples and are annotated as being in error/not for distribution.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  1980-02-28T00:00:00
            source:  (LI_Source)
                description:  NODC
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                other:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2015-04-22T00:00:00
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    metadataMaintenance:  (MD_MaintenanceInformation)
        maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:  (MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode) asNeeded
        maintenanceNote:  Modified for compliance to NCEI Template v1.2.
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  various
            type: (unknown)
            description:  5961 cores, grabs, dredges
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
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                code:  Columbus Iselin
            description: (unknown)
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                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (RS_Identifier)
                code:  George W. Pierce
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                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (RS_Identifier)
                code:  James M. Gilliss
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                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (RS_Identifier)
                code:  H.J.W. Fay
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                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
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                code:  Atlantic Twin
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        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (RS_Identifier)
                code:  George B. Kelez
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                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
                type:  instrument
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                code:  Advance II
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                code:  Albatross IV
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            identifier:  (RS_Identifier)
                code:  Delaware I
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                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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        platform:  (MI_Platform)
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        platform:  (MI_Platform)
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                type:  instrument
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        platform:  (MI_Platform)
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                code:  Dolphin
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                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
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                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (RS_Identifier)
                code:  Ferrel
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                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
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                code:  Venture
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                    code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
                type:  instrument
                description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)