Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary - grab110_0204 - Sediment grabs within survey area 110_0204 taken from USGS usSeabed

Description

Over the past 50 years there has been an explosion in scientific interest, research effort, and information gathered on the geologic sedimentary character of the continental margin of the United States. Data and information from thousands of publications have greatly increased our scientific understanding of the geologic origins of the margin surface but rarely have those data been combined and integrated. This publication is the first release of the Pacific coast data from the usSEABED database. The report contains a compilation of published and unpublished sediment texture and other geologic data about the sea floor from diverse sources. usSEABED is an innovative database system developed to unify assorted data, with the data processed by the dbSEABED system. Examples of maps displaying attributes such as grain size and sediment color are included. This database contains information that is a scientific foundation for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Sea floor Mapping and Benthic Habitats project and the Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes assessment project, and will be useful to the marine science community for other studies of the Pacific coast continental margin.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Downloadable Data http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/science/habitatmapping/habitatmapping.htmldatacatalog.html
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40044
21 Online Resource http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/science/habitatmapping/habitatmapping.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/onms/dmp/pdf/40044.pdf

Tags

  • national ocean service
  • continental shelf
  • marine geology
  • santa barbara channel
  • environmental monitoring
  • doc/noaa/nos/nms
  • seafloor map
  • noaa
  • sediment samples
  • channel islands
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine sanctuaries
  • ocnms_benthic
  • california
  • usseabed
  • southern california
  • seafloor samples

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