Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Publication_Date: 20090107
Title: Geological and Geophysical data of field activity A-1-93-GB
in Prince William Sound, Yakutat Bay, and Glacier Bay,
Alaska from 08/17/1993 to 09/03/1993
Publication_Information:
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gos/a-1-93-gb.fmeta.xml
Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a193gb/html/a-1-93-gb.meta.html
Description:
Abstract: Appalachian State University. Chief Scientists: Ellen Cowan,
Ross Powell. Geological and Geophysical data (7khz, Huntec,
sidescansonar, pistoncore, gravitycore, VanVeengrab, GPS) of
field activity A-1-93-GB in Prince William Sound, Yakutat
Bay, and Glacier Bay, Alaska from 08/17/1993 to 09/03/1993,
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a193gb/html/a-1-93-gb.meta.html.
Purpose: These data and information are intended for science
researchers, students from elementary through
college, policy makers, and general public.
Supplemental_Information:
Equipment Used -
7khz bathymetry
Huntec
sidescansonar
pistoncore Bentos piston corer
gravitycore
VanVeengrab
GPS
Publications -
Cowan, Ellen A., Powell, Ross D., Carlson, Paul R., Kayen, Robert E., Cai, Jinkui, Seramur,
Keith C., and Zellers, Sarah D., 1994, Cruise report; R/V Alpha Helix Cruise-173 to western Prince
William Sound, Yakutat Bay, and Glacier Bay National Park, northeastern Gulf of Alaska,
August 17-September 3, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-0258, 176 p.
Carlson, P.R., Cowan, E.A., Powell, R.D., and Cai, J., 1999,
Growth of a post-Little Ice Age submarine fan, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Springer-Verlag, Geo-Marine Letters, 19, p. 227-236.
Similar information is available for thousands
of other USGS/CMG-related Activities.
If known, available are Activity-specific
navigation, gravity, magnetics, bathymetry,
seismic, and sampling data; track maps; and
equipment information; as well as summary
overviews, crew lists, and information
about analog materials.
If available, access to physical samples is
described in the "WR CMG Sample Distribution
Policy" at:
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/main/sample-dist-policy.html
Primary access to the USGS/CMG Information
Bank's digital data, analog data, and
metadata is provided through...
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/
This page accomodates a variety of search
approaches (e.g., by platform, by region,
by scientist, by equipment type, etc.).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19930817
Ending_Date: 19930903
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -137.59950
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -135.89283
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.08583
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 58.15867
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS CMG InfoBank
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS CMG InfoBank
Place_Keyword: AK
Place_Keyword: Eastern Gulf of Alaska
Place_Keyword: Glacier Bay
Place_Keyword: Glacier Bay, AK
Place_Keyword: Prince William Sound, Yakutat Bay, and Glacier Bay, Alaska
Place_Keyword: USA
Access_Constraints: Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.
If available, access to physical samples is described
in the "WR CMG Sample Distribution Policy" at:
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/main/sample-dist-policy.html
Use_Constraints: Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as
the source of this information.
Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.
Some USGS information accessed through this means
may be preliminary in nature and presented without
the approval of the Director of the USGS. This
information is provided with the understanding
that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete
and conclusions drawn from such information are
the responsibility of the user.
This information is not intended for navigational
purposes.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply
endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Contact_Person: Clint Steele
Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a193gb/html/a-1-93-gb.nav.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Trackline map of A-1-93-GB
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a193gb/html/a-1-93-gb.samp.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Sampling locations map of A-1-93-GB
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
Paul Carlson (Participating Scientist, USGS Western Region);
Jinkui Cai (Postdoc Fellow, Northern Illinois University);
Jenifer Clark (Undergraduate Student, Appalachian State University);
Rafael Gutierrez (Undergraduate Student, Appalachian State University);
Dave Hogg (Technician, USGS Western Region);
Paul Jones (Marine Mammal Observer, Glacier Bay National Park);
Rob Kayen (Participating Scientist, USGS Western Region);
Christen Nall (Undergraduate Student, Appalachian State University);
Keith Seramur (Adjunct Research Associate, Appalachian State University);
Graham Standen (Operator Of Huntec, Geoforce Consultants, Nova Scotia);
Sarah Zellers (Graduate Student, University Of Texas);
Ellen Cowan (Chief Scientist, Appalachian State University);
Ross Powell (Co-chief Scientist, Appalachian State University)
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Digital, ASCII
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: USGS/CMG Information Bank
Publication_Information:
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Other_Citation_Details: Updated daily
Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/
Other_Citation_Details: Cowan, Ellen A., Powell, Ross D., Carlson, Paul R., Kayen, Robert E., Cai, Jinkui, Seramur,
Keith C., and Zellers, Sarah D., 1994, Cruise report; R/V Alpha Helix Cruise-173 to western Prince
William Sound, Yakutat Bay, and Glacier Bay National Park, northeastern Gulf of Alaska,
August 17-September 3, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-0258, 176 p.
Other_Citation_Details: Carlson, P.R., Cowan, E.A., Powell, R.D., and Cai, J., 1999,
Growth of a post-Little Ice Age submarine fan, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Springer-Verlag, Geo-Marine Letters, 19, p. 227-236.
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Identified as best available version.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Unspecified
Completeness_Report: Start and end date/times of data
>Navigation Data (a-1-93-gb.053 [SINS])
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>199308270733300 199308270733300
>199308270747330 199308271437000
>199308271509320 199308272029000
>199308280501310 199308311925330
>199309010209310 199309011454000
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unspecified
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unspecified
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Navigation Data
Unknown
Process_Date: 20061018
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Contact_Person: Clint Steele
Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Prince William Sound, Yakutat Bay, and Glacier Bay, Alaska
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
Depth_Resolution: 0.1
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Navigation with Time Stamp
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Integrated navigation (SINS) data
>Mnemonic: (Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Latitude, Longitude)
>FORTRAN format: (i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5)
>C format: (%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f\\n)
>Naming: .050
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Samples with Time Stamp
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Gravity Equipment
>Mnemonic: (Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Long, ActivityID, EquipmentType, Depth, DepthUnits, Line, Station, Roll, Comments)
>FORTRAN format: (i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, a, t45, a24, t70, f6.1, t78, a1, t80, a9, t90, a9, t100, a9, t110, a)
>C format: (%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %7s %24s %6.1f%1s %9s %9s %9s %s)
>Naming: .onoff.GRAV_EQUIPMENT_TYPE
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Contact_Person: Clint Steele
Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data A-1-93-GB data set
Distribution_Liability: Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as
the source of this information.
Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.
Some USGS information accessed through this means
may be preliminary in nature and presented without
the approval of the Director of the USGS. This
information is provided with the understanding
that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete
and conclusions drawn from such information are
the responsibility of the user.
This information is not intended for navigational
purposes.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply
endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
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Transfer_Size: 0.4
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/a/a193gb/html/a-1-93-gb.nav.html
Fees: None
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20090107
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Contact_Person: Clint Steele
Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Time_Convention: universal time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
Metadata_Use_Constraints: none