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Geological data of field activity G-20-71-SP in Southern Pacific from 09/17/1971 to 11/10/1971

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
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Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov/>, Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) <http://marine.usgs.gov/>

Publication_Date: 20130331

Title:

Geological data of field activity G-20-71-SP in Southern Pacific from 09/17/1971 to 11/10/1971

Publication_Information:

Publisher:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA

Online_Linkage: <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gos/g-20-71-sp.fmeta.xml>

Online_Linkage:

<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g2071sp/html/g-20-71-sp.meta.html>

Description:

Abstract:: Chief Scientists: B.C. Heezen, I. MacGregor. Geological data (bathymetry, magnetics, navigation) of field activity G-20-71-SP in Southern Pacific from 09/17/1971 to 11/10/1971, <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g2071sp/html/g-20-71-sp.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 -
bathymetry data directory exists
magnetics data directory exists
navigation data directory exists
Notes -
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
<http://www/.sio.ucsd.edu/>;
National Science Foundation (NSF)
<http://www.nsf.gov/>
Publications -
Matti, J.C., Zemmels, I., Cook, and Harry E., 1973, X-ray mineralogy of sediments from
the far western Pacific, Leg 20, DSDP, in Kaneps, Ansis G., ed., Initial reports of the Deep
Sea Drilling Project, covering Leg 20 of the cruises of the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger;
Yokohama, Japan to Suva, Fiji September-November 1971: Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling
Project, v. 20, p. 323-334.<BR>
<HR>
Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 20:
<A HREF="<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/dsdp/data/20/leg20.htm>"><http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/dsdp/data/20/leg20.htm>

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: 19710917
Ending_Date: 19711110

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 150.00470
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 165.89059
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 14.02490
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 0.00210

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS CMG InfoBank
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geophysics
Theme_Keyword: Marine Magnetic Field
Theme_Keyword: Magnetic Anomalies
Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: Water Depth
Theme_Keyword: Seafloor Topography

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS CMG InfoBank
Place_Keyword: Micronesia, Federated States of
Place_Keyword: South Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Southern Pacific
Place_Keyword: Southern Pacific Ocean

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) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Contact_Person: Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

Contact_Position:

InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

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:

infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>

Data_Set_Credit:

B.C. Heezen (Chief Scientist); I. MacGregor (Chief Scientist)

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Digital, ASCII

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: USGS/CMG Information Bank <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/>

Publication_Information:

Publisher:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov> Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA

Online_Linkage: <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/>

Other_Citation_Details:

Matti, J.C., Zemmels, I., Cook, and Harry E., 1973, X-ray mineralogy of sediments from the far western Pacific, Leg 20, DSDP, in Kaneps, Ansis G., ed., Initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, covering Leg 20 of the cruises of the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger; Yokohama, Japan to Suva, Fiji September-November 1971: Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, v. 20, p. 323-334. Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 20: <A HREF="<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/dsdp/data/20/leg20.htm>"><http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/dsdp/data/20/leg20.htm>

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 (g-20-71-sp.050 [SINS])
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST    YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
197110201245000    197110221458000
197110260220000    197110261104000
197110270930000    197110271040000
197110272026000    197110272026000
197110272035000    197110272258000
197110300512000    197111020000000
197111020911000    197111040210000
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST    YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
Magnetics Data (g-20-71-sp.220_050)
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST    YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
197110201245000    197110221455000
197110260245000    197110261104000
197110272050000    197110272258000
197110300530000    197111012340000
197111020930000    197111040210000
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST    YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
Bathymetry Data (g-20-71-sp.325_050)
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST    YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
197110201245000    197110210105000
197110210125000    197110211445000
197110211500000    197110211500000
197110211515000    197110212135000
197110212200000    197110212200000
197110212215000    197110221458000
197110260220000    197110261104000
197110270930000    197110271040000
197110272026000    197110272026000
197110272035000    197110272258000
197110300512000    197110312240000
197110312300000    197111020000000
197111020911000    197111031255000
197111031305000    197111040210000
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

Converted to time format with year at start.

03/03/86 KAYE DUA0:[DATA.<cruise_id>.N]<cruise_id>.050;
DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
 Extracted from data acquired from NGDC.

Process_Date: 19951206

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Contact_Person: Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

Contact_Position:

InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

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:

infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Magnetics Data

06/20/2012 carolyn g-20-71-sp.220_050

Reprocessed using subroutines from Susan Macmillan's
IGRF SYNTHESIS PROGRAM <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/IAGA/vmod/igrf11.f>
with IGRF-11 coeffiecients integrated into the source code.
/infobank/programs/mag/magred11/magred11.for
Using geodetic coordinate system (Earth shape approximated by spheriod)
with altitude 0.0 km (for sea level).

Input was...
10/31/1998  /tiger/g/g2071sp/mag/g-20-71-sp.200_050
/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge

Converted to time format with year at start.

03/03/86 CAROLYN DRS$DATA:[<cruise_id>.M]<cruise_id>.200;
DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
extracted by Clint from data acquired from NGDC

Converted to time format with year at start.

03/03/86 KAYE DUA0:[DATA.<cruise_id>.N]<cruise_id>.050;
DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
 Extracted from data acquired from NGDC.

time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values

Process_Date: 20120620

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Contact_Person: Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

Contact_Position:

InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

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:

infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bathymetry Data

10/31/1998  /tiger/g/g2071sp/bath/g-20-71-sp.325_050
/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge

Input was...
Converted to time format with year at start.

03/03/86 BECKIE DRS$DATA:[<cruise_id>.B]<cruise_id>.325;
DRB0:[DRS.NGDC]UNREFNGDC.EXE;5
NGDC files sometimes have only 2_way_travel_time in
which case the format is the same but without corr_depth.
This file was extracted by C. Steele from data acquired from NGDC.

Input was...
Converted to time format with year at start.

03/03/86 KAYE DUA0:[DATA.<cruise_id>.N]<cruise_id>.050;
DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
 Extracted from data acquired from NGDC.

time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values

Process_Date: 19981031

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Contact_Person: Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

Contact_Position:

InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

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:

infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Southern Pacific

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 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

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:: Bathymetry with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/bath.html>

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:: Magnetics with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/mag.html>

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:: Navigation with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/nav.html>

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Contact_Person: Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

Contact_Position:

InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

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:

infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>

Resource_Description:

Downloadable Data G-20-71-SP data set <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g2071sp/html/g-20-71-sp.meta.html>

Distribution_Liability:

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

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File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 0.1

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

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Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 0.1

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g2071sp/html/g-20-71-sp.mag.html>

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 0.1

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g2071sp/html/g-20-71-sp.bath.html>

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130331

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
Contact_Person: Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

Contact_Position:

InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>

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:

infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata <http://www.fgdc.gov/>

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 <http://www.its.nbs.gov/nbs/meta/meta.html>

Metadata_Time_Convention: universal time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints: none

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