PROJECTION:
Projection MERCATOR
Datum NAD83
Zunits NO
Units METERS
Spheroid GRS1980
Xshift 0.0000000000
Yshift 0.0000000000
Parameters
-158 0 0.000 /* longitude of central meridian
21 17 0.000 /* latitude of true scale
0.00000 /* false easting (meters)
0.00000 /* false northing (meters)
coastline coastline digitized from NOAA charts
name of file: COAST
arc attributes: DEPTH 0 m
LTYPE scratch, [blank]
polygon attributes: PTYPE land, mud, ocean
bathymetric 10-m bathymetry was contoured by Tom Chase from NGDC
contours soundings and USGS 1993 and 1994 survey data
name of file: BATHY10C
arc attributes: DEPTH 10 to 900 m at 10-m intervals
bathymetric 20-m bathymetry grid was generated from bathymetry
grid contours and coastline with elevation of 0 m via
Arc/Info topogrid function
name of file: BATHYG
value: -932.2 to -4.9 m
disposal areas outlines of designated disposal areas
name of file: DISPAREA
outfall pipes sewage outfall pipes digitized from sidescan mosaic image
name of file: OUTFALLS
1993 tracklines tracklines from USGS cruise K-1-93-HW
name of file: K193TRKS
line attributes:
LINEID
START start time in Julian day, hour, minute
END end time in Julian day, hour, minute
EQUIPMENT
1994 tracklines tracklines from USGS cruise K-1-94-HW
name of file: K194TRKS
line attributes:
LINEID
START start time in Julian day, hour, minute
END end time in Julian day, hour, minute
EQUIPMENT
1994 sample stations from USGS cruice K-2-94-HW
name of file: K294CORES
point attributes:
LONGITUDE
LATITUDE
CORE_ID: 1 through 71
SEDIMENT
ga good sediment recovery dredge material absent
gp good sediment recovery dredge material present
gq good sediment recovery dredge material possible
la little sediment recovery dredge material absent
lp little sediment recovery dredge material present
lq little sediment recovery dredge material possible
n no recovery
r rocks only
LABEL: alternate station numbers for plotting
SAMPLEID: redefined item; same as core_id
1995 sample sample stations from USGS cruise K-2-94-HW
stations name of file: K195CORES
point attributes:
LONGITUDE
LATITUDE
CORE_ID: 72 through 110
LABEL: alternate station labels for plotting
SHIP_ID: sample numbers used at time of collection;
1 through 39
DUP: 1 = duplicate of K294 site
sidescan 5.5-m grid of sidescan sonar mosaic image K-1-93-HW
mosaic grid name of file: MOSAICG
values 1 to 255
sidescan mosaicg converted to BIL format image
mosaic image
1996 mooring Mooring deployed June-Dec 1996. 108 m-long
mooring outfitted with 4 VACM current meters,
3 temperature probes, and a sediment trap
name of file: MOORING96
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ARC-INFO CONTACT
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Florence Wong
Coastal and Marine Geology Team
U.S. Geological Survey, MS 999
345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: (650) 329-5327
Fax: (650) 329-5190
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For more information, please contact:
Michael E. Torresan
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road MS 999
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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