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NationalSeafloorSedimentUSSEABED

Entity (ENT)  |  OCM Partners (OCMP)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50204  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

National Seafloor Sediment (usSEABED) | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Entity Information

Data Attribute / Type Description
OBJECTID
Unknown 		Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI
SHAPE
Unknown 		Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
latitude
Unknown 		Latitude coordinate of sample location | Description Source: source data
longitude
Unknown 		Longitude coordinate of sample location | Description Source: source data
waterDepth
Unknown 		measured water depth for site (usually uncorrected) | Description Source: source data
sampleTop
Unknown 		measured subbottom depth information for each point sample | Description Source: source data
sampleBase
Unknown 		Measured subbottom depth information for each point sample or subsample (bottom) | Description Source: source data
sitename
Unknown 		Survey or laboratory code for site (non-unique) | Description Source: source data
datasetKey
Unknown 		Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
siteKey
Unknown 		Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
sampleKey
Unknown 		Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
sampler
Unknown 		Equipment used to collect samples | Description Source: data source
dataTypes
VARCHAR 		Type of data that were used to derive values held in characterization | Description Source: dbSEABED
gravel
NUMBER 		Gravel grainsize fraction | Description Source: source data
sand
NUMBER 		Sand grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
mud
NUMBER 		Mud grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
clay
NUMBER 		Clay grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
grainsize
NUMBER 		Phi characteristic grainsize (moment mean or median) | Description Source: source data
sorting
NUMBER 		Phi grainsize dispersion; Moment measure standard deviation sorting only | Description Source: source data
seabedClass
Unknown 		Seabed class; (Facies) with the maximum Fuzzy Membership value > 30% | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
folkCode
VARCHAR 		Grainsize classification | Description Source: Folk, Andrews, and Lewis, 1970
shepardCode
VARCHAR 		Shepard code; grain size classification | Description Source: Shepard, 1954
carbonate
NUMBER 		Carbonate, including finest to coarsest sampled fractions | Description Source: source data
munsellCode
Unknown 		Munsell color code | Description Source: GSA Rock-Color Chart, 1991
organicCarbon
NUMBER 		Organic carbon in the sample | Description Source: source data
shearStrength
Unknown 		Undrained compressive shear strength, Log10 of KiloPascals | Description Source: source data
porosity
NUMBER 		Void volume | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
waveVelocity
Unknown 		Compressional wave velocity | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
roughness
Unknown 		A coded output representing the V:H of the roughness element with greatest aspect ratio | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
samplePhase
Unknown 		Sample Phase; records whether the results are for the whole, bulk sediment or just to some special part | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software

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Item Identification

Title: NationalSeafloorSedimentUSSEABED
Short Name: NationalSeafloorSedimentUSSEABED
Status: Completed
Abstract:

National Seafloor Sediment (usSEABED) | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Notes:

Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 OBJECTID Unknown Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI
100
 SHAPE Unknown Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
100
 latitude Unknown Latitude coordinate of sample location | Description Source: source data
100
 longitude Unknown Longitude coordinate of sample location | Description Source: source data
100
 waterDepth Unknown measured water depth for site (usually uncorrected) | Description Source: source data
100
 sampleTop Unknown measured subbottom depth information for each point sample | Description Source: source data
100
 sampleBase Unknown Measured subbottom depth information for each point sample or subsample (bottom) | Description Source: source data
100
 sitename Unknown Survey or laboratory code for site (non-unique) | Description Source: source data
100
 datasetKey Unknown Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 siteKey Unknown Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 sampleKey Unknown Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 sampler Unknown Equipment used to collect samples | Description Source: data source
100
 dataTypes VARCHAR Type of data that were used to derive values held in characterization | Description Source: dbSEABED
100
 gravel NUMBER Gravel grainsize fraction | Description Source: source data
100
 sand NUMBER Sand grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
100
 mud NUMBER Mud grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
100
 clay NUMBER Clay grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
100
 grainsize NUMBER Phi characteristic grainsize (moment mean or median) | Description Source: source data
100
 sorting NUMBER Phi grainsize dispersion; Moment measure standard deviation sorting only | Description Source: source data
100
 seabedClass Unknown Seabed class; (Facies) with the maximum Fuzzy Membership value > 30% | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 folkCode VARCHAR Grainsize classification | Description Source: Folk, Andrews, and Lewis, 1970
100
 shepardCode VARCHAR Shepard code; grain size classification | Description Source: Shepard, 1954
100
 carbonate NUMBER Carbonate, including finest to coarsest sampled fractions | Description Source: source data
100
 munsellCode Unknown Munsell color code | Description Source: GSA Rock-Color Chart, 1991
100
 organicCarbon NUMBER Organic carbon in the sample | Description Source: source data
100
 shearStrength Unknown Undrained compressive shear strength, Log10 of KiloPascals | Description Source: source data
100
 porosity NUMBER Void volume | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 waveVelocity Unknown Compressional wave velocity | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 roughness Unknown A coded output representing the V:H of the roughness element with greatest aspect ratio | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
100
 samplePhase Unknown Sample Phase; records whether the results are for the whole, bulk sediment or just to some special part | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software

Attribute Details

OBJECTID

CC ID: 694027
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

SHAPE

CC ID: 694028
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
Allowed Values: Coordinates defining the features.

latitude

CC ID: 694029
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude coordinate of sample location | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: Location information in decimal degrees

longitude

CC ID: 694030
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude coordinate of sample location | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: Location information in decimal degrees

waterDepth

CC ID: 694031
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

measured water depth for site (usually uncorrected) | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: Water depth of sample in meters

sampleTop

CC ID: 694032
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

measured subbottom depth information for each point sample | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: Subsample location information in meters

sampleBase

CC ID: 694033
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Measured subbottom depth information for each point sample or subsample (bottom) | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: Subsample location information in meters

sitename

CC ID: 694034
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Survey or laboratory code for site (non-unique) | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: Survey or laboratory code for site (non-unique)

datasetKey

CC ID: 694035
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: que sequential numeric key to SRC file

siteKey

CC ID: 694036
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: Unique sequential numeric key to information about the same site in other usSEABED data files

sampleKey

CC ID: 694037
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique sequential numeric key to SRC file | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: Unique sequential numeric key to information about the same sample or subsample in other usSEABED data files

sampler

CC ID: 694038
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Equipment used to collect samples | Description Source: data source
Allowed Values: attributes defining the feature

dataTypes

CC ID: 694039
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of data that were used to derive values held in characterization | Description Source: dbSEABED
Allowed Values: ACU: Acoustic Properties | CMP: Sediment Composition | COL: Color | GTC: Geotechnical Properties | GRZ: Grain Size | LTH: Lithology | TXG: Texture (Graphic) | TXR: Texture |

gravel

CC ID: 694040
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Gravel grainsize fraction | Description Source: source data
Unit of Measure: percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

sand

CC ID: 694041
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sand grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
Unit of Measure: percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

mud

CC ID: 694042
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Mud grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
Unit of Measure: percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

clay

CC ID: 694043
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Clay grainsize fraction | Description Source: data source
Unit of Measure: percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

grainsize

CC ID: 694044
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Phi characteristic grainsize (moment mean or median) | Description Source: source data
Unit of Measure: Phi
Allowed Values: -12 - 12

sorting

CC ID: 694045
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Phi grainsize dispersion; Moment measure standard deviation sorting only | Description Source: source data
Unit of Measure: Phi
Allowed Values: 0 - 6

seabedClass

CC ID: 694046
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Seabed class; (Facies) with the maximum Fuzzy Membership value > 30% | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: attributes defining the feature (alpha characters)

folkCode

CC ID: 694047
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Grainsize classification | Description Source: Folk, Andrews, and Lewis, 1970
Allowed Values: (g)M: Slightly gravelly mud | (g)mS: slightly gravelly muddy sand | (g)sM: Slightly gravelly sandy mud | (g)S: Slightly gravelly sand | G: Gravel | gM: Gravelly mud | gmS: Gravelly muddy sand | gS: Gravelly sand | H: Hard ground | M: Mud | mG: Muddy gravel | mS: Muddy sand | msG: Muddy sandy gravel | S: Sand | sG: Sandy gravel | sM: Sandy mud |

shepardCode

CC ID: 694048
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Shepard code; grain size classification | Description Source: Shepard, 1954
Allowed Values: Clay: Relative primary textural class | Clayey sand: Relative primary textural class | Clayey silt: Relative primary textural class | Gravel: Relative primary textural class | Gravelly sediment: Relative primary textural class | Sand: Relative primary textural class | Sand silt clay: Relative primary textural class | Sandy clay: Relative primary textural class | Sandy silt: Relative primary textural class | Sediment: Relative primary textural class | Silt: Relative primary textural class | Silty clay: Relative primary textural class | Silty sand: Relative primary textural class |

carbonate

CC ID: 694049
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Carbonate, including finest to coarsest sampled fractions | Description Source: source data
Unit of Measure: Percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

munsellCode

CC ID: 694050
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Munsell color code | Description Source: GSA Rock-Color Chart, 1991
Allowed Values: Non-unique code based on HVC (Hue, Value, Chroma)

organicCarbon

CC ID: 694051
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Organic carbon in the sample | Description Source: source data
Unit of Measure: Percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

shearStrength

CC ID: 694052
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Undrained compressive shear strength, Log10 of KiloPascals | Description Source: source data
Allowed Values: attribute defining the feature

porosity

CC ID: 694053
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Void volume | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Unit of Measure: Percent
Allowed Values: 0 - 100

waveVelocity

CC ID: 694054
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Compressional wave velocity | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: attribute defining the feature in meters/second

roughness

CC ID: 694055
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A coded output representing the V:H of the roughness element with greatest aspect ratio | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: values expressed as (rounded) integer log2 of V and H in cm

samplePhase

CC ID: 694056
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sample Phase; records whether the results are for the whole, bulk sediment or just to some special part | Description Source: dbSEABED processing software
Allowed Values: Output as a word-based description that may involve numerics. This field will need to be selected against when GIS mappings of the bulk sediment characters are being mapped. Only blank entries should be included in such a mapping.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 50204
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50204
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-15 16:56+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-11-15
Owner Org: OCMP
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-11-15
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-11-15