Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: Florence L. Wong
        Originator: Michael R. Hamer
        Publication_Date: 2001
        Title:
          Location of samples collected in 1995-1999 in the Monterey Bay
          National Marine Sanctuary
        Edition: Version 1.0, April 02, 2001
        Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
        Online_Linkage: <http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179>
        Larger_Work_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Wong, F.L.
            Originator: Eittreim, S.E.
            Publication_Date: 2001
            Title:
              Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay
              National Marine Sanctuary
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
              Issue_Identification: 01-179
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: <http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/>
    Description:
      Abstract:
        Locations of samples collected from 1995 through 1999 are
        recorded in M195MBSP, P295MBSP, N197MBSP, P197MBSP, O499MBSP,
        and S199MBSP.
        These files are part of a geographic
        information system of spatially referenced data related to
        the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program "Monterey Bay
        National Marine Sanctuary Project"
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/mbms>.  The data were collected
        and analyzed between 1994 and 2000.
      Purpose:
        These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy
        makers, and the general public.  The data can be
        used with geographic information systems (GIS) software
        to display geologic and oceanographic information
        about the shallower areas of the Monterey Bay
        National Marine Sanctuary.
      Supplemental_Information:
        Survey specific FGDC-compliant metadata and other information are
        available at the following URLs:
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/m195mb/html/m-1-95-mb.meta.html>
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/p295mb/html/p-2-95-mb.meta.html>
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/n197mb/html/n-1-97-mb.meta.html>
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/p197mb/html/p-1-97-mb.meta.html>
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/o499mb/html/o-4-99-mb.meta.html>
        <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/m/s199mb/html/s-1-99-mb.meta.html>
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Range_of_Dates/Times:
          Beginning_Date: 1995
          Ending_Date: 1999
      Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.90927967
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.80124096
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.84406096
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.55533433
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: Coastal Geology
        Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
        Theme_Keyword: sediment samples
        Theme_Keyword: core samples
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword: Monterey Bay
        Place_Keyword: Northern California
        Place_Keyword: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
        Place_Keyword: Central California
        Place_Keyword: San Francisco
        Place_Keyword: Half Moon Bay
        Place_Keyword: Point Ano Nuevo
        Place_Keyword: Santa Cruz
        Place_Keyword: Moss Landing
        Place_Keyword: Monterey
        Place_Keyword: CA
        Place_Keyword: North Pacific Ocean
        Place_Keyword: Northern Pacific Ocean
        Place_Keyword: USA
    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints:
      Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of
      this information.
      Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey,
      U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied
      is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the
      data.
      The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and
      no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the
      use of this data, software, or related materials.
      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_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
          Contact_Organization:
            United States Geological Survey (USGS)
            Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
        Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator
        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) 329-5327
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov
    Native_Data_Set_Environment:
      SunOS, 5.7, sun4u UNIX
      ARC/INFO version 8.0.2
    Browse_Graphic:
      Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-
179/images/splloc1.gif
      Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location map of MBNMS samples
      Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
  Data_Quality_Information:
    Logical_Consistency_Report: Point features present.
    Completeness_Report:
      Except for a few points, point files include
      only those points for which a 'RECOVERY' was
      recorded.  'NO RECOVERY' points were added if sample analyses
      referred to that point.  This occurred when small amounts of
      sample were scraped off the sampling device which had otherwise
      failed to retain a sample.
    Lineage:
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          Sample locations were extracted from the navigation logs on
          the basis of time of collection.  Data were lodged in the
          Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Infobank
          (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank) as ASCII text.  These
          text files were converted to ArcInfo point coverages.
        Process_Date: 1995-2000
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          First draft of metadata created by F.L. Wong using
          a modified version of FGDCMETA.AML on ARC/INFO data set
          SEDTXT97
        Process_Date: 20010402
  Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
    Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
    Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
      SDTS_Terms_Description:
        SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
        Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 548
  Spatial_Reference_Information:
    Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Planar:
        Grid_Coordinate_System:
          Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
          Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
            UTM_Zone_Number: 10
            Transverse_Mercator:
              Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
              Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.00000
              Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.00000
              False_Easting: 500000.00
              False_Northing: 0.00
        Planar_Coordinate_Information:
          Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
          Coordinate_Representation:
            Abscissa_Resolution: 14.232525
            Ordinate_Resolution: 14.232525
          Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
      Geodetic_Model:
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
        Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
        Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
        Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
  Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
    Overview_Description:
      Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
        Sample filenames, year and month of collection, geographic extent,
        and number of points in each file:
        > FILE    YYYYMM    XMIN       YMIN        XMAX      YMAX   SPLS
        >M195MBSP 199504 -122.87425, 36.62622, -121.81105, 37.79693  109
        >P295MBSP 199509 -122.90928, 36.55533, -121.80174, 37.81330  105
        >N197MBSP 199707 -122.37930, 36.92717, -121.98520, 37.10141   77
        >P197MBSP 199708 -122.90629, 36.72277, -121.86097, 37.84406  226
        >O499MBSP 199906 -122.40520, 36.70703, -121.83510, 37.04510    9
        >S199MBSP 199910 -122.17825, 36.84119, -121.94952, 36.97814   22
        Possible attributes in the point attribute table .PAT for each
        point data file.  Not every attribute appears in all the .PATs.
        >LONGITUDE83  longitude of point (decimal degrees), datum NAD83
        >LATITUDE83   latitude of point (decimal degrees), datum NAD83
        >CRUISEID     cruise identifier, for example M195MB
        >NAVTIMEC     navigation time when sample was collected in
        >             YYYYDDDHHMMSSS format where YYYY is year,
        >             DDD day of the year (1-366), HH hour (0-23),
        >             MM minutes (0-59), SSS seconds (0-59) and tenths
        >             of seconds (0-9)
        >DEPTH_M      depth of water (meters) at sample site
        >SAMPLEID     sample identifier
        >EQUIPMENT    type of equipment used to collect sample
        >EPA_NO       sample identifier based on U.S. Environmental
        >             Protection Agency (EPA) sampling scheme
        >LENGTH_M     length of core (meters)
        >    **  REDEFINED ITEMS  ** /* for labeling
        >YEAR         4-character year part of NAVTIMEC
        >DAY          3-character day part of NAVTIMEC
        >HOUR         2-character hour part of NAVTIMEC
        >MIN          2-character minute part of NAVTIMEC
        >SEC          2-character second part of NAVTIMEC
        >TSEC         1-character tenths of seconds part of NAVTIMEC
      Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none
  Distribution_Information:
    Distributor:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization:
            United States Geological Survey (USGS)
            Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
          Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
        Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator
        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) 329-5327
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov
    Distribution_Liability:
      Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of
      this information.
      Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey,
      U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied
      is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the
      data.
      Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes
      only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
      The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty,
      and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in
      the use of this data, software, or related materials.
    Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 01-179
    Standard_Order_Process:
      Digital_Form:
        Digital_Transfer_Information:
          Format_Name: ArcInfo
          Format_Version_Number: 8.0.2
          Format_Information_Content: sample location points with attributes
          Transfer_Size: 1 megabyte
        Digital_Transfer_Option:
          Online_Option:
            Computer_Contact_Information:
              Network_Address:
                Network_Resource_Name: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/
      Fees: none
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20010402
    Metadata_Review_Date: 200105
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization:
            United States Geological Survey (USGS)
            Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
          Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
        Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator
        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) 329-5327
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov
    Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata 
("CSDGM version 2")
    Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
    Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
    Metadata_Use_Constraints: none