LA_FAC: usSEABED FACies data for the Louisiana Region

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2007
• Subjects: analyses; CMGP; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; dbSEABED; descriptions; geology; grain size; Marine Aggregates Resources and Processes; seabed; seafloor; sediment data; texture; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; usSEABED; Woods Hole Science Center; University of Colorado; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; Benthic Habitats (Pacific) Project; Pacific Science Center; WHSC; PSC; INSTAAR; oceans and estuaries; location; geoscientificInformation; Oceans; Marine Sediments; Biogenic Sediments; Sediment Chemistry; Sediment Composition; Sediment Textures; Sedimentation; Terrigenous Sediments; Louisiana; New Orleans; Ship Shoal; Gulf coast; Gulf of Mexico; United States; Trinity Shoal; Arctic; Pacific; Orleans
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/4610277a-81c5-4dd6-97de-d82b49939053

The facies data layer (FAC) is a point coverage of known sediment samplings, inspections, and probings from the usSEABED data collection and integrated using the software system dbSEABED. The facies data layer (FAC) represents concatenated information about components (minerals and rock type), genesis (igneous, metamorphic, carbonate, terrigenous), and other appropriate groupings of information about the seafloor. The facies data are parsed from written descriptions from cores, grabs, photographs, and videos, and may apply only to a subsample as denoted by the Top, Bottom, and SamplePhase fields. Lack of values in a defined facies field does not necessarily imply lack of the components defining that field, but may imply a lack of data for that field.