PAC_EXT - Extracted seabed data for the continental margin of the U.S. Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) from usSEABED (pac_ext.txt)

• Main Authors: Jane A. Reid, Jamey M. Reid, Chris J. Jenkins, Mark Zimmermann, S. Jeffress Williams, Michael E. Field
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2006
• Subjects: Geology; Seabed; Sea floor; Sediment; Components; Features; Genesis; Descriptions; Analyses; usSEABED; dbSEABED; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; Pacific Science Center; PSC; Woods Hole Science Center; WHSC; Benthic Habitats (Pacific) Project; Marine Aggregates Resources and Processes Project; University of Colorado; UC; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; INSTAAR; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service; NMFS; Oceans and Estuaries; Location; GeoscientificInformation; Marine Sediments; Biogenic Sediments; Sediment Chemistry; Sediment Composition; Sediment Textures; Stratigraphic Sequence; Terrigenous Sediments; Pacific coast; West Coast; United States; Pacific Ocean; California; Oregon; Washington; Puget Sound; Willapa Bay; Grays Harbor; San Francisco Bay; Monterey Bay; Santa Monica Bay; San Pedro Bay; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/540fe55d-161f-448e-a2e3-f156d7ed9886

This data layer (PAC_EXT.txt) is one of five point coverages of known sediment samples, inspections, and probes from the usSEABED data collection for the U.S. Pacific continental margin integrated using the software system dbSEABED. This data layer represents the extracted (EXT) output of the dbSEABED mining software and contains data items which were extracted from the data resources files and generally represent lab-based analytical data. The EXT data are usually considered the most rigorous data available, although some data may represent a subsample of the sediment (that is, large shells or stones may have been excluded from the analysis). This file contains the same data fields as the parsed (PAC_PRS) and calculated (PAC_CLC) data files, and the three files may be combined.