usSEABED FACies data for the New York-New Jersey Region (NYNJ_FAC)

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2006
• 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; location; geoscientificInformation; Oceans; Marine Sediments; Biogenic Sediments; Sediment Chemistry; Sediment Composition; Sediment Textures; Sedimentation; Terrigenous Sediments; New York; New Jersey; New York Bight; Atlantic coast; East Coast; United States; Atlantic Ocean; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/57c4df01-5db2-4737-b6cb-df224eedd5ae

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), genes...