PAC_PRS - Parsed seabed data for the continental margin of the U.S. Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) from usSEABED (pac_prs.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/e9ba1daa-a6d8-4218-be64-49a1d967ca20

This data layer (PAC_PRS.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 dbSEABED software system. This data layer represents the parsed (PRS) output of the dbSEABED mining software. It contains the numeric results parsed from text-based descriptions held in the data resource files (DRF). Because it relies on descriptions, the PRS data are less precise than the extracted data (PAC_EXT), but may include information on outsized elements and consolidation that are often not in lab-analyzed data. This file contains the same data fields as the extracted (PAC_EXT) and calculated (PAC_CLC) data files, and the three files may be combined.