GMX_FAC: usSEABED facies data for the entire U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)

• Main Authors: U.S. Geological Survey, University of Colorado
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2006
• Subjects: marine; sediment; seafloor; seabed; descriptions; analyses; usSEABED; dbSEABED; components; features; genesis; facies; U.S. Geological Survey; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; Woods Hole Science Center; Pacific Science Center; Marine Aggregates Resources and Processes Project; Benthic Habitats (Pacific) Project; University of Colorado; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; USGS; CMGP; WHSC; PSC; UC; INSTAAR; oceans; oceans and estuaries; oceans and coastal; location; geoscientificInformation; Gulf of Mexico; U.S. Gulf Coast; Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands; United States; North America; Caribbean Sea; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/ecbfcd0d-64bd-42b9-b644-66cdd3f5c9d5

The facies data layer (_FAC.txt) 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.txt)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.