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Curators Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples database

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ngdc.G00028

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Summary

Abstract: ABSTRACT: The Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples, also known as the Core Curators Database, contains inventory and basic lithology, texture, and age information for samples archived by approximately twenty oceanographic institutions and government agencies, in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Most samples are available for further study, on request from the ... individual repository. Listings from the file include institutional contact information. Data are coded at the curatorial facility and include ship, cruise, sample id, latitude/longitude, water depth, date of sample collection, sampling device, storage method, core diameter/length and interval within core (if applicable), primary and secondary lithology and texture or rock type and mineralogy, other noted components, remarks and weathering notes, age, province, principal investigator, and descriptive comments. All samples include basic collection information, but not all samples have additional descriptors. The Index includes over 500,000 data records containing information for over 195,561 discrete sea floor and lakebed cores, grabs, dredges, and drill holes worldwide, as of December 1, 2011. The Index is searchable by any parameter or combination of parameters. The database was designed by representatives of the curatorial facilities in cooperation with NGDC through a series of meetings sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), beginning in 1977, and NSF continues to support coding of data into the Index. The Index is fully searchable via a www-forms interface on Internet, or via an interactive map interface, both accessible through NGDC's Web site.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Quality control: Descriptions and metadata are created by the curating facility, which is responsible for the accuracy of the information. Coded entries are checked on receipt by the National Geophysical Data Center for gross errors in coded fields.

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: ground condition

NATIVE: database tables

DATA SET CREATORS:
Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Consortium; Antarctic Marine Geologic Research Facility, Florida State University (ARFFSU); Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (DSDP, ODP, IODP); Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University (LDEO); National Lacustrine Core Repository, University of Minnesota (LacCore); Oregon State University (OSU); Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO); University of Rhode Island (URI); US Geological Survey (USGSMP, USGSWH); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI); British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility (BOSCORF); Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Geological Survey of Canada (Canada); Byrd Polar Research Center Sediment Laboratory, Ohio State University (BPRC); University of Hawaii (SOEST)(inactive); University of Southern California (USC)(inactive); University of Wisconsin (U WISC)(inactive); Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS)(inactive); University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UT)(inactive); University of Wisconsin (WISC)(inactive); Germany: IFM-GEOMAR and AWI (inactive); NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories (AOML)(inactive); NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratories (PMEL)(inactive); NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC); National Science Foundation (NSF).

ISSUE IDENTIFICATION:
Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Database or Core Curators Database

OTHER CITATION DETAILS:
This database is a collaboration between multiple institutions and government agencies, some of which are supported by the National Science Foundation to participate. The database is managed by NGDC on behalf of the curators' consortium of representatives from the institutions cited under data set creators. All data are created by and contributed by participating institutions.

Purpose: PURPOSE: Environmental and climate research aid. Designed to help researchers locate sea floor and lakebed geological samples for further analysis.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Main search/download interface to the database

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -78.58

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Please See Summary

Dataset Title: Curators Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples database

Dataset Series Name: World Data Service for Geophysics, digital data set

Dataset Release Date: 1977

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder.

Issue Identification: Please See Summary

Data Presentation Form: documentDigital imageDigital tableDigital

Other Citation Details: Please See Summary

Online Resource: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/curator/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1885-04-01

Stop Date: 2010-09-02

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 99.99999
Decimal degrees
Longitude Resolution: 999.99999
Decimal degrees

Science Keywords

OCEANS > MARINE GEOPHYSICS

OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Instrument

CORING DEVICES

DREDGING DEVICES

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

IMLGS > Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples

Access Constraints ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: No Constraints

DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Disclaimer While every effort has been made to ensure that t hese data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

CUSTOM ORDER PROCESS: Contact data center for information

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

WDC/MGG, BOULDER > World Data Center for Geophysics and Marine Geology, Boulder

DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center

National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
Dataset ID: ______Live_Data_and_Maps ____

Data Center Personnel
Name: CARLA J. MOORE Phone: (303) 497-6339 Fax: (303) 497-6513 Email: Carla.J.Moore at noaa.gov Contact Address: NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC 325 Broadway City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80305-3328 Country: USA