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Florida Bay sample core log
Entry ID: USGS_SOFIA_hlmscsmp

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Summary
Abstract: The data set contains fractions, intervals, location of sample, analyses, and sections with no sample remaining referenced to site name.

The use of radioactive isotopes is founded on the known physical property of radioactive material, the half-life. A half-life of an isotope is the amount of time it takes for half of a given number of atoms to "decay" to another element. The age of objects that ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 25.21   S: 24.98   E: -80.41   W: -81.1

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Charles W. Holmes (retired) Debra Willard
Dataset Title: Florida Bay sample core log
Data Presentation Form: spreadsheets
Online Resource: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/holmes/holmescores.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1994-02-07
Stop Date: 1997-06-13
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PISTON SAMPLERS Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Not all sites have information for all the data parameters.
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated for products derived from these data.
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
SOUTH FLORIDA INFORMATION ACCESS, FLORIDA INTEGRATED SCIENCE CENTER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://sofia.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HEATHER S. HENKEL
Phone: 727.803.8747 ext. 3028
Fax: 727.803.2032
Email: hhenkel at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
USGS-FISC-St. Petersburg
600 Fourth St. South
City: St. Petersburg
Province or State: FL
Postal Code: 33701
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Size: 0.034
Distribution Format: EXCEL
Fees: None
Personnel
DEBRA A. WILLARD
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (703) 648-5320
Fax: (703) 648-6953
Email: dwillard at geochange.er.usgs.gov
Email: dwillard at mailrvag2.er.usgs.gov
Contact Address:
MS 926A National Center
U.S. Geological Survey
City: Reston
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 20192
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Gough, L. P., Kotra, R. K.; Holmes, C. W.; Orem, W. H.; Hageman, P. L.; Briggs, P. H.; Meier, A. L.; Brown, Z. A., 2000, Regional Geochemistry of Metals in Organic-Rich Sediments, Sawgrass, and Surface Water from Taylor Slough, Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 00-327, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey.
http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/00-327/

Holmes, Charles W., Robbins, John, Halley, Robert, Bothner, Michael, ten Brink, Marilyn, Marot, Marci, 2001, Sediment dynamics of Florida Bay mud banks on a decadal time scale, Bulletins of American, Paleontology, 361, Ithica, NY, Paleontoligical Research Institution, in Paleoecological studies of South Florida, Bruce Wardlaw, editor.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-10-31
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-14

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