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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: 2002-08-30

Stop Date: 2003-03-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 deg
Longitude Resolution: 1 deg
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Temporal Resolution: Once per Month
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

AIRS > Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Project

DODS > Distributed Oceanographic Data System

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

RADIANCE

INFRARED

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

GES DAAC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 554.5 MB

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS

Fees: None

Personnel

ED ESFANDIARI

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5960

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: asghar.e.esfandiari at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

Code 610.2

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Extended Metadata Properties

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2013-02-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-22

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