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OAS accession Detail for 8600218
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| Title: | Marine toxic substances and other data from various platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 1975-05-27 to 1978-02-02 (NCEI Accession 8600218) |
| Abstract: | Marine toxic substance and other data was collected in the Gulf of Mexico between 1975 and 1978. The data is available in the F144 format of NODC for Marine Toxic Substances and other formats. The F144 format contains data on ambient concentrations of toxic substances and other pollutants in the marine environment. The data derive from laboratory analyses of samples of water, sediment, or marine organisms. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during ocean monitoring surveys of large areas. Field observations of tar deposits on beaches may also be reported. Survey information includes platform type, start and end dates, and investigator and institution. If data are collected near a discharge site, discharge location, depth, distance to shore, average volume, and other characteristics are reported. Position, date, time and environmental conditions are reported for each sample station. Environmental data may include meteorological and sea surface conditions, tide stage and height, depth of the thermocline or mixed layer surface temperature and salinity, and wave height and periods. Sample characteristics, collection methods, and laboratory techniques are reported for each sample collected and analyzed. The data record comprises concentration values (or a code to indicate trace amounts) for each chemical substance analyzed. Chemical substances are identified by codes based on the registry numbers assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society. Marine organisms from which samples have been taken are identified using the 12-digit NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for optional comments. |
| Date received: | 19860506 |
| Start date: | 19750527 |
| End date: | 19780202 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Mexico |
| West boundary: | -88.560833 |
| East boundary: | -82.25 |
| North boundary: | 30.133889 |
| South boundary: | 25.646944 |
| Observation types: | chemical, survey - biological |
| Instrument types: | bottle, Neuston net, sediment sampler - corer, trap - sediment |
| Datatypes: | BATHYMETRY, CURRENT DIRECTION, SALINITY, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Science Applications International Corporation |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center |
| Contributing projects: | MAFLA |
| Platforms: | BELLOWS (318B), COLUMBUS ISELIN (32IC), GYRE (32GY), INDIAN SEAL (32IL), JAVA SEAL (32JS), PACIFIC SEAL (32UW), TURSIOPS (31TI) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Full format and format code descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-datafmts.html. Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: NOT AVAILABLE state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: NOT AVAILABLE |
| Availability date: | 19860506 |
| Metadata version: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-07-15 23:54:17+00 |