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National Marine Fisheries Service Grain Size Data from the Baltimore Canyon Trough

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 1982-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
Grain size analyses produced by Robert Reid of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service for the NOAA/BLM Outer Continental Shelf Mid-Atlantic Project, Baltimore Canyon Trough Area. Grain size analyses were originally contributed in the historic NODC 003 format for 113 sea floor samples collected from May 22-27, 1974 by the Mt. Mitchell on cruise BC7401. Data include collecting institution, ship, cruise, sample id, latitude/longitude, date of collection, water depth, sampling device, method of analysis, sample weight, sampled interval, raw weight percentages of sediment, within a given phi range. Some samples also have percentages of total gravel, sand, silt, clay, and statistical measurements such as mean, median, skewness, kurtosis, and standard deviation of grain size. These data are part of the larger NGDC digital grain size database.

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isPartOf NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive
issued 1982-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "OCS > Outer Continental Shelf Program",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF BALTIMORE CANYON STUDY",
  "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF BALTIMORE CANYON STUDY",
  "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF - MID ATLANTIC (OCS-MID ATLANTIC)",
  "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF - MID ATLANTIC (OCS-MID ATLANTIC)",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
  "Ocean bottom",
  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Marine geology",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments",
  "Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments",
  "Earth Science > OCEANS > Coastal Processes > Sedimentation",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentary Textures",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > Grab Samplers",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "Ocean > Atlantic Ocean",
  "Vertical Location >Sea Floor"
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modified 1982-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -70.021,38.636,-73.63,39.513
temporal 1974-05-22T00:00:00+00:00/1974-05-27T00:00:00+00:00
title National Marine Fisheries Service Grain Size Data from the Baltimore Canyon Trough

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