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Sediment distribution maps of for the Gulf of Mexico and US South Atlantic using compositional kriging of public datasets collected between 1959-01-01 to 2003-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291056)

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Maps of sediment fractions for the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and the US South Atlantic (SA) are provided as csv files. The spatial resolution of each output file is 1km and uses compositional kriging with input from the dbSEABED and usSEABED databases which compiles public seafloor datasets. Output CSV files include the fraction of sand, mud, and gravel as well as standard deviations of each.

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issued 2024-04-11T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -74.73,24.26,-97.7,36.55
temporal 1959-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2003-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Sediment distribution maps of for the Gulf of Mexico and US South Atlantic using compositional kriging of public datasets collected between 1959-01-01 to 2003-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291056)

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