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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

geology, unconsolidated deposits, geomorphology, micropaleontology, protists

ISO 19115 Topic Category

geoscientificInformation, oceans, biota

Other Subject Keywords

U.S. Geological Survey, Offshore, species data, Inner Shelf, USGS, foraminifera, surface, sediment, U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, forams

Place Keywords

Chincoteague Bay, Maryland, Toms Cove, Newport Bay, Virginia, Assateague Island

Raw and Normalized Foraminiferal Data for Chincoteague Bay and the Marshes of Assateague Island and the Adjacent Vicinity, Maryland and Virginia- July 2014

Foraminiferal samples were collected from Chincoteague Bay, Newport Bay, and Tom’s Cove as well as the marshes on the back-barrier side of Assateague Island and the Delmarva (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) mainland by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in March, April (14CTB01), and October (14CTB02) 2014. Samples were also collected by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) in July 2014 and shipped to the St. Petersburg office for processing. The dataset includes raw foraminiferal and normalized counts for the estuarine grab samples (G), terrestrial surface samples (S), and inner shelf grab samples (G). For further information regarding data collection and sample site coordinates, processing methods, or related datasets, please refer to USGS Data Series 1060 (https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1060), USGS Open-File Report 2015–1219 (https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219), and USGS Open-File Report 2015-1169 (https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169). Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets, comma-separated values text files, and formal Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata.

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Author(s) Alisha M Ellis orcid, Jaimie E Shaw orcid, Lisa E. Osterman, Christopher G Smith orcid
Publication Date 2018-05-30
Beginning Date of Data 2014-07-22
Ending Date of Data 2014-07-25
Data Contact
Alisha M. Ellis
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z036CV
Citation Ellis, A.M., Shaw, J.E., Osterman, L.E., and Smith, C.G., 2018, Raw and Normalized Foraminiferal Data for Chincoteague Bay and the Marshes of Assateague Island and the Adjacent Vicinity, Maryland and Virginia- July 2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z036CV.
Metadata Contact
Alisha M. Ellis
Metadata Date 2020-10-13
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