usSEABED FACies data for the Louisiana Region (LA_FAC)
type: Dataset
description: The facies data layer (FAC) is a point coverage of known sediment samplings, inspections, and probings from the usSEABED data collection and integrated using the software system dbSEABED. The facies data layer (FAC) represents concatenated information about components (minerals and rock type), genesis (igneous, metamorphic, carbonate, terrigenous), and other appropriate groupings of information about the seafloor. The facies data are parsed from written descriptions from cores, grabs, photographs, and videos, and may apply only to a subsample as denoted by the Top, Bottom, and SamplePhase fields. Lack of values in a defined facies field does not necessarily imply lack of the components defining that field, but may imply a lack of data for that field.
issued: 2025-11-20T15:35:00.457699
modified: 20200908
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: Matthew A. Arsenault
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: analyses
keyword: benthic-habitats-pacific-project
keyword: biogenic-sediments
keyword: ckan
keyword: cmgp
keyword: coastal-and-marine-geology-program
keyword: dbseabed
keyword: descriptions
keyword: geo
keyword: geology
keyword: geoscientificinformation
keyword: geospatial-datasets
keyword: geoss
keyword: grain-size
keyword: gulf-coast
keyword: gulf-of-mexico
keyword: instaar
keyword: institute-of-arctic-and-alpine-research
keyword: location
keyword: louisiana
keyword: marine-aggregates-resources-and-processes
keyword: marine-sediments
keyword: national
keyword: new-orleans
keyword: north-america
keyword: oceans
keyword: pacific-science-center
keyword: psc
keyword: sea-floor-characteristics
keyword: seabed
keyword: seafloor
keyword: sediment-chemistry
keyword: sediment-composition
keyword: sediment-data
keyword: sediment-textures
keyword: sedimentation
keyword: ship-shoal
keyword: terrigenous-sediments
keyword: texture
keyword: trinity-shoal
keyword: u-s-geological-survey
keyword: united-states
keyword: university-of-colorado
keyword: usgs
keyword: usseabed
keyword: whsc
keyword: woods-hole-science-center
theme: {geospatial}

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-07T14:46:46.446912
modified: 2025-11-20T15:35:00.433619
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.8e019994-9f2e-45e2-9b11-e21031602345.xml
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Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-07T14:46:46.446918
modified: 2025-11-20T15:35:00.434077
access URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ofr/2006/1195/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm
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US Migrating
type: Agent