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Archive of Geosample Information from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Marine Geoscience Collection (GSC Atlantic and GSC Pacific)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 09:32 AM | Dataset Last Updated: April 22, 2022 at 12:00 AM
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Marine Geoscience Collection (GSC Atlantic and GSC Pacific) contributed information on 40,428 cores, grabs, and dredges in their holdings to the Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS) database. Only metadata describing the GSC A samples is maintained in the IMLGS for search purposes, no additional data are archived at NCEI. Complete data and information are available from the contributing institution.

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isPartOf Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Marine Geoscience Collection (GSC Atlantic and GSC Pacific)
issued 1998-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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                                            [
  "Databases",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
  "Ocean bottom",
  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Marine geology",
  "Rock and sediment lithology and mineralogy",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "lacustrine sediments",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition",
  "Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Dredging Devices",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > Grab Samplers",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Box Core",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Gravity Corer",
  "IMLGS > Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "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",
  "Geographic Region > Global Ocean",
  "Vertical Location > Sea Floor",
  "Ocean > Arctic Ocean",
  "Ocean > Atlantic Ocean",
  "Ocean > Pacific Ocean"
]
language 
                                            []
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modified 2022-04-22T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "https://pad.marine-geo.canada.ca/index_e.php",
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  "https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/Collection/iso/xml/Marine_Geology.xml&view=getDataView&header=none",
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spatial 174.6583,-13.1468,-178.6675,89.9833
temporal 1950-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2007-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Archive of Geosample Information from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Marine Geoscience Collection (GSC Atlantic and GSC Pacific)

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