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    • Onshore conch heaps noted in 2012 to 2018 that pertain to sea floods of the past 1,000 years on Anegada, British Virgin Islands

    Metadata Updated: November 13, 2025

    This part of the release provides an georeferenced list on the most conspicuous of the onshore heaps of harvested conch shells on Anegada, a low Caribbean island perched south of the Puerto Rico Trench. The list locates 12 conch heaps noted in 2017 in the island's East End: Also listed are radiocarbon ages measured on shells from six of the heaps.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 13, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 13, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-649277f6d34ef77fcb005949
    Data Last Modified 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 15c92544-0ca7-4ccd-99ed-04f07fd6cf75
    Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
    Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 89fef1c6efdd1c2f3a943cf1ade7e73ba2109549e292197858cc52c3b6017a7e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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