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Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystems Analysis Study

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 09:31 AM | Dataset Last Updated: April 30, 1986 at 12:00 AM
The Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystems Analysis Study produced grain size analyses in the historic 073 format for 299 sea floor samples collected from October 25, 1980 to February 15, 1982 by the Venture during cruises ECO0-3 in the Southwest Florida Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Data include collecting institution, ship, cruise, sample id, latitude/longitude, date of collection, water depth, sampling device, method of analysis, sample weight, sampled interval, raw weight percentages of sediment, within a given phi range. Some samples also have percentages of total gravel, sand, silt, clay, and statistical measurements such as mean, median, skewness, kurtosis, and standard deviation of grain size. These data are part of the larger NGDC digital grain size database.

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  "Ocean bottom",
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  "Sea-floor characteristics",
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  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices",
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  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers",
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  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO",
  "Vertical Location >Sea Floor"
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modified 1986-04-30T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -82.157,24.784,-84.93,26.758
temporal 1980-10-25T00:00:00+00:00/1982-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
title Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystems Analysis Study

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