Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: LePain, D.L.
        Originator: Wartes, M.A.
        Originator: McCarthy, P.J.
        Originator: Stanley, R.G.
        Originator: Silliphant, L.J.
        Originator: Peterson, Shaun
        Originator: Shellenbaum, D.P.
        Originator: Helmold, K.P.
        Originator: Decker, P.L.
        Originator: Mongrain, Jacob
        Originator: Gillis, R.J.
        Publication_Date: 2009
        Title: Facies associations, sand body geometry, and depositional systems in Late Oligocene-Pliocene strata, southern Kenai Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Alaska: Report on progress during the 2006-07 field season
        Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
        Series_Information:
          Series_Name: Preliminary Interpretive Report
          Issue_Identification: PIR 2009-8A
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Fairbanks Alaska
          Publisher: Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Other_Citation_Details: p. 1-97
        Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/20162
        Larger_Work_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Lepain, D.L. ed.
            Publication_Date: 2009
            Title: Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet Basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Preliminary Interpretive Report
              Issue_Identification: PIR 2009-8
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Fairbanks, AK
              Publisher: Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
            Other_Citation_Details: 187 p.
            Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/20161
    Description:
      Abstract: This preliminary report is a summary of progress made during the 2006-07 field seasons reconstructing depositional systems in Tertiary strata exposed in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area.The study area addressed in this report extends from Clam Gulch in the north to Coal Cove in the south.Tertiary strata in this area are only mildly deformed and provide a relatively clear view of depositional systems and sand body geometries along the eastern basin edge and their change from basin edge to more basin axial positions.
      Purpose: The work is part of a Cook Inlet basin-wide effort to reconstruct depositional systems for use as a predictive tool in oil and gas exploration.The resulting framework will provide the context for evaluating sand body geometries.
      Supplemental_Information:
        The data are available in tabular format as comma delimited ASCII files organized into one entity as described in this metadata file under the "Entity_and_Attribute_Information" section. The table is as follows: 
        >Table A1	describes locations of measured sections
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Range_of_Dates/Times:
          Beginning_Date: 2006
          Ending_Date: 2007
      Currentness_Reference: ground condition
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 151.8925
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: 150.49642
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.24970
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.3942
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
        Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: Basins
        Theme_Keyword: Measured Sections
        Theme_Keyword: Measured Stratigraphic Section
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword: Kachemak Bay
        Place_Keyword: Kenai Peninsula
        Place_Keyword: Cook Inlet
        Place_Keyword: Cook Inlet Basin
        Place_Keyword: Coal Cove
        Place_Keyword: Port Graham
        Place_Keyword: Point Pogibshi
        Place_Keyword: Fritz Creek
        Place_Keyword: Diamond Gulch
        Place_Keyword: Bluff Point
        Place_Keyword: Falls Creek
        Place_Keyword: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
        Place_Keyword: Fox River
        Place_Keyword: Deep Creek
        Place_Keyword: Clam Gulch
      Stratum:
        Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Stratum_Keyword: Beluga Formation
        Stratum_Keyword: Sterling Formation
        Stratum_Keyword: Tyonek Formation
      Temporal:
        Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Temporal_Keyword: Tertiary
    Access_Constraints: This report, map, and/or dataset are available directly from the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (see contact information below).
    Use_Constraints: Any hard copies or published datasets utilizing these datasets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, the user is obligated to describe the types of modifications the user has made. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent these datasets, nor to imply that changes made by the user were approved by the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys.
    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Geologist, Energy Section
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical
          Address: 3354 College Road
          City: Fairbanks
          State_or_Province: Alaska
          Postal_Code: 99709
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 451-5010
    Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
  Data_Quality_Information:
    Attribute_Accuracy:
      Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The latitude and longitude values in this report were collected with handheld GPS units which are accurate to approximately 4 meters.
    Logical_Consistency_Report: No topologic relationships are present in this data set.
    Completeness_Report: Sample collection locations were determined in the field using handheld GPS devices, the error of which is probably ~4 meters.When sample coordinates are plotted on a topographic base map, the samples collected accurately reflect the actual location of sample collection.
    Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The horizontal position accuracy on point data is approximately 4 meters based on the error range in the handheld GPS units used to collect spatial information.
    Lineage:
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description: Samples were collected in the field (2006-2007) and their coordinates were documented using a handheld GPS device and recorded in tabular form.
        Process_Date: 2009
  Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
    Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
  Spatial_Reference_Information:
    Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Geographic:
        Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
        Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
        Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
      Geodetic_Model:
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
        Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
        Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
        Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.25722210088
  Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
    Detailed_Description:
      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Attribute_Layer_Name: Table A1
        Entity_Type_Label: Table A1.csv
        Entity_Type_Definition: Table showing locations of measured sections
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: No.
        Attribute_Definition: sequential numbers listing the number of measured sections
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 23
            Attribute_Units_of_Measure: n/a
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Section Name
        Attribute_Definition: Name of measured section assigned by geologist
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Unrepresentable_Domain: Names are assigned by the geologist to measured sections and are unrepresentable
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Location Name
        Attribute_Definition: geographic location of measured section
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Coal Cove, Port Graham
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located in Coal Cove, Port Graham
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point Pogibshi, Kachemak Bay
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located in Point Pogibshi, Kachemak Bay
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located in Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bluff Point
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located in Bluff Point
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Diamond Gulch
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located in Diamond Gulch
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Falls Creek, Kachemak Bay
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located at Falls Creek, Kachemak Bay
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fox River, Kenai NWR
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located at Fox River, Kenai Wildlife Refuge
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Deep Creek, southern Kenai Peninsula
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located at Deep Creek, southern Kenai Peninsula
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Clam Gulch, Cook Inlet
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: measured section is located at Clam Gulch, Cook Inlet
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Formation
        Attribute_Definition: geologic formation in which measured section was located
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tyonek
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tyonek formation, Tertiary
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Beluga
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Beluga Formation, Tertiary
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Beluga-Sterling
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Beluga Formation and Sterling Formation, Tertiary
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sterling
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sterling Formation, Tertiary
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sterling?
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: questionably Sterling Formation, Tertiary
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Latitude
        Attribute_Definition: position with respect to the equator
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 59.3942
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 60.24970
            Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
            Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Longitude
        Attribute_Definition: position with respect to prime meridian
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 150.79642
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 151.8925
            Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
            Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0001
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20091009
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Geologist, Energy Section
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical
          Address: 3354 College Road
          City: Fairbanks
          State_or_Province: Alaska
          Postal_Code: 99709
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 451-5010
    Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998