Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Lisa A. Morgan
Publication_Date: 2007
Title: vents
Edition: Version 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: 2973
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2973>
Description:
Abstract:
High-resolution multi-beam sonar mapping of Yellowstone Lake was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in conjunction with the National Park Service from 1999 to 2002. Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America, at an altitude of 2,357 m with a surface area of 341 km2 (sheet 1). More than 140 rivers and streams flow into Yellowstone Lake. The Yellowstone River, which enters at the southern end of the Lake into the Southeast Arm (sheet 1), dominates the inflow of water and sediment. The only outlet from the lake is at Fishing Bridge where the Yellowstone River flows northward discharging 375 to 4,600 cubic feet per second.
Purpose:
Using the bathymetric and seismic data in addition to the high- resolution aeromagnetic data acquired in 1996 and previous on- land geologic mapping, a geologic map was prepared. Also various bathymetric perspectives of the lake floor have been included in sheet 2.
Supplemental_Information:
Map political location: Idaho, Montana, and Northwest Wyoming Compilation scale: 1:76,821 Geology mapped: 1999-2002 Compilation completed: 2005 GEOSPATIAL DATAFILES AND OTHER FILES INCLUDED IN THIS DATA SET: ysgeo: geologic units, line features. ysvent: hydrothermal vents ysflt: faults ysdeco: symbols
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.580551
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.287767
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.552403
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.403508
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: AGI Glossary of Geology
Theme_Keyword: Geologic map
Theme_Keyword: Quaternary and Tertiary lake deposits
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Board of Geographic Names
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Yellowstone National Park
Place_Keyword: Wyoming
Place_Keyword: Idaho
Place_Keyword: Montana
Place_Keyword: Yellowstone caldera
Place_Keyword: West Thumb caldera
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
None. However, acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Lisa A. Morgan
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing address
Address: USGS, Box 25406, MS 973, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8646
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8600
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lmorgan@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2973>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Full-size version of map
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
Data_Set_Credit:
Contributions from W.C. Pat Shanks, G.K. Lee, and M.W. Webring Digital database prepared by Laurie Morath and Gregory Green Bathymetric perspectives by Boris Schultze of SeaBeam_L-3 Communications. Submersible piloted by David A. Lovalvo, Eastern Oceanics, LLC Elak-L3 Communications for multi-beam data acquisition.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Multi-beam sonar mapping occurred over a four-year period beginning in 1999 through 2002. The multi-beam swath-bathymetric surveys employed a SeaBeam 1180 (180 kHz) instrument with a depth resolution of <1 percent of the water depth. Water depth in the survey areas varied from approximately 4 to 133 m. The multi-beam instrument used 126 beams arrayed over a 150 degree ensonification angle to map a swath width of 7.4 times water depth. The new survey, with locations controlled with <1 m both horizontally and vertically using differential GPS, utilized more than 244 million soundings to produce high-resolution continuous overlapping coverage of the lake's bathymetry.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Seismic-reflection records of the upper 25 m of the lake bottom also were obtained in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2003. The seismic reflection profiling utilized an EdgeTech SB-216S, that sweeps a frequency range from 2 to 10 kHz and has a beam angle of 15 degrees to 20 degrees. Bothe the swath-unit transducer and the sub-bottom seismic unit were rigidly mounted to the transom of the National Park Service RV "Cutthroat," an 8-m-long aluminum boat.
Completeness_Report:
Data are complete: no features were eliminated or generalized. Unit properties are described in the text explanation.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The multi-beam swath-bathymetric surveys employed a SeaBeam 1180 (180 kHz) instrument with a depth resolution of <1 percent of the water depth. The multi-beam instrument used 126 beams arrayed over a 150 degree ensonification angle to map a swath width of 7.4 times water depth. The new survey, with locations controlled with <1 m both horizontally and vertically using differential GPS, utilized more than 244 million soundings to produce high-resolution continuous overlapping coverage of the lake's bathymetry.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Elak-L3 Communications interpreted multi-beam system operation, data acquisition, and preliminary data processing.
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Vectorizing of scanned and georegistered mylar geology was done using ArcInfo.
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Text map descriptors were added to the .AAT and .PAT databases.
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
First draft of metadata using FGDCMETA.AML ver. 1.32 01/11/99
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The geospatial databases and metadata were quality checked for completeness and consistency.
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 20100512
Process_Time: 14334100
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 20100512
Process_Time: 14521700
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 450
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 12
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: vents
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VENT_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VENT_ID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VENT_SYMBO
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VENT_NAME
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POLYGONID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SCALE
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANGLE
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The complete geologic map database comprises two component ArcInfo coverages (ysgeo and ysflt). The ysgeo coverage contains all contact lines and label points for each of the map polygons. Ysflt coverage includes fault and caldera lines. 
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COVERAGE NAME:  ysgeo
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DATABASE STRUCTURE OF: YSGEO.PAT

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  AREA                   4    12     F      3
    5  PERIMETER              4    12     F      3
    9  YSGEO#                 4     5     B      -
   13  YSGEO-ID               4     5     B      -
   17  UNIT_SYMBOL           10    10     C      -
   27  UNIT NAME            100   100     C      -

ATTRIBUTE NAMES: UNIT, DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION OF ATTRIBUTES:
UNIT:  label given to polygons representing name of geologic
	entities as defined in Description of Map Units
DESCRIPTION:	Brief geologic explanation of unit with age

UNIQUE ITEM LIST FOR YSGEO.PAT:

UNIT	DESCRIPTION
Qg	Glacial deposits (Quaternary)
Qg(?)	Glacial(?) deposits (Quaternary)
Qh	Hydrothermal deposits (Quaternary)
Qhe	Hydrothermal-explosion deposits (Quaternary)
Ql	Shallow-lake sediments (Quaternary)
Qld	Deep-lake sediments (Quaternary)
Qls	Landslide deposits (Quaternary)
Qpca	Aster Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
Qpcd	Dry Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
Qpce	Elephant Back rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
Qpci	Tuff of Bluff Point (Quaternary)
Qpcpv	Pelican Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
Qpcu	Spruce Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
Qpcw	West Thumb rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
Qs	Sediments (Quaternary)
Qt	Talus and slope deposits (Quaternary)
Qyl	Lava Creek tuff (Quaternary)
Tv	Tertiary volcanic rocks, undifferentiated (Tertiary)
Water	Water
pE	Pre-Eocene rocks, undifferentiated
QTplc	Pre-Lava Creek rhyolites, undifferentiated (Quaternary
and Tertiary) 

DATABASE STRUCTURE OF YSFLT.AAT:

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  FNODE#                 4     5     B      -
    5  TNODE#                 4     5     B      -
    9  LPOLY#                 4     5     B      -
   13  RPOLY#                 4     5     B      -
   17  LENGTH                 4    12     F      3
   21  YSFLT#                 4     5     B      -
   25  YSFLT-ID               4     5     B      -
   29  FAULT_TYPE           100   100     C      -

ATTRIBUTE NAME: DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION OF ATTRIBUTE:
DESCRIPTION:	Brief geologic description of line type taken
		from Digital Cartographic Standards.

UNIQUE ITEM LIST FOR YSFLT.AAT

DESCRIPTION
Caldera
Fracture or Fault, certain
Fracture or Fault, concealed
Fracture or Fault, inferred
Ice Cap contour
Submerged shoreline

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COVERAGE NAME:  YSGEO
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DATABASE STRUCTURE OF YSGEO.AAT

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  FNODE#                 4     5     B      -
    5  TNODE#                 4     5     B      -
    9  LPOLY#                 4     5     B      -
   13  RPOLY#                 4     5     B      -
   17  LENGTH                 4    12     F      3
   21  YSGEO3_                4     5     B      -
   25  YSGEO3_ID              4     5     B      -
   29  CON_TYPE             100   100     C      -

ATTRIBUTE NAMES: DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION OF ATTRIBUTE:
DESCRIPTION:	Brief geologic description of line type taken
		from Digital Cartographic Standards.

UNIQUE ITEM LIST FOR YSGEO.AAT

DESCRIPTION
Contact
Map border
Shoreline
Underwater contact
Yellowstone Lake shoreline
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing address
Address:
Denver Publishing Service Center U.S. Geological Survey MS 902, Box 25046, DFC
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-5486
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE, SHP
Format_Version_Number: 9.2
Format_Version_Date: 2004
File_Decompression_Technique:
GZIP compressed TAR file (Unix), and ZIP archive (Windows)
Transfer_Size: 0.043
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2973>
Fees: none
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
USGS Information Services Denver Federal Center Box 25286
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS
Resource_Description: Scientific Investigations Map 2973
Distribution_Liability: none
Standard_Order_Process:
Non-digital_Form:
Available as two printed sheets. Order from USGS at the address listed above or see <http://rmmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/mod/order.html> for more ordering information.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
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Fees:
For current charges please see <http://rmmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/mod/order.html>
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100610
Metadata_Review_Date: 2007
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Lisa A. Morgan
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8646
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8600
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lmorgan@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
Metadata_Use_Constraints: none
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