# 008_sds: Red Lake River Group lacustrine/Sheyenne Delta sediment - regional model

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## Metadata:

- Identification_Information
- Data_Quality_Information
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
- Spatial_Reference_Information
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information
- Distribution_Information
- Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Minnesota Geological Survey
      Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
      Title:
        008_sds: Red Lake River Group lacustrine/Sheyenne Delta sediment - regional model
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
      Other_Citation_Details: part of report to United States Bureau of Reclamation
      Online_Linkage: \\MGSLAP16\C\deliver_fms\regional\grids\008_sds
  Description:
    Abstract:
      raster data set: elevation of subsurface unit top; Fargo-Moorhead area, Minnesota and North Dakota
    Purpose:
      Joint study with USGS to inventory existing and potential aquifer resources, Fargo-Moorhead area, Minnesota and North Dakota
    Supplemental_Information: Part of a report to United States Bureau of Reclamation
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: May 2005
    Currentness_Reference: May 2005
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.551606
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -96.670370
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.703950
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.000224
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
        REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
      Theme_Keyword: subsurface glacial units
      Theme_Keyword: digital elevation models
  Access_Constraints: ESRI ARC/INFO and ARCVIEW software
  Use_Constraints: Credit given to Minnesota Geological Survey
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Bob Tipping
        Contact_Organization: Minnesota Geological Survey
      Contact_Position: Hydrogeologist
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (612) 627-4780 x226
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (612) 627-4778
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tippi001@umn.edu
  Data_Set_Credit: Minnesota Geological Survey
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
      Publication_Time: June 2005
      Title:
        Geology in support of groundwater inventory for the Fargo-Moorhead area, Minnesota and North Dakota
      Other_Citation_Details: A report to United States Bureau of Reclamation

Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      visually and computationally checked to be internally consistent and with SRTM 30m digital elevation model resampled to 500m cell size
    Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
      Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
        SRTM data from Paul Morin, University of Minnesota Department of Geology and Geophysics
  Logical_Consistency_Report: no topological problems
  Completeness_Report: complete to currently available data
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: approx. 500 meters
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
        Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: +/- 50 feet
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 200000
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        East-west cross sectional information spaced an 5000m used to construct digital surfaces in GoCAD software version 2.1.1pl - December 2004: Earth Decisions Sciences, for elevations of unit tops. Surfaces converted to ZMAP grids, then to geotiff images to load into ArcGIS. Geotiff no data values set to ArcGIS nodata value
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Person: Bob Tipping
            Contact_Organization: Minnesota Geological Survey
          Contact_Position: Hydrogeologist

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
  Raster_Object_Information:
    Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
    Row_Count: 156
    Column_Count: 135
    Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Map_Projection:
        Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
        Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
          Standard_Parallel: 33.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 45.000000
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.500000
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000
          False_Easting: 0.000000
          False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 500.000000
          Ordinate_Resolution: 500.000000
        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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: 008_sds
    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: Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Count
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: top of unit elevation

Distribution_Information:
  Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Transfer_Size: 0.028

Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20050606
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Minnesota Geological Survey
        Contact_Person: Bob Tipping
      Contact_Position: Hydrogeologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: street
        Address: 2642 University Avenue
        City: Saint Paul
        State_or_Province: MN
        Postal_Code: 55114
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (612) 627-4780 x226
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tippi001@umn.edu
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
  Metadata_Extensions:
    Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
    Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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