SED_ARCHIVE - Database for the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center's marine sediment samples, including locations, sample data and collection information

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC) has been an active member of the Woods Hole research community for over 40 years. In that time there have been many sediment collection projects conducted by USGS scientists and technicians for the research and study of seabed environments and processes. These samples are collected at sea or near shore and then brought back to the WHSC for study. While at the Center, samples are stored in ambient temperature, cold or freezing conditions, depending on the best mode of preparation for the study being conducted or the duration of storage planned for the samples. Recently, storage methods and available storage space have become a major concern at the WHSC. The shapefile sed_archive.shp, gives a geographical view of the samples in the WHSC's collections, and where they were collected along with images and hyperlinks to useful resources.

美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, 简称USGS）下属的伍兹霍尔科学中心（Woods Hole Science Center, 简称WHSC）作为伍兹霍尔科研共同体的活跃成员已逾四十载。在此期间，USGS的科研人员与技术人员开展了大量沉积物采集项目，用于海底环境与相关过程的研究分析。此类样本均采集自远海或近岸海域，随后被转运至伍兹霍尔科学中心开展后续研究。在中心存放阶段，样本会依据对应研究的最佳制备要求或计划存储周期，分别置于室温、冷藏或冷冻环境中保存。近期，存储方案与可用存储空间已成为伍兹霍尔科学中心的核心关切事项。形状文件（shapefile）sed_archive.shp可直观展示该中心馆藏样本的地理分布、采集点位，同时附带相关图像及指向实用科研资源的超链接。