Metadata field: water_depth_meters

Studies:

Scope: environmental

Type: string (usually translating to a number, but sometimes papers give depth ranges)

Description: For sediment samples: the water depth at the sampling location. An exact depth is preferred, but sometimes sources give ranges (e.g. "1-2"). These have been be left as is in Metalog database and need to be handled by the user.

In contrast, depth_meters gives the water depth for (ocean) water samples, while it gives the depth below ground for soil/sediment samples.

Value Count
unknown 107
12.1 2
15.5 2
26.7 2
2670 2
31.6 2
3195 2
10063 1
12.9 1
13 1
13.8 1
15.1 1
16.2 1
16.3 1
16.8 1
17.7 1
18 1
18.2 1
19 1
19.3 1
2083 1
22.3 1
2448 1
25.6 1
2573 1
2758 1
28.4 1
28.9 1
2800 1
2850 1
29.7 1
2974 1
30.9 1
31.1 1
3206 1
3208 1
3247 1
3277 1
33 1
33.7 1
3325 1
3438 1
3456 1
37.5 1
38 1
3984 1
4.6 1
5.8 1
8.4 1