<descriptor thcode="62"><thesaurus thcode="62" name="Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard" scope="Categories of ecosystems for coastal, estuarine, and marine environments." creator="FGDC" rights="public domain" date="2017-05-10" codetype="alpha" prefix="cmecs" uri="https://www2.usgs.gov/science/CMECS" tblname="cmecs" root_code="root" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>CMECS</altlabel><altlabel>CMECS</altlabel><altlabel>Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)</altlabel><altlabel>Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="62" code="SC-281" name="Sandy Mud" parent="SC-277" scope="Substrate Group: Geologic Substrate surface layer contains no trace of Gravel and is composed of 10% to &lt; 50% Sand; the remainder is composed of Mud (particles less than 0.0625 millimeters in diameter)."/><bt><term thcode="62" code="SC-277" name="Fine Unconsolidated Substrate" parent="SC-029" scope="Substrate Subclass: Geologic Substrate surface layer contains less than 5% gravel (particles 2 millimeters to &lt; 4,096 millimeters in diameter). ..."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-029" name="Unconsolidated Mineral Substrate" parent="SC-025" scope="Substrate Class: Geologic Substrates with less than 50% cover of Rock Substrate. ..."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-025" name="Geologic Substrate" parent="SC-C003" scope="Substrate Origin: Benthic substrates where percent cover of Rock and Unconsolidated Mineral Substrate exceeds percent cover of both Biogenic and Anthropogenic Substrates, considered separately. ..."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-C003" name="Substrate" parent="root"/><term thcode="62" code="root" name="CMECS" scope="Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."/></bt><nt><term thcode="62" code="SC-297" name="Sandy Clay" parent="SC-281" scope="Substrate Subgroup: Geologic Substrate surface layer shows no trace of Gravel and contains 10% to &lt; 50% Sand; the remaining Clay-Silt mix is 67% or more Clay."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-295" name="Sandy Silt" parent="SC-281" scope="Substrate Subgroup: Geologic Substrate surface layer shows no trace of Gravel and contains 10% to &lt; 50% Sand; the remaining Silt-Clay mix is 67% or more Silt."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-296" name="Sandy Silt-Clay" parent="SC-281" scope="Substrate Subgroup: Geologic Substrate surface layer shows no trace of Gravel and contains 10% to &lt; 50% Sand; the remaining Silt-Clay mix is 33% to &lt; 67% Silt."/></nt></descriptor>