Data Archives of the USGS Woods Hole Science Center

A collection of publications relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1962 to the present. Some related works of associated authors and activities may also be found.

Contact - Jenifer Martin(jlmartin@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• Maps: A collection of maps relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1981 to the present.
• Fact Sheets: A collection of fact sheets relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1994 to the present.
• Open File Reports: A collection of Open File Reports relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1994 to the present.
• Abstracts: A collection of abstracts relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1981 to the present.
• Outside Publications: A collection of publications, published outside of the USGS by USGS Woods Hole Science Center authors, relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1983 to the present.
• Search our Bibliography: Search the database of all publications relating to the research of the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1981 to the present.

Our interactive ArcIMS map server with displays on various information layers from a number of USGS research programs, including data layers from the following publications:

Contact - John O'Malley(jo'malley@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• usSEABED: Atlantic Coast Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release - online publication
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast - online publication
• Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretation of the Sea Floor off Bridgeport, Connecticut - online publication
• Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Data: Northeastern Channel Islands Region, Southern California - online publication
• Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) to Sea-Level Rise - online publication
• U.S. Geological Survey East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data - online publication
• The Gulf of the Farallones: Sidescan-Sonar Imagery - online publication
• Predicted Seafloor Facies of Central Santa Monica Bay, California - online publication
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico - online publication
• Sidescan Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretation of the Sea Floor off Branford, Connecticut - online publication
• Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity; a GIS compilation - online publication
• Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf - online publication
• Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of the Mid and Outer Continental Shelf, Head of De Soto Canyon, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico -- Data, Images, and GIS - online publication
• Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, September, 2002 - online publication
• A Pictorial Survey of the Bedrock Beneath Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts - online publication
• Mapping the floor of Lake Mead (Nevada and Arizona): Preliminary discussion and GIS data release - online publication
• Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Cape Cod National Seashore to Sea-Level Rise - online publication
• Multibeam Mapping of Selected Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico--Data, Images, and GIS - online publication
• Multibeam Mapping of the Los Angeles, California Margin - online publication
• High-Resolution Quaternary Seismic Stratigraphy of the New York Bight Continental Shelf - online publication
• Multibeam Mapping of the Pinnacles Region, Gulf of Mexico - online publication
• Multibeam Mapping of the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico - online publication
• Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990; A Digital Data Release - online publication
• Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts - online publication
• Multibeam Mapping of the Major Deltas of Southern Puget Sound, Washington - online publication
• Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - online publication
• Sea-floor Photography from the Continental Margin Program: A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats Along the U. S. East Coast - online publication
• SeaMARC1A sidescan mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS Data Release - online publication
• Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar Geologic Interpretation: ArcView Data Coverages - online publication
• Sidescan-sonar imagery, surface sediment samples, and surficial geologic interpretation of the southwestern Washington inner continental shelf based on data collected during Corliss cruises 97007 and 98014 - online publication
• Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound - online publication
• USGS East Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and Georeferenced Displays - online publication
• West Florida Shelf: Sidescan-Sonar and Sediment Data from Shelf-edge Habitats in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico - online publication
• Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada - online publication
• Bathymetry, Sidescan Sonar Image, Surface Sediments, and Surficial Geologic Map of the Inner Shelf off Sarasota, Florida: Preliminary discussion and GIS database release - online publication
• A Marine GIS library for Massachusetts Bay with a focus on disposal sites, contaminated sediments, and sea-floor mapping - online publication
• Construction of digital bathymetry for the Gulf of Maine - online publication
• Long Island Sound Environmental Studies - online publication
• GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Field Data and Navigation Data Collected off Puerto Rico in 1985 and the Eastern United States in 1987 - online publication
• Atlas of GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: EEZ-View - online publication
• Digital Mosaics of the GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Data of the U.S. Atlantic East Coast, 1997
• Digital Mosaics of the GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Data of the Gulf of Mexico, 1996
• CD-ROM Atlas of the Deepwater Parts of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Caribbean Sea - online publication

A collection of ocean bottom, core, and field activity photographs

Contact - Dann Blackwood (dblackwood@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• Sea-Floor Photography from the Continental Margin Program: A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats Along the U.S. East Coast.
• Photographs of the Sea Floor in Western Massachusetts Bay: A collection of photographs documenting the sea floor characteristics as well as the type and distribution of sea life in Massachusetts Bay.
• Photographs of the Sea Floor Offshore of New York and New Jersey: A collection of photographs of the sea floor and sediment texture data collected as part of studies carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the New York Bight.
• A Pictorial Survey of the Bedrock Beneath Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts - This report describes the bedrock petrology from 64 well sites drilled between 1998 and 2002 and presents photographs that visually document 57 of the bedrock cores.
• Bottom Photographs of Seabed Habitat and Fauna.
• USGS Woods Hole Science Center Field Activities Collection: A collection of photographs taken during various field operations. This collection is indexed and can be searched using key words such as cruise number, a name, a ship name, or field gear.
• Annimations/movies - A collection of animations and movies that are used to illustrate results of our scientific investigations.

A collection of sidescan sonar profiles in paper format and digital files.

Contact - Nancy Soderberg (nsoderberg@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• List of field activities where sidescan sonar data was acquired. The list includes field activity dates, area of operation, ship name, and a link to the Field Activity report.
• Sidescan Sonar Data Resources available on-line. Field Activities that have some sidescan sonar data thumbnails, digitized paper records, and other supporting information.

A collection of mult channel and high-resolution single-channel seismic reflection profiles in paper format and digital SEG-Y files.

Contact - Nancy Soderberg (nsoderberg@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• List of field activities where seismic data was acquired. The list includes field activity dates, area of operation, ship name, and a link to the Field Activity report.
• Seismic Data Resources available on-line. Field Activities that have some seismic data thumbnails, digitized paper records, and other supporting information.

A collection of magnetometer and gravity data on paper and digital media

Contact - Nancy Soderberg (nsoderberg@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• List of field activities where gravity and magnetic data was acquired. The list includes field activity dates, area of operation, ship name, and a link to the Field Activity report.
• Gravity and Magnetic Data Resources available on-line. Field Activities that have digitized paper records, and other supporting information.

A collection of data acquired from our tripods, including current, temperature, pressure, conductivity, light transmission (beam atttenuation) and others.

Contact - Ellyn Montgomery(emontgomery@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• Times Series Data Archive : This server contains USGS Moored Time Series Data. Data is available in the raw sample interval, hourly averaged, and low-pass filtered. Variables served includes currents, temperature, pressure, conductivity, light transmission (beam atttenuation) and others.Time range: 1975 - present.
• Time Series Data Resources available on-line. Field Activities that have some supporting time series information.
• - Download whsc_timeseries.kmz to see where we collected time series data using Google Earth.

A collection of sediment cores and rock samples.

Contact - Brian Buczkowski (bbuczkowski@usgs.gov) Woods Hole Science Center, USGS

• Sample Archive : The archive serves the scientific community through sample data storage and organization, to provide accurate answers to their inquiries regarding sample metadata, and to protect the physical integrety of these samples.
• - Download samples.kml to see where we have collected samples using Google Earth.
• Sample Data Resources available on-line. Field Activities that have links to sample information.
• Lake Pontchartrain Basin--bottom sediments and related environmental resources, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1634 2002
• usSEABED: Atlantic Coast Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 118
• usSEABED: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 146
• dbSEABED: an information processing system for Marine Substrates An Information Processing System for Marine Substrates

Other links to data collections. Google images are provided to illustrate where the WHSC has conducted field operations. These images contain operations where navigation data is available.

• WHSC Field Activities: A Calendar based collection of research related field activities conducted by the United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA dating from 1965 to the present.
• CMGP Infobank: A description of the field activities for the entire Coastal and Marine Geology
• - Download whsc60.kmz to see where we collected data in the 1960's using Google Earth.
• - Download whsc70.kmz to see where we collected data in the 1970's using Google Earth.
• - Download whsc80.kmz to see where we collected data in the 1980's using Google Earth.
• - Download whsc90.kmz to see where we collected data in the 1990's using Google Earth.

Search our field activity database for information about data we have collected.

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