Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes (MARP)

usSEABED & MARP

usSEABED and the Marine Aggregates Resources and Processes Project (MARP)

usSEABED is the collaborative product of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Colorado, and other partners and provides integrated data from small and large marine research efforts by many entities - federal and state agencies, local authorities, universities, private and public consortiums. usSEABED includes surficial and subbottom information on grain size, composition, and applied-properties and is held in comma-delimited files, useable in most GIS and RDB programs.

This new data base is being used by MARP to conduct regional-scale assessments of offshore sand and gravel resources and for producing interpreted GIS maps that can serve a variety of needs. Sand and gravel assessments are in-progress for offshore New York and New Jersey and Louisiana and similar assessments are planned for other regions.

Access the usSEABED website here !