Description
This archive consists of two-dimensional marine seismic reflection profile data collected in the Barataria Basin of southern Louisiana. These data were acquired in May, June, and July of 2000 aboard the R/V G.K. Gilbert. Included here are data in a variety of formats including binary, ASCII, HTML, PDF, RTF, shapefiles, and GIF and JPEG images. Binary data are in SEG-Y format and may be downloaded for further processing or display. Reference maps and GIF images of the profiles may be viewed with a web browser. The GIS information provided here is compatible with ESRI GIS software.
For more information on the seismic surveys see http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g100la/html/g-1-00-la.meta.html and http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g500la/html/g-5-00-la.meta.html
These data are also available via GeoMapApp (http://www.geomapapp.org/) and Virtual Ocean ( http://www.virtualocean.org/) earth science exploration and visualization applications.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
Tags
- 00scc02
- 00scc04
- barataria-bay
- barataria-sand-survey-bss
- bay-des-ilettes
- beach-nourishment
- boomer
- caminada-bay
- distributions
- gulf-of-mexico
- louisiana
- louisiana-sand-resources-study
- marine-geophysics
- marine-seismic-reflection
- sandy-point
- seg-y
- seismic-reflection
- seismic-reflection-methods
- sub-bottom-profiling
- subsidence-and-coastal-change-project
- substrate
- usgs-d2efa8b4-54b5-4467-8c35-e4bc17e0b7dd
- west-champagne-bay