Data Archives of the USGS Woods Hole Science Center

Publications

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

• Geologic Maps of America's Submerged Lands: Links to maps of the sea floor, including the digital data, displayed on a map of the U.S. east coast.
• 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.
• Field Activities that have publications available. This page requires the Google Earth plugin on your web browser to display the map. Also this page will be slow loading to get all of the images.

GIS Information

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

The following is a list of publications, by geographic area, containing GIS data that are being served by the USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server

 U.S. Atlantic East Coast Region

• • Archival Policies and Collections Database for the Woods Hole Science Center's Marine Sediment Samples; 2007, Brian J. Buczkowski and Sarah J. Kelsey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1187
  • usSEABED: Atlantic Coast Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release; 2005, Jamey M. Reid, Jane A. Reid, Chris J. Jenkins, Mary E. Hastings, S. Jeffress Williams, and Larry J. Poppe; U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 118, 1 CD-ROM
  • The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast; 2005,Tara L. Miller, Robert A. Morton, and Asbury H. Sallenger; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1326
  • U.S. Geological Survey East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data; 2005, Edited By: L.J. Poppe, S.J. Williams, and V.F. Paskevich; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1001, 1 DVD-ROM.
    This publication supersedes U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-358.
  • Coastal vulnerability assessment of Assateague Island National Seashore to sea-level rise: 2004, Pendleton, E.A., Williams, S.J., and Thieler, E.R., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1020, Web Only.
  • Coastal vulnerability assessment of Cumberland Island National Park to sea-level rise: 2004, Pendleton, E.A., Hammar-Klose, E.S., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1021, Web Only.
  • Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts; 2001, Erika S. Hammar-Klose and E. Robert Thieler; U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-68, 1 CD-ROM
  • Sea-floor Photography from the Continental Margin Program: A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats Along the U.S. East Coast; 2001, V. F. Paskevich, L. J. Poppe, M. E. Hastings, and J. C. Hathaway; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-154, 1 CD-ROM
  • USGS East Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and Georeferenced Displays; 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-358, 1 CD-ROM
    This publication is superseded U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1001.
  • GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Field Data and Navigation Data Collected off Puerto Rico in 1985 and the Eastern United States in 1987; 1998, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-619
  • Navigation and Geophysical Data Collected Onboard the R/V FAY from 1975 - 1976, 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-512, 1 CD-ROM
  • Atlas of GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: EEZ-View; 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-540
  • Digital Mosaics of the GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Data of the U.S. Atlantic East Coast; 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-853, 2 CD-ROMs.
  • 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; 1993, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-15.

•  New York Bight and New Jersey

  • Coastal vulnerability assessment of Gateway National Recreation Area to sea-level rise: 2005, Pendleton, E.A., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1257, Web Only.
  • Coastal vulnerability assessment of Fire Island National Seashore to sea-level rise: 2004, Pendleton, E.A., Williams, S.J., and Thieler, E.R., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-439, Web Only.
  • High-Resolution Quaternary Seismic Stratigraphy of the New York Bight Continental Shelf; 2002, Schwab, W.C., Denny, J.F., Foster, D.S., Lotto, L.L., Allison, M.A., Uchupi, E., Danforth, W.W., Swift, B.A., Thieler, E.R., and Butman, B., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-152, 1 DVD-ROM.

•  Long Island Sound

  • The Geology of Six Mile Reef, Eastern Long Island Sound; 2007, L.J. Poppe, J.F. Denny, S.J. Williams, M.S. Moser, N.A. Forfinski, H.F. Steward, and E.F. Doran; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1191, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • Geologic Interpretation and Multibeam Bathymetry of the Sea Floor in the Vicinity of the Race, Eastern Long Island Sound; 2007, L.J. Poppe, M.L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, E.F. Doran, S.M. Smith, H.F. Stewart, and N.A. Forfinski; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1012, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • Geologic Interpretation and Multibeam Bathymetry of the Sea Floor in Southeastern Long Island Sound; 2006, L.J. Poppe, S. D. Ackerman, E.F. Doran, M.S. Moser, H.F. Stewart, N.A. Forfinski, U.L. Gardner, and J.A. Keene, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1059, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • Interpolation of Reconnaissance Multibeam Bathymetry from North-Central Long Island Sound; 2006, L.J. Poppe, S.D. Ackerman, E.F. Doran, A.L. Beaver, J.M.Crocker and P.T. Schattgen, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1145
  • Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretation of the Sea Floor off Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2005, E. Beaulieu, L.J. Poppe, V.F Paskevich, E.F. Doran, B.E. Chauveau, J.M. Crocker, A.L. Beaver, and P.T. Schattgen, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1162, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • Surficial Geologic Interpretation and Sidescan Sonar Imagery of the Sea Floor in West-Central Long Island Sound; 2005, K.Y. McMullen, L.J. Poppe, V.F. Paskevich, E.F. Doran, M.S. Moser, E.B. Christman, and A.L Beaver; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1018
  • Sidescan Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretation of the Sea Floor off Branford, Connecticut; 2004, L.J. Poppe, V.F. Paskevich, M.S. Moser, M.L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, and E.B. Christman, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1003, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990; A Digital Data Release; 2002, Poppe, L.J., Paskevich, V.F., Lewis, R.S., and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L.; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-002, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound; 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-304, 1 CD-ROM.
  • Long Island Sound Environmental Studies; 1998; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, 1 CD-ROM.

•  Massachusetts Bay

  • A GIS Library of Multibeam Data for Massachusetts Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Offshore of Boston, Massachusetts; 2007, Bradford Butman, Page C. Valentine, Tammie J. Middleton, and William W. Danforth, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 99
  • High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts; 2006, Seth D. Ackerman, Bradford Butman, Walter A. Barnhardt, William W. Danforth and James M. Crocker, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1008, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Nahant to Gloucester, Massachusetts; 2006, Walter A. Barnhardt, Brian D. Andrews, and Bradford Butman, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1293
  • A Marine GIS library for Massachusetts Bay with a focus on disposal sites, contaminated sediments, and sea-floor mapping; 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-439, 1 CD-ROM.

•  Gulf of Maine

  • Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity; a GIS compilation; 2003, L. J. Poppe, V. F. Paskevich, S. J. Williams, M. E. Hastings, J. T. Kelley, D. F. Belknap, L. G. Ward, D. M. FitzGerald, and P. F. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-001, 1 CD-ROM.
  • Construction of digital bathymetry for the Gulf of Maine; 1999, E. T. Roworth and R. P. Signell, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-801, 1 CD-ROM.

•  Cape Cod, Massachusetts and vicinity

  • Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts; 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1004, 1 DVD-ROM
  • Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Central Rhode Island Sound; 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1366, 1 DVD-ROM
  • Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processed of Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts; 2007, L.J. Poppe, S.D. Ackerman, D.S. Foster, D.S. Blackwood, S.J. Williams, M.S. Moser, J.F. Steward, and K.A. Glomb; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1138, 1 DVD-ROM
  • Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Multibeam Bathymetry, and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Rhode Island Sound, off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island; 2007, K.Y. McMullen, L.J. Poppe, E.R. Twomey, W.W. Danforth, T.A. Haupt, and J.M. Crocker; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1150
  • Sea-Floor Character and Surface Processes in the Vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts; 2007, Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth D. Ackerman, David S. Foster, Dann S. Blackwood, Bradford Butman, M.S. Moser, and H.F Stewart, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1357
  • Geological Interpretation of Bathymetric and Backscatter Imagery of the Sea Floor Off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts; 2006, L.J. Poppe, V.F. Paskevich, B.Butman, S.D. Ackerman, W.W. Danforth, D.S. Foster, and D.S. Blackwood, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1048, 1 DVD-ROM.
  • A Pictorial Survey of the Bedrock Beneath Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts; 2004, B.W. Hallett, V. F. Paskevich, L.J. Poppe, S.G. Brand, and D.S. Blackwood, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-221, 1CD-ROM.
  • Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Cape Cod National Seashore to Sea-Level Rise; 2003, Erika S. Hammar-Klose,Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-233.

•  South Carolina

  • Geologic Framework Studies of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999 - 2003; Geospatial Data Release; 2007, W.E. Baldin, J.F. Denny, W.C. Schwab, P.T. Gayes, R.A. Morton, and N.W. Driscoll; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1346, 1 DVD-ROM.

 U.S. Gulf of Mexico

• • Archival Policies and Collections Database for the Woods Hole Science Center's Marine Sediment Samples; 2007, Brian J. Buczkowski and Sarah J. Kelsey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1187
  • usSEABED: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release, 2006, Brian J. Buczkowski, Jane A. Reid, Chris J. Jenkins, Jamey M. Reid, S. Jeffress Williams, James G. Flocks, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 146 (DS-146), 1 CD-ROM
  • GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey; 2007, David C. Twichell, VeeAnn A. Cross, Valerie F. Paskevich, Deborah R. Hutchinson, William J. Winters, and Patrick E. Hart, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1071
  • The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelinesand Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; 2004, Tara L. Miller, Robert A. Morton, Asbury H. Sallenger, Laura J.Moore; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1089, on-line report.
  • Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts; 2001, Erika S. Hammar-Klose and E. Robert Thieler, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-68, 1 CD-ROM
  • Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar Geologic Interpretation: ArcView Data Coverages; 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-019, 1 CD-ROM.
  • Atlas of GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: EEZ-View; 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-540
  • Digital Mosaics of the GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Data of the Gulf of Mexico; 1996, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-657, 1 CD-ROM.

•  Sarasota, FL

  • Bathymetry, Sidescan Sonar Image, Surface Sediments, and Surficial Geologic Map of the Inner Shelf off Sarasota, Florida: Preliminary discussion and GIS database release; 1999, U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-396, 1 CD-ROM

•  Mississippi Fan

  • SeaMARC1A sidescan mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS Data Release; 2001, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-352, 1 CD-ROM.

•  Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

  • Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf; 2003, Kathryn M. Scanlon, Seth D. Ackerman and Jill E. Rozycki; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-002, 1 CD-ROM
  • Multibeam Mapping of Selected Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico--Data, Images, and GIS; 2002, James V. Gardner, Jonathan D. Beaudoin, John E. Hughes Clarke, and Peter Dartnell; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-411.
  • Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada; 1999, Peter Dartnell and James V. Gardner; U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-55

•  West Florida Shelf

  • Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of the Mid and Outer Continental Shelf, Head of De Soto Canyon, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico—Data, Images, and GIS; 2003, James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke, Larry A. Mayer, and Peter Dartnell; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-007
  • Multibeam Mapping of the Pinnacles Region, Gulf of Mexico; 2002, James V. Gardner, Peter Dartnell, and Kenneth J. Sulak; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-006
  • Multibeam Mapping of the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico; 2002, James V. Gardner, Peter Dartnell, and Kenneth J. Sulak; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-005
  • West Florida Shelf: Sidescan-Sonar and Sediment Data from Shelf-edge Habitats in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico; 2000, Peter R. Briere, Kathryn M. Scanlon, Christopher T. Gledhill, Christopher C. Koenig, and Gary Fitzhugh; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-589, 1 CD-ROM

 U.S. Pacific West Coast Region

• • Archival Policies and Collections Database for the Woods Hole Science Center's Marine Sediment Samples; 2007, Brian J. Buczkowski and Sarah J. Kelsey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1187
  • The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast, 2006, Cheryl Hapke and David Reid, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1251, Web Only.
  • usSEABED: Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) Offshore Surficial-Sediment Data Release, 2006, Jane A. Reid, Jamey M. Reid, Chris J. Jenkins, Mark Zimmerman, S. Jeffress Williams, Michael E. Field, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182 (DS-182), 1 CD-ROM
  • Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts, 2001, Erika S. Hammar-Klose and E. Robert Thieler, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-68, 1 CD-ROM
  • Atlas of GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: EEZ-View; 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-540

•  Los Angeles Margin

  • Predicted Seafloor Facies of Central Santa Monica Bay, California, 2004, Peter Dartnell and James V. Gardner, U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1081
  • Multibeam Mapping of the Los Angeles, California Margin, 2002, James V. Gardner and Peter Dartnell, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-162
  • Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada, 1999, Peter Dartnell and James V. Gardner; U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-55

•  Monterey Bay

  • Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; 2001, Wong, F.L., and Eittreim, S.L.; U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-179, 1 CD-ROM
  • Año Nuevo to Santa Cruz, California: A Photographic Tour of the Coastline; 2000, Henry Chezar and Florence L. Wong; U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-61, 1 CD-ROM

•  San Francisco Region

  • The Gulf of the Farallones: Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, 2004, E. M. Sweeney, W.W. Danforth, H.A. Karl, T.F. O'Brien, W.C. Schwab, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1082, 1 CD-ROM
  • Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada, 1999, Peter Dartnell and James V. Gardner; U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-55

•  Pacific Northwest

  • Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study - Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps: GIS Data; 2006, F.L. Wong, A.J. Venturato, and E.L. Geist; U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 236, 1 CD-ROM
  • Holocene Evolution of the Southern Washington and Northern Oregon Shelf and Coast: Geologic Discussion and GIS Data Release, 2001, Twichell, D.C, Cross, V.A.; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-076, 1 CD-ROM , 28 p.
  • 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; 2000, Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., and Parolski, K.F., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-167, map scale 1:12,000, CD-ROM , 28 p.

•  Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

  • Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserve, volume II; Guy R. Cochrane, James E. Conrad, Jane A. Reid, Jane A.; Sarah Fangman, Nadine Golden, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1170
  • Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Data: Northeastern Channel Islands Region, Southern California, 2005, Peter Dartnell, Guy Cochrane, and Mary Elaine Dunaway; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1153
  • Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) to Sea-Level Rise, 2005, Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, and S. Jeffress Williams; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1057
  • Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume 1, 2003, Guy R. Cochrane, Nicole M. Nasby, Jane A. Reid, Ben Waltenberger, and Kristen M. Lee; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-085

•  Lake Mead Nevada/Arizona

  • Mapping the floor of Lake Mead (Nevada and Arizona); Preliminary discussion and GIS data release; 2004, D.C. Twichell, and V.A. Cross, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-320, 1 DVD-ROM.

•  Bear Lake Utah/Idaho

  • Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, September, 2002; 2003, Jane F. Denny and Steve M. Colman; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-150, 1 CD-ROM

•  Southern Puget Sound,Washington

  • Multibeam Mapping of the Major Deltas of Southern Puget Sound, Washington; 2001, James V. Gardner, E.J. van den Ameele, and Peter Dartnell; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-266

Photographs

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.

Sidescan Sonar Data

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. This page requires the Google Earth plugin on your web browser to display the map. Also this page will be slow loading to get all of the images.

Seismic Data

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. This page requires the Google Earth plugin on your web browser to display the map. Also this page will be slow loading to get all of the images.

Geophysical Data

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. This page requires the Google Earth plugin on your web browser to display the map. Also this page will be slow loading to get all of the images.

Time Series Data

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. This page requires the Google Earth plugin on your web browser to display the map. Also this page will be slow loading to get all of the images.
• - Download whsc_timeseries.kmz to see where we collected time series data using Google Earth.

Samples

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.
• Sample Data Resources available on-line. Field Activities that have some supporting time series information. This page requires the Google Earth plugin on your web browser to display the map. Also this page will be slow loading to get all of the images.
• - Download samples.kml to see where we have collected samples using Google Earth.
• 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 Indexes

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.
• - Download whsc00.kmz to see where we collected data in the 2000's using Google Earth.