Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Maps of America's Submerged Lands
Available Maps: Gulf of Mexico
Maps by region -
Pully Ridge /
Sarasota, Florida /
West Florida Shelf /
Apalachicola Bay, Florida /
Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana /
Flower Garden Banks /
Northwest Gulf of Mexico /
Pinnacles Region /
DeSoto Canyon Area /
Deep Gulf of Mexico
- Pully Ridge
- Cross, V.A., Twichell, D.C., Halley, R.B., Ciembronowicz, K.T., Jarrett, B.D., Hammar-Klose, E.S., Hine, A.C., Locker, S.D., and Naar, D.F., 2006, GIS compilation of data collected from the Pulley Ridge deep coral reef region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1089, DVD-ROM. Also on line at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1089/
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1089/htmldocs/catalog.htm
- Sarasota, Florida
- Twichell, D.C., and Paskevich, V.F., 1999, Bathymetry, sidescan sonar image, surface sediments, and surficial geological map of the inner shelf off Sarasota, Florida—Preliminary discussion and GIS database release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-396, CD-ROM. Also on line at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-396/.
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-396/htmldocs/data.htm
- West Florida Shelf
- Briere, P.R., Scanlon K.M., Gledhill, C.T., Koenig C.C., and Fitzhugh, Gary, 2000, West Florida Shelf; sidescan-sonar and sediment data from shelf-edge habitats in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 99-589. CD-ROM. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-589/
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-589/htm/aview.htm
- Gardner, J.V., Dartnell, P., and Sulak, K.J., 2002, Multibeam mapping of the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico: USGS Open-File Report 02-005. Online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-005/
Digital Data: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-005/site/data.html
- Apalachicola Bay, Florida
- Twichell, D.C., Andrews, B.D., Edmiston, H.L., and Stevenson, W.R., 2007, Geophysical mapping of oyster habitats in a shallow estuary; Apalachicola Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-138. Online at http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2006-1381/index.html
Data catalog: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2006-1381/html/spatial.htm
- Twichell, D.C., Pendleton, E.A., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., and Kelso, K.W., 2009, Vibracore, radiocarbon, microfossil, and grain-size data from Apalachicola Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1031, available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1031/.
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1031/html/catalog.html
- Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana
- Flower Garden Banks
- Scanlon, K.M., Ackerman, S.D., and Rozycki, J.E., 2003, Texture, carbonate content, and preliminary maps of surficial sediments of the Flower Garden Banks area, northwestern Gulf of Mexico outer shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-02, CD-ROM. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-002/.
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-002/html/GISData.htm
- Northwest Gulf of Mexico
- Gardner, J.V., Beaudoin, J.D., Hughes Clarke, J.E., and Dartnell, P., 2002, Multibeam mapping of selected areas of the outer continental shelf, northwestern Gulf of Mexico—Data, images, and GIS: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-411. Online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-411/
Digital Data: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-411/data.html
- Pinnacles Region
- DeSoto Canyon Area
- Gardner J.V., Hughes Clarke, J. E., Mayer, L. A., and Dartnell, P., 2003, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of the mid and outer continental shelf, head of De Soto Canyon, northeastern Gulf of Mexico—Data, images, and GIS: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-007. Online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-007/
Digital Data: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-007/data.html
- Deep Gulf of Mexico
- Paskevich, V., 2000, Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation—ArcView data coverages: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-019, CD-ROM. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/htmldocs/data.htm
- Paskevich, V., Twichell, D.C., and Schwab, W.C., 2001, SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan—ArcView GIS data release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-352, CD-ROM. Also on line at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-352/indexms.htm
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-352/htmldocs/data.htm
- Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., Paskevich, V.F., Hutchinson, D.R., Winters, W.J., and Hart, P.E., 2007, GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1071, DVD-ROM. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/
Data catalog: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pubs/of/2005/1071/htmldocs/catalog.htm
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