Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project
Homepage for the Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project with links to images, downloadable data, applications, fly-by movies, products, publications, and contacts for studies of San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Lake Tahoe, and other Pacific areas.
(Score: 0.554)
Multibeam mapping of the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico
Georeferenced high-resolution mapping of bathymetry of the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico in the study of areas suspected to be critical benthic habitats for fisheries. Includes links to images, data, metadata, and ArcExplorer TIFF files.
(Score: 0.416)
Multibeam mapping of the Pinnacles region, Gulf of Mexico
Report on multibeam sonar imaging to produce bathymetric mapping of the reef tract known as The Pinnacles, northern Gulf of Mexico with links to images (ASCII or ArcInfo formats), data, metadata, ArcExplorer 2.0 project, and cruise report.
(Score: 0.395)
Multibeam data and socio-economic issues in west-central San Francisco Bay
Webpage based on USGS Open File Report 98-139 links to information on the San Francisco Bay estuary to study dredge disposal effects, fish habitats, sediment transport, rock pinnacles and navigation, and consequences of a large oil spill.
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Definition:
Use of transmitted and reflected underwater sound waves to detect and locate submerged objects or measure the distance to the floor of a body of water. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]