Sonobuoy Seismic and Navigation Data Collected Using Sercel GI Guns and Ultra Electronics Seismic Sonobuoys During the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), USGS Field Activity 2018-002-FA

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Publication Date: 2021-04-28
Start Date: 2018-08-10
End Date: 2018-08-27

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Baldwin, W.E., Foster, D.S., Bergeron, E.M., Dal Ferro, P., McKee, J.A., Moore, E.M., Nichols, A.R., O'Brien, T.F., Powers, D., Miller, N.C., and Ruppel, C.D., 2021, Sonobuoy seismic and navigation data collected using Sercel GI guns and Ultra Electronics expendable sonobuoys during the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), USGS Field Activity 2018-002-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97LBUSP.

Summary

In summer 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the U.S Department of Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct the Mid-Atlantic Resources Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Gas Hydrates Project. The field program objectives were to acquire high-resolution 2-dimensional multichannel seismic-reflection and split-beam echo sounder data along the U.S Atlantic margin between North Carolina and New Jersey to determine the distribution of methane gas hydrates in below-sea floor sediments and investigate potential connections between gas hydrate dynamics and sea floor methane seepage. MATRIX field work was carried out between August 8 and August 28, 2018 on the research vessel Hugh [...]

Summary

In summer 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the U.S Department of Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct the Mid-Atlantic Resources Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Gas Hydrates Project. The field program objectives were to acquire high-resolution 2-dimensional multichannel seismic-reflection and split-beam echo sounder data along the U.S Atlantic margin between North Carolina and New Jersey to determine the distribution of methane gas hydrates in below-sea floor sediments and investigate potential connections between gas hydrate dynamics and sea floor methane seepage. MATRIX field work was carried out between August 8 and August 28, 2018 on the research vessel Hugh R. Sharp and resulted in acquisition of more than 2,000 track-line kilometers of multichannel seismic-reflection and colocated split-beam echo sounder data, along with wide-angle seismic reflection and refraction data from 63 expendable sonobuoy deployments.

Contacts

Contact :: Wayne E Baldwin
Originator :: Wayne E Baldwin, David S Foster, Emile Bergeron, Peter Dal Ferro, Jennifer A McKee, Eric Moore, Alexander R Nichols, Thomas F O'Brien, Daniel C Powers, Nathaniel C Miller, Carolyn Ruppel
Co-Investigator :: Carolyn Ruppel, Nathaniel C Miller, Wayne E Baldwin
USGS Program :: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Data Owner :: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
SDC Data Owner :: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Natural Hazards
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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2018-002-FA_SB_meta.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	62.54 KB	application/fgdc+xml
2018-002-FA_SB_Images.zip “Compressed zip archive of sonobuoy profiles in PNG format.”		93.06 MB	application/zip
“Compressed zip archive of Sonobuoy SEG-Y trace data files.”		1.18 GB	application/zip
2018-002-FA_SB_shtnav.csv “Comma-separated formatted text file containing sonobuoy MCS shot points.”		4.36 MB	text/csv
2018-002-FA_SBBrowseImage.jpg “MATRIX sonobuoy data release collage.”		682.76 KB	image/jpeg

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2018-002-FA_SB_depnav.shp “Shapefile containing sonobuoy deployment navigation points.”		1.82 KB
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2018-002-FA_SB_depnav.sbx		164 Bytes

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2018-002-FA_SB_shtnav.shp “Shapefile containing sonobuoy MCS shotpoint navigation.”		637.51 KB
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2018-002-FA_SB_shtTracklines.shp “Shapefile containing sonobuoy profile shotpoint tracklines.”		366.85 KB
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This dataset contains sonobuoy deployment and multichannel seismic shot navigation, processed sonobuoy profile images, and processed sonobuoy SEG-Y trace data collected during 63 expendable seismic sonobuoy deployments by the U.S. Geological Survey during the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX; field activity 2018-002-FA). The data were acquired along portions of the U.S. Atlantic margin between North Carolina and New Jersey to support mapping of sedimentary and structural features of the sea floor and subsurface and evaluation of geologic hazards and the distribution of methane gas hydrates in below-seafloor sediments.

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