Marine Geophysical Data Collected to Support Methane Seep Research Along the U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf Break and Upper Continental Slope Between the Baltimore and Keller Canyons During U.S. Geological Survey Field Activities 2017-001-FA and 2017-002-FA

In spring and summer 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Gas Hydrates Project conducted two cruises aboard the research vessel Hugh R. Sharp to explore the geology, chemistry, ecology, physics, and oceanography of sea-floor methane seeps and water column gas plumes on the northern U.S. Atlantic margin between the Baltimore and Keller Canyons. Split-beam and multibeam echo sounders and a chirp subbottom profiler were deployed during the cruises to map water column backscatter, sea-floor bathymetry and backscatter, and subsurface stratigraphy associated with known and undiscovered sea-floor methane seeps. The first cruise, known as the Interagency Mission for Methane Research on Seafloor Seeps and designated as field...

Tags: Accomac Canyon, Atlantic Margin, Atlantic Ocean, Baltimore Canyon, CMHRP, All tags... Chincoteague Ridge, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DOE, DOI, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Energy Resources, Geophysics, HRS1704, HRS1713, IMMeRSS, Interagency Mission for Methane Research on Seafloor Seeps, Keller Canyon, Marine Geology, NOAA-OER, Norfolk Canyon, R/V Hugh R. Sharp, Stratigraphy, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, University of Rochester, WHCMSC, Washington Canyon, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field activity number 2017-001-FA, field activity number 2017-002-FA, Fewer tags

Multichannel Seismic-Reflection and Navigation Data Collected Using Sercel GI Guns and Geometrics GeoEel Digital Streamers During the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), USGS Field Activity 2018-002-FA

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 echosounder 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...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DOE, Delaware, Department of Energy, GeoEel, Geometrics, HRS1807, MATRIX, Marine Geology, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic Margin, Mid-Atlantic Resources Imaging Experiment, New Jersey, North Carolina, PNG, R/V Hugh R. Sharp, SEG-Y, Sercel, U.S. Economic Exclusive Zone, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Virginia, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, common midpoint stack, field activity number 2018-002-FA, generator-injector airgun, geoscientificInformation, image, location, marine geology, marine geophysics, multi-channel streamer, navigation, oceans, seismic profile, seismic reflection, seismic reflection methods, shapefile, Fewer tags

Marine Magnetic Anomalies of the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean North of 35°N

The text file in CSV (comma-separated values) format contains marine magnetic data from 291 cruises in the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. These data originate from two sources: 266 cruises from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Marine Trackline Geophysical Database (GEODAS) -- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ngdc:G00129 -- and 25 cruises from USGS holdings, including Scheirer and others (2023). Magnetic records were assigned one of three codes for quality and usability: 0=good data, -1=good data, but magnetic anomalies cannot be recalculated because of missing total field values (three...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bering Sea, Geophysics, Marine Geology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), geoscientificInformation, All tags... magnetic field (earth), maps and atlases, northern Pacific Ocean, Fewer tags

Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone

Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, and pelecypod shell fragments collected from piston cores, trigger weight cores, and IKU grab samples obtained in 2015 and 2017 offshore British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone.

Categories: Data; Tags: British Columbia, CMHRP, Canada, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dixon Entrance, All tags... Habitat, Marine Geology, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, State of Alaska, Stratigraphy, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, animals, benthic foraminifera, carbon-14 analysis, chemical analysis, chemical oceanography, environment, foraminifera, fragile ecosystems, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, invertebrates, marine chemistry, mollusks, oceans, organisms, planktic foraminifera, protists, radiometric dating, Fewer tags