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Global Ocean Substrates (goSEABED)

From 2001-2003, the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) and the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) collaborated on the goSEABED project to generate a global digital mapping of ocean floor materials.

For more information see the dbSEABED Web Site.

NGDC continues to provide data to goSEABED.


The following are a few of the datasets in goSEABED contributed from the archives of NGDC:
The NGDC Deck41 Data File compiled by NGDC from multiple sources Sediment data file
The NGDC Digital Grain Size Database compiled by NGDC from multiple sources Grain size data
The NGDC/NOS/MMS Marine Minerals Database compiled by NGDC from multiple sources Geochemical data
The Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), France Core descriptions
The Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC), Japan Sediment data file
The University of Washington, USA Grain size data
Eastern Washington State University, USA PETROS database
The University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Multiple data sets
The Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), USA Multiple data sets