PR_Q09.TIF - Puerto Rico U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (9 of 9) (ACEA, 50 m, Clarke1866)

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2011
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; Woods Hole Science Center; WHSC; Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic; GLORIA; GeoTIFF image; grey scale image; backscatter; acoustic reflectivity; marine geology; sidescan-sonar mosaic; Exclusive Economic Zone; EEZ; WHSC serial number 85039; WHSC cruise identifier FRNL85-4; WHSC cruise identifier FRNL85LEG4; oceans; oceans and estuaries; oceans and coastal; geoscientificInformation; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; Oceans > Ocean Acoustics > Acoustic Reflectivity; ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS; GLORIA > Geological Long-Range Inclined ASDIC; SIDE-SCAN SONAR; distributions; physical habitats and geomorphology; seabed; Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); sidescan sonar; marine geophysics; image mosaics; sea-floor characteristics; sea-floor acoustic reflectivity; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico Trench; Muertos Trough; Mona Canyon; Virgin Island Shelf; Caribbean Sea; Atlantic Ocean; continental slope; continental rise; continental margin; continental shelf; Ocean > Atlantic Ocean; Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea; Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Puerto Rico; Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/02621e73-2d2f-4522-a40e-43b1b8b2f533

The Puerto Rico U.S. EEZ study area includes the seafloor between the island of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Trench floor and extends west to Mona Canyon and east to the U.S. Virgin Islands. South of the islands, it covers parts of the Muertos Trough and the Venezuelan Basin. As in earlier EEZ reconnaissance surveys, the USGS utilized the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan-sonar system to complete the geologic mapping. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the seafloor. A total of 9 digital mosaics of approximately a 2 degree by 2 degree (or smaller) area with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the Puerto Rico U.S. EEZ.