USGS Map service: usSEABED - US Coastal Offshore Surficial-Sediment

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2011
• Subjects: oceans; oceans and coastal; oceans and estuaries; geoscientificInformation; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center; WHCMSC; Pacific Science Center; PSC; University of Colorado; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; INSTAAR; usSEABED; dbSEABED; geology; geomorphology of the gulf coast region; geoscientific information; environment; Geographic Information System; GIS; grain size; Marine Aggregates Resources and Processes; seabed; seafloor; sediment data; United States; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico; Pacific Ocean; North America; Maine; New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; New York; New Jersey; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia; Florida; Alabama; Mississippi; Louisiana; Texas; Oregon; Washington; California; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/712f4a4a-adb1-4520-acb7-85a80722b41a

The usSEABED database contains a compilation of published and previously unpublished sediment texture and other geologic data about the sea floor from diverse sources. The data were compiled using the dbSEABED system to bring assorted data together in a unified database. Maps display areas of different bottom types (carbonate, coral, shells, and terrigenous) and sediment classifications using the Folk and Shepard systems, based on either laboratory data or verbal records of observations. usSEABED information is a scientific foundation for the USGS Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes Assessment and Benthic Habitats projects. The usSEABED database includes data for sites in U.S. waters from rivers, lakes, estuaries, and from the beach to the continental shelf. To make the usSEABED data more accessible to the public and other agencies, the USGS created this web service. This web service was created utilizing ESRI ArcServer. This service meets open geospatial consortium standards. The geographic information system (GIS) data layers from this web service are cataloged by region for ease of access.