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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

marine geophysics, geospatial datasets, navigational data

ISO 19115 Topic Category

location, oceans

Other Subject Keywords

Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP), sea floor mapping, sea floor, polyline shapefile, navigation, tracklines, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Simrad EM1000, WHCMSC field activity 1998-015-FA, Canadian Hydrographic Service, multibeam, University of New Brunswick, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), Canadian Coast Guard ship (CCGS) Frederick G. Creed

Place Keywords

Middle Atlantic Bight, Long Island, New York Bight, Moriches Inlet, North Atlantic Ocean, mid-Atlantic Bight, New York

Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor offshore of Moriches Inlet, New York, in 1998 (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84)

Surveys of the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor south of Long Island, New York, were carried out in November 1998 using a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the Canadian Coast Guard ship Frederick G. Creed. The purpose of the multibeam echosounder surveys was to explore the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor in several areas off the southern coast of Long Island along the 20-meter isobath. Survey areas offshore of Fire Island Inlet, Moriches Inlet, Shinnecock Inlet, and southwest of Montauk Point were about 1 kilometer (km) wide and 10 km long. The area was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey with support from the Canadian Hydrographic Service and the University of New Brunswick.

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Author(s) Bradford Butman orcid, William W Danforth orcid, John E.H. Clark, Richard P Signell orcid, W.C. Schwab orcid
Publication Date 2016
Beginning Date of Data 1998-11-07
Ending Date of Data 1998-11-07
Data Contact
Bradford Butman
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z899GG
Citation Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Clark, J.E., Signell, R.P., and Schwab, W., 2016, Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor offshore of Moriches Inlet, New York, in 1998 (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z899GG.
Metadata Contact
Bradford Butman
Metadata Date 2020-08-10
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Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-22T04:21:20.072Z