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USGS Seafloor Side-Scan Sonar Imagery of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Surveyed Using GLORIA

Entry ID: EARTH_CRUST_USGS_GLORIA

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Summary

Abstract: In March 1983, President Reagan signed a proclamation establishing an Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) extending the 200 nautical mile from the coasts of the
United States, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S.
territories and possessions. In 1984, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a
program to map these areas of the EEZ To accomplish the mapping of the
deepwater portion ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Access to additional information about the GLORIA mapping program and access
to online GLORIA mosiacs

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 50.0

S: 25.0

E: -66.0

W: -125.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) GLORIA Mapping Program

Dataset Publisher: Costal and Marine Geology Program, USGS, DOI

Online Resource: http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/gloria/index.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1984-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > CONTINENTAL MARGINS > CONTINENTAL RISES/SLOPES

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

GLORIA > Geological Long-Range Inclined ASDIC

SIDE-SCAN SONAR

SONAR > Sound Navigation and Ranging

Project

GOMODP > Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Ancillary Keywords

AEDD

ALASKA

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

USGS/GD/MENLO PARK

Data Center

GLORIA Mapping Program, Map Server, Woods Hole Science Center, Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/gloria/

Data Center Personnel
Name: USGS WHSC COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY PROGRAM Phone: (508) 548-8700 Fax: (508) 457-2310 Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online

Fees: none

Publications/References

For a list of GLORIA references, see:
http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/gloria/pubsrefs.html

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-12-05

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