JAMSTEC multibeam surveys and submersible dives around the Hawaiian Islands: A collaborative Japan-USA exploration of Hawaii's deep seafloor

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joel E. Robinson, Barry W. Eakins, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Jiro Naka, Eiichi Takahashi, Kenji Satake, John R. Smith, David A. Clague, and Hisayoshi Yokose

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: JAMSTEC multibeam surveys and submersible dives around the Hawaiian Islands: A collaborative Japan-USA exploration of Hawaii's deep seafloor

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Data Series

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Publication_Information:

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Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

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Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/171/home.html

Description:

Abstract:

This database release, USGS Data Series 171, contains data collected during four Japan-USA collaborative cruises that characterize the seafloor around the Hawaiian Islands. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) sponsored cruises in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2002, to build a greater understanding of the deep marine geology around the Hawaiian Islands. During these cruises, scientists surveyed over 600,000 square kilometers of the seafloor with a hull-mounted multibeam seafloor-mapping sonar system (SEA BEAM® 2112), observed the seafloor and collected samples using robotic and manned submersible dives, collected dredge and piston-core samples, and performed single-channel seismic surveys. To date, 32 research papers have been published describing results from these cruises. For a list of these articles see the bibliography. This digital database was compiled with ESRI ArcInfo version 7.2.2 and ArcGIS 9.0. The GIS files contain multibeam bathymetry, and acoustic backscatter data in ESRI grid format, and dive, seafloor sampling, and siesmic location data in ESRI shapefile format; ArcInfo-compatible GIS software is therefore required to use the files of this database. Metadata for the GIS files are available as text files. The GIS files were also symbolized and used to create Portable Document Format (PDF) files that are ready to be printed. Adobe Reader or other software that can translate PDFs is necessary to print these files. [Summary provided by the USGS.]

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Holcomb, R. T., and Robinson, J. E., 2004, Maps of the Hawaiian Islands Exclusive Economic Zone interpreted from GLORIA Sidescan-Sonar imagery: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2824, 9 p., 1 plate, scales 1:2,000,000 and 1:4,000,000. (Map PDF and pamphlet PDF).

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Robinson, J. E., Hamer, M. R., Stevenson, A. J., Lucky, H., Degnan, C. H., Wong, F. L., and Holcomb, R. T., 2006, Digital Data for Maps of Hawaiian Islands Exclusive Economic Zone Interpreted from GLORIA Sidescan-Sonar Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2824 (GIS data .zip package)

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Eakins, B. W., Robinson, J. E., Kanamatsu, Toshiya, Naka, Jiro, Smith, J. R., Takahashi, Eiichi, and Clague, D. A., 2003, Hawaii's volcanoes revealed: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I-2809, 1 plate, scale 1:85,342.

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Beginning_Date: 19980101

Ending_Date: 20021231

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -161.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -152.99988

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.25005

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 16.75

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > HAWAII

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These data not intended for navigational purposes. Please recognize the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain. Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, these data and information are provided with the understanding that they are not guaranteed to be usable, timely, accurate, or complete. Users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of these data and information before using them for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Conclusions drawn from, or actions undertaken on the basis of, such data and information are the sole responsibility of the user. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any data, software, information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.

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Contact_Person: JOEL ROBINSON

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Contact_Organization: DOI/USGS/GD/VHP > Volcano Hazards Program, Geological Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Contact_Person: MICHAEL F. DIGGLES

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Address: U.S. Geological Survey

Address: 345 Middlefield Road

Address: Mail Stop 531

City: Menlo Park

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 94025

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5404

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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

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Fees: No Fees

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Metadata_Date: 20061117

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City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

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