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Dive and Sampling Locations

These digital data were compiled with ArcInfo version 7.2.2 and ArcGIS 9.0 and are available in ESRI shapefile format. The files contain locations of piston cores, dredges, Kaiko and Shinkai submersible dive tracks, and all rock samples taken during the cruises. ArcInfo-compatible GIS software is required to use these files. The data were located with shipboard GPS navigation and imported as a comma-delimited text file into ArcInfo.

Below are maps in PDF format displaying different sampling locations, metadata describing the sampling data, and zip files containing the data in shapefile format. Please note that although there are graphics depicting the dive locations by year, the shapefile contains all the dives with attributes that can be queried.
  Data   PDF Metadata Download
  Ship tracks 1998-2002 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Shiptracks metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_shiptracks.zip
  Dredges 1998-2002 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Dredge metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_dredges.zip
  Piston Cores 1998-2002 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Piston Core metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_piston.zip
  Dive Locations 1998 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Kaiko Dive metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_dives.zip
  Dive Locations 1999 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Shinkai Dive metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_dives.zip
  Dive Locations 2001 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Kaiko Dive metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_dives.zip
  Dive Locations 2002 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Shinkai Dive metadata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_dives.zip
  Locations of Rock Samples 1998-2002 [Link to pdf containing data collected] Rock Samples metatdata JAMSTEC_HAWAII_98-02_rocks.zip


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Dive, Sample and Seismic Line Locations

2006

U.S. Department of the Interior
Gale A. Norton, Secetary
U.S. Geological Survey
P. Patrick Leahy, Acting Director


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