Archive of Digital Boomer Subbottom Profile Data Collected in the 
Atlantic Ocean Offshore Northeast Florida During USGS Cruises 03FGS01 and 
03FGS02 in September and October of 2003
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 670
By Karynna Calderon(1), Arnell S. Forde(2), Shawn V. Dadisman(2), Dana S. 
Wiese(2), and Daniel C. Phelps(3)

(1)Jacobs Technology, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
(2)U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
(3)Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL 32304.

CONTENTS
Information Statement
System Requirements
Project Summary
Disc Organization
Getting Started
Acknowledgments
References Cited
Contact

INFORMATION STATEMENT
This Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) publication was prepared by an agency 
of the United States Government. Although these data have been processed 
successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no 
warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of 
the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution imply any 
such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for 
improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained 
herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or 
service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not 
constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the 
United States Government or any agency thereof.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
This disc is readable on any computing platform that has standard DVD 
driver software installed. The minimum software requirements are a Web 
browser, a portable document format (PDF) reader, and a text editor. If 
you cannot fully access the information on this page, please contact USGS 
Information Services at infoservices@usgs.gov or 1-888-ASK-USGS.

PROJECT SUMMARY
In September and October of 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 
cooperation with the Florida Geological Survey, conducted geophysical 
surveys of the Atlantic Ocean offshore northeast Florida from St. 
Augustine, Florida, to the Florida-Georgia border. This report serves as 
an archive of unprocessed digital boomer seismic reflection data, 
trackline maps, navigation files, Geographic Information System (GIS) 
files, Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs, and formal Federal 
Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata. Filtered and gained (a 
relative increase in signal amplitude) digital images of the seismic 
profiles are also provided.

DISC ORGANIZATION
- Index.html - This file is intended to be the starting point for DVD 
access. It is written in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) utilized by 
the World Wide Web (WWW) project and must be opened with a WWW browser. 
Once opened, the user may browse the DVD's contents as one would browse 
pages from the WWW. Links at the top and bottom of each page provide 
access to these sections. This report contains links to the U.S. 
Geological Survey (USGS), collaborators, and other available resources if 
access to the Internet is available while viewing these documents. The 
data provided in this report will also be served via the WWW from the 
USGS publications server. The binary Society of Exploration 
Geophysicists (SEG) Y files are available on the DVD version of this 
report and online from the Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System 
(http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov).

- Readme.txt - This file.

- This report is divided into seven sections: Acronyms and Abbreviations, 
Disc Contents, Navigation Data and Maps, Printable Profiles, FACS Logs, 
FGDC metadata, and Software.  

- This report also includes GIS files, SEG Y binary data files, and HTML 
files and images used to produce the Web pages.

- The Disc Contents page is a diagram with links to the locations of all 
files and folders contained on this disc.

GETTING STARTED
To access the information contained on this disc, use a Web browser to 
open the file index.html.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Funding and (or) support for this study was provided by the USGS CMGP and 
the Florida Geological Survey (FGS). We thank R/V Geoquest captain Wade 
Stringer of the FGS for his assistance in data collection and Janice A. 
Subino (contracted with Jacobs Technology, Inc., at the SPCMSC) for their 
assistance in the preparation of this document. This document was also
improved by the reviews of Jack Kindinger (SPCMSC) and Barbara Poore (SPCMSC).

REFERENCES CITED
Barry, K.M., Cavers, D.A., and Kneale, C.W., 1975, Recommended standards 
for digital tape formats: Geophysics, v. 40, no. 2, p. 344-352. Available 
online at: http://www.seg.org/publications/tech-stand.

Cohen, J.K., and Stockwell, J.W., Jr., 2005, CWP/SU: Seismic Unix Release 
39: A free package for seismic research and processing: Golden, Colo., 
Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines. Available online at 
http://www.cwp.mines.edu/cwpcodes/index.html.

Zihlman, F.N., 1992, DUMPSEGY v 1.0: A program to examine the contents of 
SEG Y disk-image seismic data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 
92-590, 28 p. Available online at 
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1992/0590/report.pdf.

CONTACT
Shawn V. Dadisman
U.S. Geological Survey
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Ph: (727) 803-8747 x3029   
FAX: (727) 803-2032
sdadsisman@usgs.gov