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Open-File Report 02-410

Conducted under a Cooperative Agreement with the Ocean Mapping Group, University of New Brunswick, Canada

RV Ocean Surveyor cruise O1-02-GM; bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of selected areas of the outer continental shelf, northwestern Gulf of Mexico; June 8, through June 28, 2002; Iberia, LA to Iberia, LA

By Jonathan D. Beaudoin, James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke

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Following the publication of high-resolution multibeam echosounder (MBES) images and data of the Flower Gardens area of the northwest Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf (Gardner et al., 1998), the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) have been interested in additional MBES data in the area. A coalition of FGBNMS, MMS, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) was formed to map additional areas of interest in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico in 2002. The areas were chosen by personnel of the FGBNMS and the choice of MBES was made by the USGS. MMS and FGBNMS funded the mapping and the USGS organized the ship and multibeam systems through a Cooperative Agreement between the USGS and the University of New Brunswick.

The University of New Brunswick (UNB) contracted the RV Ocean Surveyor and the EM1000 MBES system from C&C Technologies, Inc., Lafayette, LA. C&C personnel oversaw data collection whereas UNB personnel conducted the cruise and processed all the data. USGS personnel were responsible for the overall cruise including the final data processing and digital map products.

First posted January 31, 2003

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Contact Information, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
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Santa Cruz, CA 95060
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/

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Beaudoin, Jonathan D., Gardner, James V., Clarke, John E. Hughes, 2002, RV Ocean Surveyor cruise O1-02-GM; bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of selected areas of the outer continental shelf, northwestern Gulf of Mexico; June 8, through June 28, 2002; Iberia, LA to Iberia, LA: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-410, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/0410/.




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