Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired along the Chile Ridge Spreading Center during the Melville expedition PANR04MV (1998)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition PANR04MV conducted in 1998 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Jill Karsten). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Swath Bathymetry data and were processed by the GMRT Team using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software as part of the GMRT Synthesis effort. These data are included in the GMRT Synthesis, version 1. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Geophysical and Petrological Study of the Northern Chile Ridge and Geochemistry of Axial Lavas from Intra-Transform Spreading Centers of the Valdivia F.Z. System, Chile Ridge, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE96-18401 and OCE96-18736.