Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired along the Southwest Indian Ridge Spreading Center during the Melville expedition VANC07MV (2003)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition VANC07MV conducted in 2003 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Vincent J. Salters). 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 2.5. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): The Influence of Ridge Geometry on Crustal Accretion at Ultra-Slow Spreading Rates: The SW Indian Ridge from 9 degrees to 23 degrees E, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE99-07630.