Marine Geoscience Data System

A trusted data repository offering free public access to a curated collection of marine geophysical data and metadata related to the formation and evolution of the seafloor and sub-seafloor. Explore our data holdings to discover research data from around the world.

Academic Seismic Portal

The primary data resource for field and processed data from active source marine seismic experiments (multi-channel, single-channel, chirp subbottom, sonobuoy) acquired by the U.S. academic community.

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Submersible Data

Submersibles provide important high-resolution geophysical data sets as well as bottom samples, photos and video that are important for seafloor characterization and ground-truth. Data have been acquired by the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF), the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).

Search for ROV data (e.g. Jason and SuBastian)

Search for AUV Data (e.g. Sentry and MBARI Mapping AUV)

Search for HOV Data (Alvin)

Related Resources

Data systems and tools that were formerly operated as part of IEDA continue to offer complementary data products and services, including:

GMRT Global Bathymetry
GeoMapApp
Antarctic Data (USAP-DC)
IEDA

Recent Data Contributions

MGL2514 Data: Raw Seismic Navigation Data (P2 format) from the southern Mexico subduction zone, acquired during Langseth survey MGL2514 (2025)

MGL2514 Data: Seismic Source information files from the southern Mexico subduction zone, acquired during Langseth survey MGL2514 (2025)

MGL2514 Data: Seismic Navigation Shot Logs from the southern Mexico subduction zone, acquired during Langseth survey MGL2514 (2025)

MGL2514 Data: Processed Seismic Navigation Data (P1 format) from the southern Mexico subduction zone, acquired during Langseth survey MGL2514 (2025)

MGL2514 Segy Data: Multi-Channel Seismic Shot Data from the southern Mexico subduction zone, acquired during Langseth survey MGL2514 (2025)

FKt230918 Swath Data: Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data (EM712) from the Galapagos Islands, acquired during R/V Falkor (too) expedition FKt230918 (2023)

RR2308 Swath Data: Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data (EM124) acquired during R/V Roger Revelle expedition RR2308 (2023)

SUM0901E Swath Data: Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data (EM122) acquired during USNS Sumner expedition SUM0901E (2009)

FKt241011 Swath Data: Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data (EM124) acquired during R/V Falkor (too) expedition FKt241011 (2024)

RR2307 Swath Data: Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data (EM124) acquired during R/V Roger Revelle expedition RR2307 (2023)

Recent Citations

Moore et al., 2025, The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 45. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2026.2616325.

Abbott et al., 2026, A 600-km-long Seafloor Disruption in the Arctic Ocean (~2.8 Ma): Geochemical Evidence for a Marine Impact Event, Airbursts and Cratering Impacts, 4. doi: 10.14293/ACI.2026.0002.

Haproff et al., 2026, Structural controls on the spatial distribution, volume, and composition of rift-related volcanism in Owens Valley, California, USA, Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/B38864.1.

Wan and Heron, 2026, Identifying main shock–aftershock sequences on the Longmen Shan Fault: comparison between two cluster analysis techniques, Geophys. J. Int., 245. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggag081.

Shotorban, 2025, A Kinematic, Data-Parameterized Approach to Constrain Subducted Seafloor During the Emplacement of Shatsky Rise, Thesis.

Sandoval Espinel, 2026, Thermotectonic History of the Southernmost Northern Andes, Thesis.

Nie et al., 2026, System-Level Optimization of AUV Swarm Control and Perception: An Energy-Aware Federated Meta-Transfer Learning Framework with Digital Twin Validation, JMSE, 14, 384-. doi: 10.3390/jmse14040384.

Sánchez-Ramírez et al., 2026, Phylogenomic species delimitation reveals distinct pace and mode of lineage evolution in Amanita jacksonii, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 218, 108575-. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108575.

Gaidzik and Ramírez-Herrera, 2026, Coupled tectonic and surface processes in the Guerrero forearc, Mexico: Insights from the basin-averaged erosion rates, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 679, 119896-. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2026.119896.

Fabbrizzi et al., 2026, Interplay Between Tectonics and Submarine Mass Transport Deposits in Cortes Basin: New High-Resolution Geophysics in the Outer California Borderland, JGR Solid Earth, 131. doi: 10.1029/2025JB032100.