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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Search for Single-Channel Seismic Data

List all Seismic Data Sets

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

FSP200523 Swath Data: Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data from the Atlantic Ocean acquired during R/V Fugro Supporter Field:Marine:Transit FSP200523 (2020)

Arctic_MBARI Data: Documentation for data acquired near-bottom in 2013 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20131002m1

Arctic_MBARI Data: Documentation for data acquired near-bottom in 2017 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20170910m1

Arctic_MBARI Data: Raw MVC logs data acquired near-bottom in 2013 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20131002m1

Arctic_MBARI Data: Processed CTD data acquired near-bottom in 2013 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20131002m1

Arctic_MBARI Data: Raw MVC logs data acquired near-bottom in 2017 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20170910m1

Arctic_MBARI Data: Processed CTD data acquired near-bottom in 2017 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20170910m1

Arctic_MBARI Data: Raw sidescan and sub-bottom data acquired near-bottom in 2017 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20170910m1

Arctic_MBARI Segy Data: Processed sub-bottom SEG-Y files acquired near-bottom in 2013 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20131002m1

Arctic_MBARI Segy Data: Processed sub-bottom SEG-Y files acquired near-bottom in 2017 from the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea with MBARI mapping AUV on mission 20170910m1

Recent Citations

Chen, 2021, Spatial patterns of seismogenic faulting in northeastern Asia, Earth-Science Reviews, 220, 103704-. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103704.

Bache-Jeffreys et al., 2021, Resolving the spatial distributions of Dipturus intermedius and Dipturus batis-the two taxa formerly known as the 'common skate', Environ Biol Fish. doi: 10.1007/s10641-021-01122-7.

Georgen and Shotorban, 2021, Plate Boundary and Triple Junction Control of Shatsky Rise Formation and Implications for Other Ocean Plateaus, Geophys Res Lett. doi: 10.1029/2021GL093150.

Zilhao et al., 2021, Obsidian in the Upper Palaeolithic of Iberia, Antiquity, 1-20. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2021.85.

Boyko et al., 2021, Iron and sulphur speciation and cycling in the sediments of marine systems located in the arid environment: Case of the northern Red Sea, J. Geol. Soc. London, jgs2021-027-. doi: 10.1144/jgs2021-027.

Clairmont, 2021, Seismic attribute analyses and attenuation applications for detecting gas hydrate presence, Thesis.

Svoboda et al., 2021, Transcrustal Magmatic Systems: Evidence from Andesites of the Southern Taupo Volcanic Zone, J. Geol. Soc. London, jgs2020-204-. doi: 10.1144/jgs2020-204.

Smith et al., 2021, A bathymetric compilation of the Cape Darnley region, East Antarctica, Antarctic Science, 1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0954102021000298.

Chiu et al., 2021, Crustal underplating and overriding across the collision-subduction transition in the northern Manila subduction zone offshore southwestern Taiwan, Mar. Geophys. Res., 42. doi: 10.1007/s11001-021-09444-y.

Fan et al., 2021, Isocubanite-chalcopyrite intergrowths in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 26°S hydrothermal vent sulfides, Geochemistry, 125795-. doi: 10.1016/j.chemer.2021.125795.