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.
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).
Related Resources
Data systems and tools that were formerly operated as part of IEDA continue to offer complementary data products and services, including:
Recent Data Contributions
EPR:9N_Parnell-Turner Data: Catalog of chimney-like constructs mapped near 9°50'N, East Pacific Rise (AUV Sentry, 2018-2021)
FKt250110 Image Data: Video Frame Grab Images acquired during R/V Falkor (too) expedition FKt250110 (2025)
Recent Citations
Streib et al., 2025,
Encyonema larvatum sp. nov.: a new species of diatom identified from the Mid-Pleistocene of Lake Malawi, Eastern Africa,
Diatom Research, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/0269249X.2025.2506654.
Kaifu et al., 2025,
Paleolithic seafaring in East Asia: An experimental test of the dugout canoe hypothesis,
Sci. Adv., 11. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adv5507.
Lynton and Rose, 2025,
Evidence for mineral stratification in a zoned basaltic magma body at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai’i: insights from the Kulanaokuaiki-3 tephra (≥1.0 ka),
Contrib Mineral Petrol, 180. doi: 10.1007/s00410-025-02230-8.
Hwang et al., 2025,
Heterogeneous density structure of seamounts: a sign count analysis of gravity anomalies,
Geosci J. doi: 10.1007/s12303-025-00042-3.
Cárdenas and Hernández, 2025,
Variability of satellite-based tropospheric nitrogen dioxide column abundance in the last 20 years over ten Mexican metropolitan areas measured by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument,
Discover Atmosphere, 3. doi: 10.1007/s44292-025-00039-5.
Katumwehe et al., 2025,
How do propagating rifts breach Cratons? Insights from the northwestern branch of the East African Rift, Uganda,
Geophys. J. Int., 242. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaf214.
Jaffe et al., 2025,
Abundant and metabolically flexible bacterial lineages underlie a vast potential for rubisco-mediated carbon fixation in the dark ocean,
Genome Biology, 26. doi: 10.1186/s13059-025-03625-3.
Rull, 2025,
Where were the Caribbean mangroves during the Last Glacial Maximum? A preliminary microtopographical appraisal,
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 323, 109404-. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109404.
Talamo et al., 2025,
Boomerang and bones: Refining the chronology of the Early Upper Paleolithic at Obłazowa Cave, Poland,
PLOS One, 20, e0324911-. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324911.
