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    "tag": 16587,
    "title": "10cct02_MOSAIC_GE.tif - Composite sidescan-sonar mosaic collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in St. Petersburg, FL offshore of the Gulf Islands, MS, 2010 (UTM Zone 16N GeoTIFF)",
    "pubdate": "2011",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "2010-1178",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/open_file_report\/ofr2010-1178\/10cct02_MOSAIC_GE.faq.html",
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    "descript": "In 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, MA and St. Petersburg, FL, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District conducted geologic mapping to characterize the seafloor and shallow subsurface stratigraphy offshore of the Gulf Islands of Mississippi. The mapping was carried out during two cruises in March, 2010 on the R\/V Tommy Munro of Biloxi, MS. Data were acquired with the following equipment: an SEA Ltd SwathPlus interferometric sonar (both 234 kHz and 468 kHz systems), a Klein 3000 and a Klein 3900 dual frequency sidescan-sonar, and an Edgetech 512i chirp subbottom profiling system. The long-term goal of this mapping effort is to produce high-quality, high-resolution geologic maps and geophysical interpretations that can be utilized to identify sand resources within the region and better understand the Holocene evolution and anticipate future changes in this coastal system. More information on the field work can be accessed from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity webpage https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/fan_info.php?fan=2010-012-FA or the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Geology InfoBank https:\/\/walrus.wr.usgs.gov\/infobank\/m\/m210gm\/html\/m-2-10-gm.meta.html.",
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "U.S. Geological Survey",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Pendleton, Elizabeth A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Baldwin, Wayne E.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Danforth, William W.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "DeWitt, Nancy T.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Forde, Arnell S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Foster, David S.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Kelso, Kyle W.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Pfeiffer, William R.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Turecek, Aaron M. ",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Flocks, James G.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Twichell, David C.",
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        }
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            "code": "474",
            "name": "geospatial datasets",
            "scope": "Collections of related digital information that are geographically referenced."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2046",
            "name": "image mosaics",
            "scope": "Composite images formed by overlapping existing images, typically arranged to achieve greater spatial coverage."
        },
        {
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            "code": "707",
            "name": "marine geophysics",
            "scope": "Branch of earth sciences concerned with the physical processes of the oceans and continental margins.  We include here studies of large bodies of brackish and fresh water, such as lakes and rivers."
        },
        {
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            "code": "2053",
            "name": "sea-floor acoustic reflectivity",
            "scope": "Acoustic energy received by a sonar system, providing a measure of the roughness of the sea floor."
        },
        {
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            "code": "2038",
            "name": "sidescan sonar",
            "scope": "Acoustic technique for creating oblique backscatter imagery of the seafloor or lakebed."
        },
        {
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            "name": "geoscientificInformation",
            "scope": "Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "010",
            "name": "imageryBaseMapsEarthCover",
            "scope": "Base maps, for example land\/earth cover, topographic maps, imagery, unclassified images, annotations, digital ortho imagery"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
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        }
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            "name": "https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/2010\/1178\/GIS_catalog\/Sidescan\/10cct02\/SS_GE_10cct02.png",
            "description": "grey scale image of sidescan-sonar mosaic"
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