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    "tag": 13862,
    "title": "PNG format images of EdgeTech SB-512i chirp seismic-reflection data collected in May 2012 by the U.S. Geological Survey within the Baltimore Canyon, mid-Atlantic margin",
    "pubdate": "2014",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "2014-1118",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/open_file_report\/ofr2014-1118\/BC_seisimagesmeta.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "A large number of high-resolution geophysical surveys between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank have been conducted by federal, state, and academic institutions since the turn of the century. A major goal of these surveys is providing a continuous view of bathymetry and shallow stratigraphy at the shelf edge in order to assess levels of geological activity during the current sea level highstand.  In 2012, chirp seismic-reflection data was collected by the U.S. Geologial Survey aboard the motor vessel Tiki XIV near three United States mid-Atlantic margin submarine canyons. These data can be used to further our understanding of passive continental margin processes during the Holocene, as well as providing valuable information regarding potential submarine geohazards. For more information on the U.S. Geological Survey involvement in this effort, see https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/fan_info.php?fan=2012-005-FA.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "U.S. Geological Survey",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Obelcz, Jeffrey",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Brothers, Daniel S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "ten Brink, Uri S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Chaytor, Jason D.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Worley, Charles R.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Moore, Eric M.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "575",
            "name": "image collections",
            "scope": "Visible representations of objects or earth properties produced by cameras, spectral instruments, or as graphical representations of measurements."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "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."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2054",
            "name": "sub-bottom profiling",
            "scope": "Methods of imaging the structure of sediments below the sea floor  or lakebed using ship-borne or towed sensors with a variety of sound sources."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "008",
            "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": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        }
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    "image": [
        {
            "name": "https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/2014\/1118\/data\/Baltimore_Canyon\/images\/seisimage.jpg",
            "description": "Thumbnail of a sample seismic-reflection profile."
        }
    ],
    "fan": []
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