Abstract:
The Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA digital sidescan-sonar mosaic covers about 806,000 square kilometers (sq km) of sea-floor. The mosaic shows the sea-floor morphology from Uminak Pass to Dixon Entrance, from the shelf break seaward to about 400 km. An additional 70-km-wide swath was imaged along the British Columbia margin to follow the trace of the Queen Charlotte Fault south of the Dixon Entrance. Major features visible on the mosaic include continental-margin deformation structures and submarine-channel systems. As in earlier EEZ reconnaissance surveys, the USGS utilized the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan-sonar system to complete the geologic mapping. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the sea-floor. A total of 30 digital mosaics with a 50-meter pixel resolution were assembled to complete the Gulf of Alaska overview mosaic.
Purpose:
This remote sensing image of the sea-floor is a reduced-resolution (250-meter) composite mosaic of the 30 mosaics created from the Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data.
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19860624
Ending_Date: 19890710
Currentness_Reference:
ground condition with the following date ranges: 19860624 to 19860703, 19880706 to 19880802, 19880805 to 19880831, 19890516 to 19890612 and 19890614 to 19890710
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Theme_Keyword: Lambert Conformal Conic
Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone
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Place_Keyword: Alaska
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Place_Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Gulf Of Alaska
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Place_Keyword: Gulf of Alaska Ecoregion
Place_Keyword: North American Pacific Fijordland Ecoregion
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Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
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