Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
USGS data release 2012-024-FA seismic profile images in PNG format from the Connecticut River. The zip file (2012-024-FA_SeismicImages.zip) contains 160 PNG images and metadata files in standard formats.
Distribution_Liability:
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: PNG
Format_Version_Number: ImageMagick (version 6.6.1)
Format_Specification: Portable Network Graphic (PNG)
Format_Information_Content:
The zip file contain seismic reflection profile images in PNG format of EdgeTech 424 collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center from the Connecticut River and the associated metadata.
File_Decompression_Technique:
Use 7zip, WinZip, Peazip, pkUnzip, Keka or other uncompressing software
Transfer_Size: 250
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Access_Instructions:
The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of the backscatter imagery and metadata. The second and third links will both take you to the field activity data page containing all of the available data from this survey including this dataset.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
These data can be viewed with any PNG image viewing software. The zip files must be uncompressed in order to view the PNG images. The zip file also contains associated metadata. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and displaying the PNG images. To use these images in conjunction with geospatial data (e.g. hotlinked to the seismic tracklines data in ArcGIS), a geospatial data viewer must be used.