Arnell S. Harrison
Shawn V. Dadisman
James G. Flocks
Dana S. Wiese
Lisa L. Robbins
2007
Archive of Digital Chirp Seismic Reflection Data Collected During USGS Cruise 06FSH01 Offshore of Siesta Key, Florida, May 2006
Seismic Reflection Profile Section
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
254
St. Petersburg, FL
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/254/
In May of 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted geophysical surveys offshore of Siesta Key, Florida. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital Chirp seismic reflection data, trackline maps, navigation files, GIS information, Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs, observer's logbook, and formal FGDC metadata. Gained digital images of the seismic profiles are also provided.
The archived trace data are in standard Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) SEG-Y format (Barry and others, 1975) and may be downloaded and processed with commercial or public domain software such as Seismic Unix (SU). Example SU processing scripts and USGS software for viewing the SEG-Y files (Zihlman, 1992) are also provided.
For more information on the seismic surveys see http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/g/g106fl/html/g-1-06-fl.meta.html
These data are also available via GeoMapApp (http://www.geomapapp.org/) and Virtual Ocean ( http://www.virtualocean.org/) earth science exploration and visualization applications.
The data archived here were collected as part of the USGS Florida Shelf Habitat (FLaSH) Mapping Project.
The USGS Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) - St. Petersburg assigns a unique identifier to each cruise or field activity. For example, 06FSH01 tells us the data were collected in 2006 for the Florida Shelf Habitat (FLaSH) Mapping Project and the data were collected during the first field activity for that study in that calendar year. Refer to http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/activity.html for a detailed description of the method used to assign the cruise ID. The naming convention used for each seismic line is as follows: yye##a, where yy is the last two digits of the year in which the data were collected, e is a 1-letter abbreviation for the equipment type (for example, c for Chirp), ## is a 2-digit number representing a specific track, and a is a letter representing the section of a line if recording was prematurely terminated or rerun for quality or acquisition problems. The Chirp system uses a signal of continuously varying frequency. The sound source and receiver is a towfish, which is typically flown 2-5 m above the seafloor. The acoustic energy is reflected at density boundaries (such as the seafloor or sediment layers beneath the seafloor), detected by a receiver, and recorded by a PC-based seismic acquisition system. This process is repeated at timed intervals (for example, 0.125 s) and recorded for specific intervals of time (for example, 50 ms). In this way, a two-dimensional vertical image of the shallow geologic structure beneath the ship track is produced. The seismic source employed for 06FSH01 Chirp data collection consisted of an EdgeTech SB-424 towfish running Delph Seismic FSSB V. 2.7 software and towed about 17 m behind the GPS antenna. Sample frequency of the data was 25 kHz, and record length was 99 ms. Shot rate was 0.250 s, and shot spacing was about 2 m. For each recorded shot of the Chirp data, three channels of trace data are collected. Channel 3 is the "real," or in-phase component of the signal, channel 2 is the "imaginary," or quadrature component of the signal, and channel 1 is the "envelope," or product of channels 2 and 3. Only channel 1 was used to produce the profiles presented here. However, all channels are included in the SEG-Y data files. The unprocessed seismic data are stored in SEG-Y, integer, Motorola format, which is a standard digital format that can be read and manipulated by most seismic processing software packages (Barry and others, 1975). The SEG-Y formatted trace files have a .TRA extension. Additional recording parameters for each trace file can also be found in the .PAR file associated with each .TRA file. However, the .PAR and .PLN files included here are only needed to process or display the data with Delph Seismic software. Also provided are example Seismic Unix scripts that allow the user to strip off navigation fixes from the SEG-Y headers, along with a fix for every 1,000 shots, and produce a gained GIF image of each profile. The printable profiles provided here are GIF images that were gained using Seismic Unix software. The processed SEG-Y data were exported to Chesapeake Technology, Inc. (CTI) SonarWeb software to produce interactive versions of the profiles that allow the user to obtain a geographic location and depth from the profile for a cursor position. This information is displayed in the status bar of the browser. Note: The only supported Web browsers that properly display all features of the interactive profiles are Internet Explorer 6 for Windows and Firefox 1.5 for all platforms. For all browsers, the status bar and JavaScript must be enabled. Firefox also requires "Change status bar text" to be checked under Advanced JavaScript Settings. Use of other browsers may result in spurious or no information given in the status window. Firefox may be downloaded at http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox.
20060510
20060515
Data collection interval
None planned
-82.624876
-82.531654
27.265393
27.181070
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:d9293221-54d6-4b10-9106-3158676fe510
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificinformation
oceans
None
marine seismic reflection
Chirp
SEG-Y
06FSH01
Florida Shelf and Habitat Mapping
Data Categories for Marine Planning
distributions
substrate
Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Keywords
seismic reflection
marine geophysics
USGS Thesaurus
seismic reflection methods
sub-bottom profiling
marine geophysics
None
Florida
Siesta Key
Sarasota Bay
Gulf of Mexico
None. These data are held in the public domain.
The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originator of the data in future products or derivative research.
Jim. Flocks
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
(727) 803-8747, ext. 3012
jflocks@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/254/maps/cruisenav/06fsh01_location.jpg
Location map of all digital Chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruise 06FSH01. This map was created at a scale of 1:250,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/254/maps/cruisenav/06fsh01_survey.jpg
Trackline map of digital Chirp seismic reflection data collected in the survey area during USGS Cruise 06FSH01. This map was created at a scale of 1:75,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
JPEG
Funding and (or) support for this study was provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. We thank R/V G.K. Gilbert captain Rich Young of the USGS in St. Petersburg, Florida, for his assistance in data collection. This document was improved by the reviews of Ellen Raabe (USGS) and Kate Ciembronowicz (ETI) of the USGS in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The validity or accuracy of marine seismic reflection profiles is highly qualitative and depends on equipment and operating condition variables. Visual inspection of the images rendered from the data did not show any major anomalies. However, only 2 minutes of navigation data were available for line 06c01, therefore, no line navigation map, interactive profile or trackline statistics could be created for this line.
This data set is from one cruise with consistent instrument calibrations.
These data are collected along tracklines (2-D) and are therefore inherently incomplete. Geologic details between lines must be inferred.
As the seismic reflection data were acquired, the position of the vessel was continuously determined by a CSI Wireless DGPS WAAS Max receiver, which is accurate within 1-3 m. Positions were recorded and written to the trace headers in Zone 17 UTMs about every 1 s. Only 2 minutes of navigation data were available for line 06c01; therefore, no line navigation map, interactive profile or trackline statistics were created for this line. The ASCII navigation files and trackline maps have not been corrected to reflect the approximately 17-m offset between the Chirp and GPS antenna. Refer to figure 1 included with this archive (Data Series 254) for a diagram of the acquisition geometry, including the GPS offset measurements. Line navigation maps and interactive profiles generated with CTI SonarWeb software have been corrected for the GPS offset.
These data are not to be used for bathymetry. Depths shown on the Chirp profiles are relative to the depth of the towfish, not to sea level. Furthermore, the raising or lowering of the towfish during a survey (to avoid obstacles or follow relief) produces a relative shift in the multiple reflections seen in the profile, which may be confused as a geologic feature. Any elevation change of the towfish is recorded in the logbooks and is evident on the seismic profiles by steep, abrupt shifts in the seafloor return.
Chirp processing: The SEG-Y data were processed with Seismic Unix to produce GIF images of the seismic profiles included in this report. A representative Chirp data processing sequence consisted of (1) Stripping off channel 1 for each shot and converting to SU format, (2) applying automatic gain control, (3) displaying PostScript, and (4) converting of PostScript image to a GIF image. The processed SEG-Y data were then exported to CTI SonarWeb software to produce an interactive version of each profile that allows the user to obtain a geographic location and depth from the profile for a cursor position. Refer to the Supplemental Information section above for details on how to use the interactive profiles.
2006
Navigation processing: No navigation was written to the SEG-Y headers for most of line 06c01. However, navigation was collected for a coincident sidescan sonar trackline. This sidescan sonar navigation was merged with the Chirp shotpoints by the recorded time; however, the sidescan sonar line started at shotpoint 1500 and therefore no navigation exists for the first 1499 shots of line 06c01. Shotpoint navigation files and 1,000-shot-interval location files were extracted from the trace headers of each line using Seismic Unix software. These files were then processed with PROJ.4 software (http://www.remotesensing.org/proj) to generate latitude and longitude from UTMs and reformatted for use with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) GIS software.
2006
Trackline map creation: The trackline maps provided in this archive were created using the Points to Lines ArcScript (D. Rathert, http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12702) along with ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 software and then exported to Adobe Illustrator for further editing. The maps were later converted into JPEG format by Adobe GoLive. The maps are unprojected (geographic coordinates, NAD83). The USGS is the originator of all layers used. A map of trackline navigation for each seismic profile was also produced with CTI SonarWeb software and is in UTM Zone 17 projection.
2006
Data Series preparation: In addition to the process steps described above, the following steps were taken to produce this Data Series report: the handwritten logs were scanned and saved as PDF files, digital FACS logs were created using the handwritten logs and personal accounts of the crew members and saved as PDF files, and an HTML-based format was used to present the various parts of this archive.
2006
Keywords section of metadata optimized for discovery in USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Data Catalog.
20170124
U.S. Geological Survey
Alan O. Allwardt
Contractor -- Information Specialist
mailing and physical address
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
831-460-7551
831-427-4748
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Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20201013
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Horizontal X and Y locations (latitude and longitude and Zone 17 UTMs) for each shot are provided as ASCII text files, along with the date and time (UTC) the shot was recorded.
Point
0.000009
0.000009
Decimal degrees
WGS84
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137
298.257
Binary data file: Trace data are available as binary files in SEG-Y format. These files have a .TRA extension and range in size from 49 to 234 MB.
Graphic image file: Printable profiles are available as GIF images. Interactive profiles are available as HTML pages with accompanying JPEG images. The line navigation maps and trackline maps are JPEG images. The trackline maps contain links to the seismic profiles and line navigation maps.
Navigation file: Navigation files are available as ASCII text files. Provided are raw (unprocessed) shotpoint navigation files, processed shotpoint navigation files, and processed 1,000-shot-interval location files.
GIS file: The GIS project used to create the trackline maps is provided as a zip file composed of ESRI map documents, shapefiles, and metadata.
Barry, K.M., Cavers, D.A., and Kneale, C.W., 1975, Recommended standards for digital tape formats: Geophysics, v. 40, no. 2, p. 344-352. Also available online at http://www.seg.org/publications/tech-stand.
Zihlman, F.N., 1992, DUMPSEGY V1.0: A program to examine the contents of SEG-Y disk-image seismic data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-590, 28 p.
Shawn Dadisman
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
(727) 803-8747, ext. 3029
sdadisman@usgs.gov
Data may be available on-line only by special arrangement with the distributor above.
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 254
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SEG-Y
The SEG-Y standard format (Barry and others, 1975) consists of the following: a 3,600-byte reel identification header, with the first 3,200 bytes consisting of an ASCII header block followed by a 400-byte binary header block, both of which include information specific to line and reel number; a trace data block that follows the reel identification header, with the first 240 bytes of each trace block consisting of the binary trace identification header; and seismic data samples that follow the trace identification header.
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map document, shapefile, metadata
The GIS project used to create the trackline maps is composed of map documents, shapefiles, and metadata. Map documents were created with ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 software. The shapefiles provided may also be viewed using other versions of ArcView, ArcGIS, or public domain software ArcExplorer (http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html).
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/254/software/arc/arc.zip
Download SEGY data
The SEG-Y standard format (Barry and others, 1975) consists of the following: a 3,600-byte reel identification header, with the first 3,200 bytes consisting of an ASCII header block followed by a 400-byte binary header block, both of which include information specific to line and reel number; a trace data block that follows the reel identification header, with the first 240 bytes of each trace block consisting of the binary trace identification header; and seismic data samples that follow the trace identification header.
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https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/06FSH01/chirp/
Prices vary.
Publications are available from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 (telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS, e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov).
Use of SEG-Y data requires specialized seismic processing software, such as public domain software Seismic Unix (http://www.cwp.mines.edu/cwpcodes/index.html).
20201013
Arnell Harrison
ETI, contracted by U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
(727) 803-8747, ext. 3111
aharrison@usgs.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998