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Louisiana Continental Slope

Publications and References

Below is a list of selected USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program publications for the USGS Louisiana Continental Slope study. To search for additional publications, please visit the Woods Hole Science Center's (WHSC) Publications website or the USGS Publications Warehouse.

Digital Data

• Seismic Reflection Results from the GYRE 1997 cruise of the Bryant Canyon on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, 1999, Jeffrey W. Nealon, William P. Dillon, David Twichell, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-449, 3 CD-ROMs

• Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar Geologic Interpretation: ArcView Data Coverages, 2000, V.F. Paskevich, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-019, 1 CD-ROM.

• GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Field Data and Navigation Data Collected Off Puerto Rico in 1985 and the Eastern United States in 1987, 1998, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-619, 1 CD-ROM.

• Atlas of GLORIA Sidescan-Sonar Imagery of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: EEZ-View, 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-540, 1 CD-ROM.

• GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Field Data and Navigation Data Collected in the Gulf of Mexico During R/V FARNELLA Cruises in 1982 and 1985, 1996, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-707, 1 CD-ROM.

• Digital Mosaics of the GLORIA Sidescan Sonar Data of the Gulf of Mexico, 1996, V.F. Paskevich, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-657, 1 CD-ROM.

• GLORIA Gulf of Mexico, 1988, GLORIA Data: Gulf of Mexico, Office of Energy and Marine Geology, 1 CD-ROM.

Fact Sheets

• Seafloor Images Refine Petroleum Exploration Models

Soundwaves

• USGS and WHOI Investigate Gas-Hydrate Mounds on the Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor

• Gas Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Has Puzzling Characteristics and Could Pose a Hazard to Deep Drilling

• Gas Hydrate Studied in the Northern Gulf of Mexico