Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server:
West Florida Shelf

Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of the Mid and Outer Continental Shelf, Head of De Soto Canyon, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico - Data, Images, and GIS; 2003, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-007.

This Open-File Report contains the bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data from the 2002 multibeam echosounder survey of the Head of De Soto Canyon region, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Multibeam Mapping of the Pinnacles Region, Gulf of Mexico; 2002, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-006

This Open File Report publishes the bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data along with FGDC-compliant metadata, images, and a GIS of the 2000 survey of the Pinnacles Region on the Mississippi-Alabama outer continental shelf.

Multibeam Mapping of the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico; 2002, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-005

This Open-File Report publishes the multibeam bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data, along with images and a GIS of the data collected in 2001 from a survey conducted of the outer shelf south of Mississippi and Alabama to the northwestern Florida shelf off Panama City, Florida.

West Florida Shelf: Sidescan-Sonar and Sediment Data from Shelf-edge Habitats in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico; 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-589

This report contains sidescan-sonar mosaics, seismic-reflection profiles, texture and calcium carbonate content of sediment samples and interpretative maps of the seafloor morphology, sediments, and benthic habitats of the study area.  The site is on the eastern side of the DeSoto Canyon and 75 km due south of Cape San Blas on the Florida panhandle.