Archive of Datasonics SIS-1000 Chirp Subbottom Data Collected During USGS Cruise DIAN 96040 Long Island, NY Inner Shelf -- Fire Island, NY, 4-24 September, 1996

This CD-ROM contains digital high resolution seismic reflection data
collected during the USGS DIAN 96040 cruise. The coverage is the nearshore
of Long Island, NY in the vicinity of Fire Island. The seismic-reflection
data are stored as SEG-Y standard format that can be read and manipulated
by most seismic-processing software. Much of the information specific to
the data are contained in the headers of the SEG-Y format files. The file
system format is ISO 9660 which can be read with DOS, Unix, and MAC
operating systems with the appropriate CD-ROM driver software installed.

For more information on the seismic surveys see http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=1996-040-FA

These data are also available via GeoMapApp (http://www.geomapapp.org/) and Virtual Ocean ( http://www.virtualocean.org/) earth science exploration and visualization applications.