Photographs of sediment cores collected aboard R/V Weatherbird II cruises WB-0717 and WB-1217 in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2017-07-19 to 2017-12-05

This dataset contains photographs of sediment cores collected aboard R/V Weatherbird II cruises WB-0717 (2017-07-19 to 2017-07-28) and WB-1217 (2017-12-05) in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2017-07-19 to 2017-12-05. Sediment cores were longitudinally split and photographed with a digital camera with a scale in metric units (cm and mm) for a visual representation of sediment stratigraphy, color, and visual properties. The dataset includes the location, date and depth at which sediment cores were collected.