Raw ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data acquired during R/V Maurice Ewing expedition EW9914 (1999)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based Atlas Hydrosweep DS Multibeam Sonar system during Maurice Ewing expedition EW9914 conducted in 1999 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Alistair Harding). These data files are of MBSystem Compatible format and include Acoustic Backscatter and Swath Bathymetry data that have not been processed. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): A MCS Survey of the Lau Spreading Center: A New Look into Crustal Accretion at Back Arc Spreading Centers, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE95-29870 and OCE95-30325.