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The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Geotechnical Database

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2000-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Geotechnical Properties Database contains test engineering properties data coded by students at NGDC from primarily U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office laboratory reports, but also from data reports generated by NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). These files consist of very few reports coded at NGDC into the historic "074" format which was then incorporated into the historic "073" digital format for physical properties of sediments. Coding was a test case, and full scale development of the data file was never undertaken.

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BLM > Outer Continental Shelf Project OCSEAP > Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Project ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System Scientific archives Electronic records Oceanography Ocean bottom Geology Submarine geology Marine sediments Marine geology Sea-floor characteristics Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Geotechnical Properties In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > Grab Samplers In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Environmental Monitoring DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Geographic Region > Global Ocean Vertical Location >Sea Floor

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identifier gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.geology:G01081
isPartOf NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive
issued 1976-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "BLM > Outer Continental Shelf Project",
  "OCSEAP > Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Project",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
  "Ocean bottom",
  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Marine geology",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments",
  "Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Geotechnical Properties",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > Grab Samplers",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers",
  "CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Environmental Monitoring",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "Geographic Region > Global Ocean",
  "Vertical Location >Sea Floor"
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2000-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "https://doi.org/10.7289/V5G44N6W",
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  "https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/"
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spatial 172.075,-78.3667,-176.045,81.0705
temporal 1956-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2000-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title The NGDC Seafloor Sediment Geotechnical Database

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