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NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Marine Geologic data compilations and reports in the NCEI archive are from academic and government sources around the world. Over ten terabytes of analyses, descriptions, and images of sediment and rock from the ocean floor and lakebeds are available. Examples of data available include sediment/rock composition, physical properties, petrology/mineralogy, geochemistry, paleontology, paleomagnetism, x-rays, photographs, and other imagery. All reports and data, regardless of format, are accessible via the Marine Geology Digital Inventory and/or linked to the Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS). Searches offer free, immediate download of digital data, many images, and .PDF reports, and information on how to obtain full-resolution images from the archive, and order CD-ROMs, microfilm, or oversize charts. Some larger data sets, including the IMLGS, have their own web interfaces. The IMLGS provides searches of sea floor and lakebed cores, grabs, dredges, and drill samples available from sample repositories at partner institutions, with links to browse and download related information from NCEI and other sources.

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IMLGS > Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples DOMES > Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration IODP > INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM IPOD > International Phase of Ocean Drilling OCSEAP > Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Project ODP > OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM ODP/DSDP > Ocean Drilling Program / Deep Sea Drilling Program

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issued 1976-07-06T00:00:00.000+00:00
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                                            [
  "IMLGS > Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples",
  "DOMES > Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study",
  "IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration",
  "IODP > INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM",
  "IPOD > International Phase of Ocean Drilling",
  "OCSEAP > Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Project",
  "ODP > OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM",
  "ODP/DSDP > Ocean Drilling Program / Deep Sea Drilling Program",
  "SEATAR > Studies of East Asia Tectonics and Resources",
  "SOUTH.CAL.OCS BASELINE",
  "Databases",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
  "Ocean bottom",
  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Geochemistry",
  "Marine mineral resources",
  "Manganese nodules",
  "Marine geology",
  "Rock and sediment lithology and mineralogy",
  "Rock and sediment chemistry",
  "Rock and sediment physical properties",
  "Underwater photography",
  "Geothermal measurements",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "lacustrine sediments",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Geotechnical Properties",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentary Textures",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Boreholes",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Isotopes",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Microfossils",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Paleomagnetic Data",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Major Elements",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Minor Elements",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Trace Elements",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Geomagnetism > Paleomagnetism",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Age Determinations",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Igneous Rocks",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Metamorphic Rocks",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Sedimentary Rocks",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Sediments",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > Marine Sediments > Stratigraphic Sequence",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > Ocean/Lake Records > Stratigraphic Sequence",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > CORING DEVICES",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > DREDGING DEVICES",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > GRAB SAMPLERS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > ROCK CORERS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > SEDIMENT CORERS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Trawls/Nets > BOTTOM TRAWL",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "Solid Earth > Crust",
  "Geographic Region > Global Ocean",
  "Vertical Location > Sea Floor",
  "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"
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2015-09-11T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/Collection//iso/xml/G00129.xml&view=getDataView&header=none",
  "https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/",
  "https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/access/"
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spatial 180.0,-90.0,-180.0,90.0
temporal 1930-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2013-11-29T00:00:00+00:00
title NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive

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