Mapping Systems

Surficial and Sub-bottom Systems
Shoreline Mapping Systems: Littoral Mapping
- Personal Water Craft and ATV
- Ground-based LiDAR
Sampling
- Video and Photography
- Core and Grab Samplers

The schematic below shows the various kinds of seafloor mapping systems that we use.
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Drawing by Bruce Rogers, USGS.

Schematic drawing by Bruce Rogers, showing the various seafloor mapping systems we use. Click to see a larger version.

Information on coastal and seafloor mapping, home page.

U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Western Coastal & Marine Geology
URL: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/mapping/mappingsys.html
maintained by Laura Zink Torresan
last modified 17 December 2006 (lzt)