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National Geophysical Data Center

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NGDC: Terrestrial & Marine Geophysical Data

Data Source:

National Geophysical Data Center
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
Phone: 303-497-6474; FTS 320-6376
Attn: Christine Schomaker

Data Format:

Varied.

Scale:

Varied.

Data Coverage:

Mostly worldwide, some data specific to
U.S. coastal waters.

Data Description:

Aero & Geo magnetic data; oil and gas lease
data;ocean core sample locations;
ocean bottom characteristics; dangers to
navigation; coastal, deepwater, or gridded
bathymetry; land and marine seismic data; geothermal data;
land and marine geology; satellite data(Aurora,GEOS/NOAA,LANDSAT,
MAGSAT,..); solar data; land and marine topography.

All data is latitude/longitude referenced.

Media:

9-track tape (ASCII or EBCIDIC), computer listing, or plots.

Aquisition Costs:

Varied; call/write for quotes.

Comments:

NGDC is part of the National Environmental
Satellite Data & Information Service (NESDIS).

Information obtained from the following NGDC publications:

"Solar-Terrestrial Physics Services and Publications"
"Terrestrial Geophysics Data Services"
"Marine Geology and Geophysics Data Services and Publications"
"Earthquake Data Services and Publications"

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