Online link | https://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/95-689/metadata.faq.html |
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Description | This report is one in a series of digital maps, data files, and reports generated by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to provide geologic information for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP), a US Forest Service and Bureau of L |
Originators | Derkey, Pamela D. and Johnson, Bruce R. |
Publication | U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-689 |
Binary data file: Each profile is available as a binary file in Society of Exploration Geophysicists SEG-Y format. A SEG-Y file consists of 1) a 3200-byte file identification record of EBCDIC encoded general information; 2) a 400-byte binary record with information such as sample rate and record length specific to the data set; and 3) multiple records, one seismic reflection trace per record. Each trace record is preceded by a 240-byte "trace header" containing information such as trace number and acquisition day and time specific to each trace. The trace data are represented as a time series of unitless 16-bit integer or 32-bit real numbers proportional to the pressure recorded at each hydrophone. The SEG-Y file is useful only if you have access to specialized software designed to process and display seismic reflection data.
Barry, K.M., Cavers, D.A., and Kneale, C.W., 1975, Recommended standards for digital tape formats: Geophysics, v. 40, n. 2, p. 344 - 352. Also available online at: http://www.seg.org/Portals/0/SEG/News%20and%20Resources/Technical%20Standards/seg_y_rev1.pdf