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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_992483</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Multibeam bathymetry raw data (Kongsberg EM712 entire dataset) of RV MARIA S. MERIAN during cruise MSM118</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Barrett, Rachel; Schneider, Ralph R; Baumann, Lenya; Rollwage, Luisa</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Multibeam bathymetry raw data (Kongsberg EM712 entire dataset) of RV MARIA S. MERIAN during cruise MSM118</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-03-23</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992483</Online_Resource>
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<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Rachel</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Barrett</Last_Name>
<Email>rachel.barrett@ifg.uni-kiel.de</Email>
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<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
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<Detailed_Variable>Kongsberg datagram raw file name</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>File content</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Data file recording duration</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Data file recording distance</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Ship speed</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Start of data file recording, longitude</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Start of data file, heading</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Start of data file, depth</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Stop of data file recording, date/time</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Stop of data file recording, latitude</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Stop of data file recording, longitude</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Stop of data file, heading</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Stop of data file, depth</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LATITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>LONGITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>ELEVATION</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Comment</Detailed_Variable>
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<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Bathymetry</Keyword>
<Keyword>EM712 multibeam echosounder</Keyword>
<Keyword>MSM118</Keyword>
<Keyword>MSM118_0_Underway-7</Keyword>
<Keyword>Multibeam Echosounder</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Extracted from file</Long_Name>
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<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Extracted with MB-System</Long_Name>
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<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Maria S. Merian</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2023-06-26</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2023-07-01</Stop_Date>
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<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>43.39272285</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>44.5275455</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>-60.8844268</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>-60.4618799</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Altitude>-1287.2054 m a.s.l. (ELEVATION)</Minimum_Altitude>
<Maximum_Altitude>-33.5864 m a.s.l. (ELEVATION)</Maximum_Altitude>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
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<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>164 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
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<Reference>Schneider, Ralph R; Brembach, Kerstin; Gößling, Paula; Gross, Felix; Günther, Leonard; Heinrich, Sven; Huygen, Fynn; Kallinich, Nina; Kolling, Henriette Marie; Lange, Dorothea; Lindner, Marie; Matzerath, Peter; Martinez-Bautista, Orlando; Morgenweck, Lea; Sulaiman, Hanif; Supka, Ruth; Vesely, Nele; Wolf, Josephin (2021): Paleoclimate and Biogeochemistry Nova Scotia Margin, Cruise No. MSM101, June 12. 2021 - July 20. 2021, Emden (Germany) - Emden (Germany). MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, MSM101, 37 pp, https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_msm101</Reference>
<Summary>During cruise MSM118 (June 20 – July 2, 2023), bathymetric data were collected using the Kongsberg Simrad EM122 and EM712 multibeam echosounders on RV MARIA S. MERIAN. The EM712 was deployed selectively in shallow waters (40–200 m) of the Nova Scotian continental shelf. It captured high-resolution bathymetry and backscatter data, also using equidistant beam spacing and motion-corrected beamforming. The EM712 datasets enable detailed mapping of shallow sedimentary structures and pockmark distributions, complementing EM122 observations. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992483"! ** These data should not be used for navigational purposes.
Data publishing was realized by Henriette Kolling, Kiel University, Germany</Summary>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation</URL>
<Description>ELEVATION</Description>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LONGITUDE</Description>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>Start of data file recording, latitude</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>Start of data file recording, longitude</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>Stop of data file recording, latitude</Description>
</Related_URL>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>Stop of data file recording, longitude</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_msm101</URL>
<Description>Paleoclimate and Biogeochemistry Nova Scotia Margin, Cruise No. MSM101, June 12. 2021 - July 20. 2021, Emden (Germany) - Emden (Germany)</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6302801</URL>
<Description>Extracted with MB-System</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heading_(navigation)</URL>
<Description>Start of data file, heading</Description>
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<URL>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heading_(navigation)</URL>
<Description>Stop of data file, heading</Description>
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<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>Start of data file recording, date/time</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>Stop of data file recording, date/time</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Maria_S._Merian</URL>
<Description>Maria S. Merian</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.37979</URL>
<Description>Kongsberg datagram raw file name</Description>
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<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-03-23</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-29</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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