OASIS Literature Database
Study ID * Data types and amount collected Report * Acquisition year(s)
ADCNR_2MR205_NGoM 4,347 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Phase I archaeological marine survey for proposed artificial reef zones in Mobile Bay & Gulf of Mexico offshore Alabama 2021
ADCNR_9Mile_NGoM 1,041 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Submerged cultural resources remote-sensing survey of the 9-mile artificial reef locations, offshore Alabama 2017
CPE_2011_MobileCounty 49 vibracores, 55 beach samples, 185 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Dauphin Island Coastline Restoration: Sand Search Investigation 2010
Exxon_1986_NGoM 24 foundation borings Geological and economic characterization and near-term potential of sand resources of the east Alabama inner continental shelf offshore of Morgan Peninsula, Alabama 1986
Fairfield_1981_NGoM 681 mi of Sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer High-resolution seismic reflection data, Gulf of Mexico – Outer Continental Shelf, MMS data set GM 18802 1980, 1981
FSU_1969_Alabama 244 grab samples A sedimentological study of Mobile Bay, Alabama 1968
GSA_1993_14-35-0001-30630 59 vibracores, 59 grab samples Geological, economic, and environmental characterization of selected near-term leasable offshore sand deposits and competing onshore sources for beach nourishment 1992
GSA_1995_14-35-0001-30725 15 vibracores Geologic and environmental characterization and near-term lease potential of an offshore sand resource site for use in beach nourishment projects on Dauphin Island, Alabama 1994
GSA_1995_14-35-0001-30781 10 vibracores Geologic resource delineation and hydrographic characterization of an offshore sand resource site for use in beach nourishment projects on Dauphin Island 1995
GSA_1999_1435-01-98-CA-30935 35 vibracores Geological and economic characterization and near-term potential of sand resources of the east Alabama inner continental shelf offshore of Morgan Peninsula, Alabama 1997, 1998
GSA_2002_1435-01-98-CA-30935 24 beach samples Progress report on analysis of Alabama beach sediment characteristics 2002
GSA_2005_1435-01-04-CA-34423 40 beach samples Sand-quality characteristics of Alabama beach sediment, environmental conditions, and comparison to offshore sand resources 2005
McBride_1997_NGoM 40 vibracores Seafloor morphology, geologic framework, and sedimentary processes of a sand-rich shelf offshore Alabama and northwest Florida: northeastern Gulf of Mexico 1990 - 1993
MMS_99-0052 202 grab samples, 60 water samples Environmental survey of identified sand resource areas offshore Alabama: Volume I: Main text, Volume II: Appendices 1997
MsCIP_2014_MobileCounty 306 vibracores Mississippi coastal improvement program barrier island restoration project offshore sand borrow investigation, 2010-2014 geotechnical engineering report 2010 - 2014
NOAA_1976_DECK41 132 grab samples Deck41 Surficial Seafloor Sediment Description Database 1810-1976
NOAA_1975_H9118 26 grab samples Descriptive report to accompany Hydrographic Survey H-09118, Project OPR-468 1970
NOAA_1986_H10053 15 grab samples Descriptive report to accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10053, Project OPR-J217-HSB-81 1982 - 1985
NOAA_1986_H10114 47 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10114, Project OPR-J217-HSB-81 1983 - 1985
NOAA_1987_H10151A 64 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10151A, Project OPR-J217-HFP-84 1984-1986
NOAA_1987_H10180 41 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10180, Project OPR-J217-HFP-85 1985-1986
NOAA_1989_H10261 45 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10261, Project OPR-J217-HFP-84 1987
NOAA_1988_H10179 85 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10179, Project OPR-J217-HFP-84 1985-1987
NOAA_1988_H10206 56 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10206, Project OPR-J217-MI-85 1985
NOAA_1989_H10226 52 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10226, Project OPR-J217-HFP-84 1986-1988
NOAA_1989_H10247 65 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10247, Project OPR-J217-HFP-84 1987
NOAA_1995_H10525 27 grab samples Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H-10525, Project OPR-J223 1994
NRL_2001_NGoM 11 vibracores, 14 grab samples Northorn Gulf Littoral Initiative (NGLI), geology and physical properties of marine sediments in the N.E. Gulf of Mexico: data report 1999, 2000
OAI_2001_BaldwinCounty 68 vibracores, 77 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Gulf Shores, Alabama beach restoration project, sand search investigation 1999
OAI_2003_BaldwinCounty 163 vibracores, 76 beach samples Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, beach restoration project Baldwin County, Alabama, sand search investigation and analysis of borrow site sediment characteristics 2002
OAI_2006_BaldwinCounty 60 vibracores, 35 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, and Gulf Shores 2006 phase I deep-water sand search, Baldwin County, AL 2006
OAI_2011_BaldwinCounty 50 vibracores, 108 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, beach restoration project Baldwin County, Alabama, 2011 phase II sand search, project borrow site identification 2011
UAB_1983_SeaGrant 21 vibracores, 485 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Seismic survey, geological stratigraphy, and dredge spoil studies of Mobile Bay region, Alabama 1980 - 1982
USF_1979_NGoM 346 grab samples Sediments of the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida (MAFLA) continental shelf 1974-979
USF_1988_NWFlorida 66 grab samples, 146 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Neogene stratigraphy, bedforms and surface sediments: NW Florida state waters 1986
USGS_DS1046 303 surficial samples The physical characteristics of the sediments on and surrounding Dauphin Island, Alabama 2015
USGS_DS429 1,610 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Archive of digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected from the Mississippi-Alabama-Florida shelf during cruises onboard the R/V Kit Jones, June 1990 and July 1991 1990, 1991
USGS_DS611 486 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Archive of digital Chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruises 10CCT01, 10CCT02, and 10CCT03, Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Islands, March and April 2010 2010
USGS-2015-330-FA 283 mi of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Archive of chirp subbottom profile data collected in 2015 from Dauphin Island, Alabama 2015
APTIM_2022_MobileCounty 4 vibracores, 26 of sub-bottom, side-scan, magnetometer Supplemental geophysical and geotechnical data, Dauphin Island east end beach and dune restoration project 2022
* Study ID has link to download a zip file of the geodatabase, metadata and study report.  Report has a link to view the report.