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GeoPackage of Seabed Hazards for Offshore Infrastructure, U.S. Atlantic and Pacific Continental Shelves

Metadata Updated: August 11, 2025

Energy development is increasing along the Nation's outer continental shelves. Offshore energy infrastructure, including monopiles for wind turbines, are subject to a variety of shallow hazards such as mobile seabed, shallow gas, glauconite and seismicity. In partnership with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) inventoried the non-proprietary portions of studies conducted by offshore wind developers and the studies of other researchers to characterize seabed geohazards on the United States's Atlantic and Pacific continental shelves. From this inventory we created a GeoPackage where the studies and geohazards can be examined in a spatial context. The seabed characteristics resolved within this GeoPackage give insight into the siting and monitoring needs for installing sea-floor cables, pipelines, foundations, or other types of development, as well as the broader geological and environmental conditions of a given area.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date August 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date August 11, 2025

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Harvested from DOI EDI

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date August 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date August 11, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 20250805
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Public Access Level public
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Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
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