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 New York, United States 
                                                    
                            
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                                                 The Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS), operated as part of the Integrated Earth Data Application (IEDA) Data Facility, provides access to data portals for the NSF-supported Ridge 2000 and MARGINS, and GeoPRISMS programs, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Synthesis, and the Academic Seismic Portal.
			
			This integrated data system regroups portals which provide free public access to a wide variety of marine geoscience data collected throughout the global ocean. System components include a searchable digital data repository and metadata catalog, and the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) synthesis, a dynamic multi-resolution gridded compilation of seafloor bathymetry data integrated with land topography.
			
			For the Mediterranean region data available are minimal and especially related to the seafloor feature (bathymetry, seismic).                    
                 Timeframe 
                    - Permanent
  Geographical coverage 
                    
                    
                    - Global
 Intended Users
                    - Administrations/Authorities
- General public
- Organisations/Associations
- Researchers and scientists
 Source of funding
                    
                     
                    
                     
                    - Public funding
  Country of project partners 
                    
                                        
                - Cyprus
- France
- Greece
- Italy
- Malta
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Albania
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Palestine
- Tunisia
- Turkey


 INITIATIVE:  Marine Geoscience Data System
 
            INITIATIVE:  Marine Geoscience Data System