Global oceanic sediment thickness (Straume et al, 2019)
Contact point
Jan van Wees <Jan_Diederik.vanWees@tno.nl>
Suggested citation
Straume, E. O., Gaina, C., Medvedev, S., Hochmuth, K., Gohl, K., Whittaker, J. M., et al. (2019). GlobSed: Updated total sediment thickness in the world's oceans. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 1756–1772. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC008115
Date or time period of observation
2019
Geographic coverage
Spatial Resolution
5-arc-minute
Cautions
Users should be highly aware of unit variances across these layers when performing spatial calculations or raster math. Sediment models are provided in both meters and kilometers depending on the source, while the deep-earth regional models (Crust, Lithosphere) are strictly in kilometers