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Kody Kramer (1985–2018)

by W. W. Shedd 10 January 201918 May 2022

His vision and persistence created a 1.4-billion-pixel map of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor—a crucial tool in research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a completely new standard for bathymetry maps.

Salt tectonics at work in this snip of a new hi-res seafloor map of the Gulf of Mexico, made from oil and gas industry data.
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A 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map of the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor

by K. V. Kramer and W. W. Shedd 24 May 201729 September 2021

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management releases the highest-resolution bathymetry map of the region to date.

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