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Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments, Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwest Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf, USGS Open-File Report 03-002

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Appendices: I. Field Report  / II. Sediment Analysis  /  III. Table / Graphic  / IV. Figures  / V. Fig. Summary  / VI. GIS/Metadata

FGB Figure Summary

Figure Name Description
 
Overview FGBNMS  
bounds wstglf Location map of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sancutary in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
FGB interp Shaded relief maps of the East & West Flower Garden Banks overlain by the sea-floor type interpretation based on multibeam backscatter, multibeam bathymetry and sediment grab samples.
FGB_xih Sediment type analysis of samples from the Flower Garden Banks region. The sample locations are overlayed on the bottom interpretation and multibeam bathymetry based shaded relief.
FGB_cih CaCO3 analysis of samples from the Flower Garden Banks region. The sample locations are overlayed on the bottom interpretation and multibeam bathymetry based shaded relief.


Figure Name
Mulitbeam Bathymetry
Multibeam Backscatter
Shaded Relief
Sample Locations
Sediment Texture
% CaCO3
Interpretation
East Flower Garden
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ef_xbs
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ef_interp
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West Flower Garden
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wf_xbyh
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wf_xbs
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wf_xbsh
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wf_interp
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Appendices: I. Field Report  / II. Sediment Analysis  /  III. Table / Graphic  / IV. Figures  / V. Fig. Summary  / VI. GIS/Metadata

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