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Open-File Report 2014-1160


Sea-Floor Morphology and Sedimentary Environments of Western Block Island Sound, Northeast of Gardiners Island, New York


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Figure 15. A bathymetric image of the sea floor in the study area showing sand waves.

Figure 15. Detailed bathymetric image of sinuous transverse sand waves to the west of Cerberus Shoal and boulders on the shoal. Locations of three sediment samples, color-coded according to grain size, and locations of sand-wave profiles D-D’ and E-E’ are also shown. Location of image is shown in figure 12.

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