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

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Figure 17. Bathymetric image showing sand waves in the study area.

Figure 17. Detailed bathymetric image of barchanoid sand waves with moats caused by scour around the ends of their horns. The concave crest orientations with horns pointed eastward indicate net eastward sediment transport in this area. Location of image is shown in figure 12.

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