Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

By David S. Foster, Wayne E. Baldwin, Walter A. Barnhardt, William C. Schwab, Seth D. Ackerman, Brian D. Andrews, and Elizabeth A. Pendleton

Elevation of the top of glacial deposits of western Buzzards Bay.

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Suggested citation:
Foster, D.S., Baldwin, W.E., Barnhardt, W.A., Schwab, W.C., Ackerman, S.D., Andrews, B.D., Pendleton, E.A., 2016, Shallow geology, sea-floor texture, and physiographic zones of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (ver. 1.1, June 2016): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1220, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141220.

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