USGS Data Series 469: Seabed Photographs, Sediment Texture Analyses, and Sun-illuminated Sea Floor Topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts, Conversion Factors

U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469

Seabed Photographs, Sediment Texture Analyses, and Sun-illuminated Sea Floor Topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctury Region off Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion Factors

SI to Inch/Pound

Multiply	By	To obtain
Length
centimeter (cm)	0.3937	inch (in.)
millimeter (mm)	0.03937	inch (in.)
meter (m)	3.281	foot (ft)
kilometer (km)	0.5400	mile, nautical (nmi)
meter (m)	1.094	yard (yd)
Area
square kilometer (km²)	247.1	acre
square kilometer (km²)	0.2916	mile, nautical, square (nmi²)
square kilometer (km²)	0.3861	square mile (mi²)
square meter (m²)	10.76	square foot (ft²)
Mass
gram (g)	0.03527	ounce, avoirdupois (oz)

Particle size in phi units may be converted to millimeters (mm) as follows:
mm=2^-phi

Horizontal datum, North American Datum of 1983

Vertical Datum, Mean Lower Low Water

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