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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1103

Sea-Floor Character and Geology Off the Entrance to the Connecticut River, Northeastern Long Island Sound


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Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sidescan Sonar | Sediment Distribution | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts


Figure 27. An image of a sand-wave field in the study area.

Figure 27. . Detailed planar view of the multibeam bathymetric data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H12013 showing part of the sand-wave field along the southwestern edge of the study area. Image shows that both transverse and barchanoid morphologies are present and that megaripples occur along the northern edge of the field. Location of view is shown in figure 21.

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