CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3. SURFICIAL SEDIMENT DATABASE

Lawrence J. Poppe¹, Mary E. Hastings¹, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen²,
Frank T. Manheim¹, and Zofia J. Mlodzinska³

^{1US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543

²Long Island Sound Resource Center, Connecticut Geological and Natural History

Survey,

Department of Environmental Protection, 1084 Shennecossett Road, Avery Point, Groton, CT

06340

³Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

Field Methods

Laboratory Methods: Texture

Laboratory Methods: Organic Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen

DATABASE STRUCTURE

VISUALIZATION OF THE TEXTURAL DATABASE

DATA

REFERENCES CITED

DATA BIBLIOGRAPHY

DATA DICTIONARY

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