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Open-File Report 2002-002

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U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-002

Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990:

A Digital Data Release

1988 MMS Summary Report

Table 2.

 

Vibracore subsample locations and grain size analysis results.

CORE LENGTH (m) DOWNCORE
SAMPLE DEPTH (cm)
MEAN GRAIN
SIZE (phi)
STANDARD
DEVIATION
DESCRIPTION
AT-88-1 4.64 165 2.37 0.56 Fine sand, moderately well sorted.
    330 2.40 0.63 Fine sand, moderately well sorted.
AT-88-3 4.17 110 1.12 0.61 Medium sand, moderately well sorted.
    250 1.57 0.66 Medium Sand, moderately well sorted.
    380 1.22 0.69 Medium sand, moderately well sorted.
AT-88-4 7.44 280 1.65 0.52 Medium sand, moderately well sorted.
    540 1.75 0.59 Medium sand, moderately well sorted.
AT-88-8 7.63 333 2.73 0.64 Fine sand, moderately well sorted.
    587 3.28 0.69 Very fine sand, moderately well sorted.
AT-88-9 2.91 100 .88 1.00 Coarse sand, moderately sorted.
    220 1.68 0.78 Medium sand, moderately sorted.
AT-88-10 0.56 30 -0.06 -0.6 Very coarse sand, very well sorted.
AT-88-11 3.92 30 1.13 0.47 Medium sand, well sorted.
    200 1.43 0.26 Medium sand, very well sorted.
    300 1.27 0.33 Medium sand, very well sorted.
AT-88-13 5.14 20 1.33 0.68 Medium sand, moderately well sorted.
    120 1.30 1.27 Medium sand, poorly sorted.
    220 3.02 0.65 Fine sand, moderately well sorted.
AT-88-14 3.79 22 1.13 0.40 Medium sand, well sorted.
    180 1.55 0.72 Medium sand, moderately sorted.
    290 2.92 0.56 Fine sand, moderately well sorted.

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