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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-372

Physical Properties of Long Island Sound Sediment Cores


Image of Core G1C1.

Core G1C1 was taken on June 21, 1996 in 5 meters of water. The core measured 60.6 cm in length, was x-rayed on July 1, 1996 and was subsampled on August 20, 1996 at 0.5 cm intervals down the whole core. Features noted are seen in the x-ray, water content, and texture profiles above and include sand and mud ribbons, wispy deposits, mottled sediment, rocks, and some biological features.

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