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Open-File Report 2007-1150

Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Multibeam Bathymetry, and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Rhode Island Sound, off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island


Skip past contents informationTitle | Introduction | Geologic Setting | Data Acquisition/Processing | Bathymetry | Sidescan-Sonar Imagery | Environments | Discussion | Summary | GIS Data Catalog | Acknowledgments | References | Figures | Contacts


Figure 8. Interpretation of sidescan-sonar and multibeam bathymetric imagery.

Figure 8. Interpretation of sidescan-sonar imagery and multibeam bathymetry showing areas of rocky and gravelly sediment, sand waves and crest orientations, sediment transport direction, hummocky sea floor, tabular erosional outliers, small hills and scarps, and trawl marks.

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