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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1001

Geological Interpretation of the Sea Floor Offshore of Edgartown, Massachusetts

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Figure 23, detail from the sidescan-sonar mosaic showing a pattern indicative of transverse sand waves.

Figure 23. Detailed planar view of the sidescan-sonar mosaic produced during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H11346. View shows relatively straight to sinuous alternating bands of high and low backscatter (tiger-stripe pattern) indicative of transverse sand waves. Location of view is shown in figure 21.


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