Surficial Geology of the Sea Floor in Long Island Sound Offshore of Plum Island, New York

by K.Y. McMullen¹, L.J. Poppe¹, W.W. Danforth¹, D.S. Blackwood¹, J.D. Schaer², A.J. Ostapenko³, K.A. Glomb², and E.F. Doran⁴

¹Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543
²Office of Coast Survey, NOAA, Norfolk, VA 23510
³Marine Operations Center–Atlantic, NOAA, Norfolk, VA 23510
⁴Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT 06106

U.S. Department of the Interior
KEN SALAZAR, Secretary

U.S. Geological Survey
Marcia K. McNutt, Director

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2010

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McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Ostapenko, A.J., Glomb, K.A, and Doran, E.F., 2010, Surficial geology of the sea floor in Long Island Sound offshore of Plum Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1005, CD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1005/.)

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