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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1004

Sea-Floor Geology and Character of Eastern Rhode Island Sound West of Gay Head, Massachusetts

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Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sediment Distribution | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts

Figure 3. Image of Uniboom seismic-reflection profile.

Figure 3. Segment of Uniboom seismic-reflection profile collected along the east-west axis of the study area (RV Asterias 75-6, line 11; O'Hara and Oldale, 1980; McMullen and others, 2009b). Profile reveals a stratigraphic section composed of coastal plain, glacial drift, estuarine and transitional, and marine deposits. Location of seismic profile is shown in figure 21.

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