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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 32. Two photographs of the rippled sea floor at stations 922-10 and 922-16.

Figure 32. Bottom photographs from stations 922-10 and 922-16 showing views of the rippled sea floor composed of fine-grained sand. Note the presence of burrows, worm tubes, and amphipod tubes in the ripple troughs. Station locations are shown in figures 17 and 28.

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