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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1222

Sea-Floor Geology and Sedimentary Processes in the Vicinity of Cross Rip Channel, Nantucket Sound, Offshore Southeastern 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 21. An image of bathymetric data showing boulders.

Figure 21. Detailed planar view of the bathymetric data collected during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H12007 showing boulders on the sea floor along within Cross Rip Channel. Note that scour is present around the boulder to the west and that the sea floor is dominated by relatively flat patches of gravel pavement. Location of view is shown in figure 19.

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