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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 34. Map of sedimentary environments in the study area.

Figure 34. Distribution of sedimentary environments based on the digital terrain model produced from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H12007 and the sampling and photography data from USGS cruise 2011-006-FA that were used to verify the acoustic data. Areas characterized by processes associated with erosion or nondeposition and coarse bedload transport are shown.

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