USGS Open-File Report 2012-1002, High-Resolution Geophysical Data from the Inner Continental Shelf: Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, Figure 6

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1002

High-Resolution Geophysical Data from the Inner Continental Shelf: Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Title Page / Contents / List of Figures / Conversion Factors / Abbreviations / Abstract / Introduction / Data Collection/Processing / Acknowledgments / References Cited / Appendix 1 - Geospatial Data /

Figure 6, a map showing acoustic-backscatter intensity of the seafloor in the Buzzards Bay survey area.

Figure 6. Map showing acoustic-backscatter intensity of the seafloor in the Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, survey area. Backscatter intensity is an acoustic measure of the hardness and roughness of the seafloor. In general, higher values (light tones) represent rock, boulders, cobbles, gravel, and coarse sand. Lower values (dark tones) generally represent fine sand and muddy sediment. Is., Island; UTM, Universal Transverse Mercator; WGS 84, World Geodetic System of 1984.

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