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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1004

Sea-Floor Geology in Central Rhode Island Sound South of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island


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Figure 19. Photograph of gravel on the sea floor in the study area.

Figure 19. Photograph from station 995-16 showing a gravelly sea floor typical of areas where winnowed glacial drift is exposed. Note the prevalence of gravel and presence of a boulder, an anemone, and starfish. The gravel and boulder are encrusted with algae and hydrozoans. Location of photograph shown in figure 20.

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