U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1004
Sea-Floor Geology in Central Rhode Island Sound South of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island
Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sediments | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts
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. |