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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1005

Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Block Island Sound, Offshore Rhode Island

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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 | Index

Figure 20. An image showing the sea floor on the western side of Block Island.

Figure 20. Detailed planar view of the combined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveys in Block Island Sound showing the bouldery sea floor off the western shore of Block Island and the location of station BIS41. Note the channels presumably formed by tidal currents deflected offshore by a boulder ridge. Location of view is shown in figure 18.

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