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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 46. Two photographs of the muddy sand in the study area.

Figure 46. Bottom photographs from stations BIS31 and BIS15 showing a view of the flat to undulating, bioturbated sea floor composed of muddy sand typical of those areas of Block Island Sound characterized by processes associated with deposition. Note the presence of worm tubes, and small to large burrows. Station locations are shown in figures 14 and 37.


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