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

By L.J. Poppe,¹ W.W Danforth,¹ K.Y. McMullen,¹ M.A. Blankenship,² K.A. Glomb,² D.B. Wright,² and S.M. Smith²

¹U.S. Geological Survey

²National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Department of the Interior
SALLY JEWELL, Secretary

U.S. Geological Survey
Suzette M. Kimball, Acting Director

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
First release: 2012
Revised: August 2014 (ver.1.1)

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Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Blakenship, M.A., Glomb, K.A., Wright, D.B., and Smith, S.M., 2014, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island (ver.1.1, August 2014): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1005, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/.