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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 34. Profiles of sand waves and megaripples located north of Block Island.

Figure 34. Bathymetric profiles across sand waves and megaripples from the combined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveys in Block Island Sound from the eastern (profile A) and western (profile B) entrances to the passage north of Block Island. Bedform asymmetry indicates net sediment is out of the passage. Locations of profiles A and B are shown in figure 18.

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