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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 35. Profiles of sand waves in the southwestern part of the study area.

Figure 35. Bathymetric profiles across sand waves from the combined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveys in Block Island Sound from the southwestern part of the study area. Bedforms in profile C are from the top of a shoal and are symmetrical; bedforms in profile D are from the western flank of the shoal and are asymmetrical. Locations of profiles are shown in figure 18.

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