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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1103

Sea-Floor Character and Geology Off the Entrance to the Connecticut River, Northeastern Long Island Sound


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Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sidescan Sonar | Sediment Distribution | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts


Figure 25. An image of bathymetric data showing a sand-wave field in the study area.

Figure 25. . Detailed planar view of the multibeam bathymetric data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H12013 showing part of the sand-wave field along the southern flank of Long Sand Shoal. Image shows that asymmetrical bedforms with transverse morphologies are dominant on the flanks, but that symmetrical bedforms are prevalent on the crest of the shoal. Location of view is shown in figure 21.

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