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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 33. Image of sidescan sonar in the study area.

Figure 33. Detailed planar view of the sidescan-sonar mosaic produced during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H12013 showing relatively straight to sinuous alternating bands of high and low backscatter (tiger-stripe pattern) indicative of transverse megaripples. Location of view is shown in figure 21.
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