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Profile Measurements and Data From the 2011 Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) Project at the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory

Bottom Sediment Sample Table

Title Page Acknowledgments List of Figures Conversion Factors Abbreviations and Symbols Abstract Introduction Site Description Field Program Time Line Table Bottom Sediment Sample Table Suspended Sediment Sample Table Mooring Log Table Instrumentation Results Digital Data File Table References Cited Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4

Table 2. Summary of U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples collected during the 2011 Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) experiment. [Description of Abbreviations and Symbols] Sample Date Latitude (N) Longitude (W) Water depth (m) Collection method Core depth (cm) Median (phi) Mean (phi) Std. Dev. (phi) MVCO_910_1_0-2 17-Sep-2011 41.33642 70.5566 12 Diver 0-2 2.62 2.74 0.78 MVCO_910_1_2-5 17-Sep-2011 41.33642 70.5566 12 Diver 2-5 2.6 2.68 0.89 MVCO_910_2_0-2 21-Sep-2011 41.33642 70.5566 12 Diver 0-2 2.61 2.83 1.11 MVCO_910_2_2-5 21-Sep-2011 41.33642 70.5566 12 Diver 2-5 2.52 2.66 1.1 MVCO_910_3_0-2 21-Sep-2011 41.33654 70.5567 12 Diver 0-2 2.53 2.64 1.22 MVCO_OASIS_Grab1_0-2 23-Oct-2011 41.34483 70.5563 12 van Veen grab 0-2 3.85 4.55 2.35 MVCO_OASIS_Grab2_0-2 23-Oct-2011 41.34483 70.5563 12 van Veen grab 0-2 2.62 2.75 0.85