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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

Suspended 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 3. Summary of U.S. Geological Survey suspended-sediment samples collected during the 2011 Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) experiment. [Description of Abbreviations and Symbols] Sample Date Sample time (UTC) Arm position SSC (g L-1) Inorganic SSC (g L-1) Total fraction lost on ignition red2 17-Sep-2011 15:50 up 0.0387 0.0329 0.1509 yellow1 21-Sep-2011 14:12 down 0.0143 0.0129 0.0993 yellow2 21-Sep-2011 14:14 down 0.0158 0.0142 0.1045 blue3 27-Sep-2011 14:57 up 0.0173 0.0150 0.1319 blue1 6-Oct-2011 14:49 down 0.0026 0.0018 0.3214 blue2 6-Oct-2011 14:50 down 0.0033 0.0023 0.3143 purple1 11-Oct-2011 19:23 down 0.0033 0.0024 0.2857 purple2 11-Oct-2011 19:25 down 0.0024 0.0016 0.3200 black1 23-Oct-2011 20:00 detached 0.0199 0.0174 0.1244 black2 23-Oct-2011 20:00 detached 0.0207 0.0183 0.1182