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Open-File Report 2014–1012


Combined Multibeam Bathymetry Data from Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound – A Regional Perspective


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Figure 12. A map showing the bathymetry of an area of bouldery sea floor.

Figure 12. Detailed planar view of the sun-illuminated bathymetry from the combined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveys in Rhode Island and Block Island Sounds showing the bouldery sea floor near southwestern Block Island. Boulders rest on the winnowed upper surface of the submerged Montauk Point-Block Island segment of the terminal moraine. Location of view is shown in figure 11. Warmer colors denote shallower areas; cooler colors denote deeper areas. Depth key is shown in figure 9.

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