Skip Links

USGS - science for a changing world

Open-File Report 2014-1018


Sea-Floor Geology in Northwestern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island


References Cited

Skip past contents information

Ashley, G.M., 1990, Classification of large-scale subaqueous bedform—A new look at an old problem: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 60, p. 160–172.

Balco, Greg, 2011, Contributions and unrealized potential contributions of cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating to glacier chronology, 1990–2010; Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 30, p. 3–27.

Boothroyd, J.C., 2009, A short geological history of Block Island and Rhode Island Sounds: Technical report for Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, accessed March 6, 2014 at http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/oceansamp/pdf/presentation/present_boothroyd_geological.pdf

Gibbs, R.J., Matthews, M.D., and Link, D.A., 1971, The relationship between sphere size and settling velocity: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 41, no. 1, p. 7–18.

Gustavson, T.C., and Boothroyd, J.C., 1987, A depositional model for outwash, sediment sources, and hydrologic characteristics, Malaspina Glacier, Alaska: A modern analog of the southeastern margin of the Laurentide ice sheet: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 99, no. 2, p. 187–200.

Gutierrez, B.T., Voulgaris, George, and Thieler, E.R., 2005, Exploring the persistence of sorted bedforms on the inner-shelf of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina: Continental Shelf Research, v. 25, p. 65–90.

Hjulstrom, Filip, 1939, Transportation of detritus by moving water, in Trask, P.D., ed., Recent marine sediments, a symposium: Tulsa, OK, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 5–31.

Inman, D.L., 1949, Sorting of sediments in the light of fluid mechanics: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 19, no. 2, p. 51–70.

Knebel, H.J., Needell, S.W., and O'Hara, C.J., 1982, Modern sedimentary environments on the Rhode Island inner shelf, off the eastern United States: Marine Geology, 49, p. 241–256.

Krumbein, W.C., 1934, Size frequency distribution of sediments: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 4, p. 65–77.

Lewis, R.S., and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., 2000, A review of the geologic framework of the Long Island Sound basin with some observations relating to postglacial sedimentation: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 16, no. 3, p. 522–532.

McKee, E.D., 1966, Structures of dunes at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico (and a comparison with structures of dunes from other selected areas): Sedimentology, v. 7, p. 1–69.

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Lewit, P.G., and Parker, C.E., 2013, Sea-floor geology in northeastern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1003 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1003/.)

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Nadeau, M.A., and Wood, D.A., 2011, Surficial geology of the sea floor in central Rhode Island Sound, southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1005 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1005/.)

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Worley, C.R., Nadeau, M.A., and Van Hoy, M.V., 2012, Sea-floor geology in central Rhode Island Sound south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1004 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1004/.)

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Denny, J.F., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2008, Sidescan-sonar imagery and surficial geologic interpretations of the sea floor in central Rhode Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007–1366 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1366/.)

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2009, Sidescan-sonar imagery and surficial geologic interpretations of the sea floor in western Rhode Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1181 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1181/.)

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Twomey, E.R., Danforth, W.W., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2007, Sidescan-sonar imagery, multibeam bathymetry, and surficial geologic interpretations of the sea floor in Rhode Island Sound, off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007–1150 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1150/.)

Morang, Andrew, and McMaster, R.L., 1980, Nearshore bedform patterns along Rhode Island from side-scan sonar surveys: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 50, no. 3, p. 831-840.

Murray, A.B., and Thieler, E.R., 2004, A new hypothesis and exploratory model for the formation of large-scale inner-shelf sediment sorting and “rippled sour depressions”: Continental Shelf Research, v. 24, p. 295–315.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2011a, Data Acquisition and Processing Report, Project No. OPR-E350-TJ-11, OPR-D304-TJ-11, OPR-B363-TJ-11, and OPR-SA916-TJ-11: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed March 6, 2014 at http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/DAPRs/OPR-D304-TJ-11_DAPR.pdf.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2011b, Descriptive report for survey H12296, Project No. OPR-B363-TJ-11: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed March 6, 2014 at http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H12001-H14000/H12296/DR/H12296.pdf.

Needell, S.W., and Lewis, R.S., 1984, Geology of Block Island Sound, Rhode Island and New York: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1621-B, 4 sheets, scale 1:125,000.

Needell, S.W., O'Hara, C.J., and Knebel, H.J., 1983, Quaternary geology of the Rhode Island inner shelf: Marine Geology, v. 53, p. 41–53.

Nevin, C.M., 1946, Competency of moving water to transport debris: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 57, no. 7, p. 651–674.

Oakley, B.A., Alvarez, J.D., Brenner, Howard, Dowling, Matthew, Klinger, Joseph, Zitello, Matthew, and Boothroyd, J.C., 2009, Depositional environments and sediment transport on a microtidal, wave dominated shoreface, in Coastal Zone 09, Boston, Mass., July 19–23, 2009, Proceedings: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5 p., available at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/.

Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Blankenship, M.A., Glomb, K.A., Wright, D.B., and Smith, S.M., 2012, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1005 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/.)

Poppe, L.J., Eliason, A.H., and Hastings, M.E., 2004, A Visual Basic program to generate sediment grain-size statistics and to extrapolate particle distributions: Computers and Geosciences, v. 30, no. 7, p. 791–795.

Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Irwin, B.J., Schaer, J.D., and Forrest, M.R., 2011, Sea-floor geology and character of eastern Rhode Island Sound west of Gay Head, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1004 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1004/.)

Poppe, L.J., Williams, S.J., and Paskevich, V.F., eds., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey east-coast sediment analysis—Procedures, database, and GIS data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005–1001 DVD-ROM. (Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/.)

Ridge, J.C., 2003, The last deglaciation of the northeastern United States: A combined varve, paleomagnetic, and calibrated 14C chronology, New York State Museum Bulletin, v. 497, p. 15–45.

Schlee, J.S., 1973, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States—Sediment texture of the northeastern part: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 529–L, 64 p.

Shepard, F.P., 1954, Nomenclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 24, p. 151–158.

Stone, B.D., and Borns, H.W., Jr., 1986, Pleistocene glacial and interglacial stratigraphy of New England, Long Island, and adjacent Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 5, p. 39–52.

Uchupi, E., Driscoll, N., Ballard, R.D., and Bolmer, S.T., 2001, Drainage of Late Wisconsin glacial lakes and the morphology and Late Quaternary stratigraphy of the New Jersey-southern New England continental shelf and slope: Marine Geology, v. 172, p. 117–145.

Wentworth, C.K., 1922, A scale of grade and class terms for clastic sediments: Journal of Geology, v. 30, p. 377–392.

White, R.E., Jr., and White, L.F., publishers, 2012, Eldridge tide and pilot book: Medfield, Mass., Robert E. White Instruments, Inc., 272 p.

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America logo USA.gov logo U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://pubsdata.usgs.gov/pubs/of/2014/1018/html/references.html
Page Contact Information: GS Pubs Web Contact
Page Last Modified: Wednesday, 07-Dec-2016 19:34:05 EST