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Open-File Report 2014-1160


Sea-Floor Morphology and Sedimentary Environments of Western Block Island Sound, Northeast of Gardiners Island, New York


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Figure 8. Chart showing grain size classifications.

Figure 8. Chart showing the relations among phi sizes, millimeter diameters, size classifications (Wentworth, 1922), and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Tyler sieve sizes. Chart also shows the corresponding intermediate diameters, grains per milligram, settling velocities, and threshold velocities for traction. Abbreviations in the image include cm/sec, centimeter per second; d, diameter; m, meter; mg, milligram; mm, millimeter; µm, micrometer; no., number; °C, degrees Celsius; and ", inch. Chart produced in the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sedimentation Lab.

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