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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 9. Chart showing sediment classification.

Figure 9. Sediment-classification scheme from Shepard (1954), as modified by Schlee (1973) and Poppe and others (2004). Special characters include %, percent; <, less than.

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