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Open-File Report 2014-1220


Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 


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A composite backscatter image at 1-meter resolution was created from a series of published backscatter images


Figure 4. A composite backscatter image at 1-meter resolution was created from a series of published backscatter images (table 1). Areas of high backscatter (light gray tones) have strong acoustic reflections and suggest boulders, gravels, and generally coarse sea-floor sediments. Low-backscatter (dark gray to black tones) areas have weak acoustic reflections and generally indicate finer-grained material such as muds and fine sands. Red dot shows location of figure 20.

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