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Geological Sampling Data and Benthic Biota Classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts

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Conversion Factors and Datums

SI to Inch/Pound

Multiply

By

To obtain
Length

centimeter (cm)

0.3937

inch (in)

meter (m)

3.281

foot (ft)

kilometer (km)

0.6214

mile (mi)

kilometer (km)

0.5400

mile, nautical (nmi)

Area
square kilometer (km²) 0.3861 square mile (mi²)
Mass
kilogram (kg) 2.205 pound avoirdupois (lb)

 

Particle size in phi units can be converted to millimeters (mm) as follows: mm=2-phi.

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84).

 

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