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Open-File Report 2014-1224


Sea-Floor Morphology and Sedimentary Environments in Western Block Island Sound, Offshore of Fishers Island, New York


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Figure 17. Bathymetric image showing sand waves in the study area.

Figure 17. Detailed multibeam-bathymetric image of sand waves and megaripples in the southwestern part of the study area. Sand waves in this area generally have wavelengths of about 100 meters, whereas the megaripples have wavelengths that are tens of meters. Location of image is shown in figure 13.

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