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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 19. Map showing sidescan sonar collected in the study area.

Figure 19. Image of sidescan-sonar data collected in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H12298 study area. Sidescan-sonar data were only collected within 1 to 2 kilometers of Fishers Island. Light tones indicate areas with higher backscatter and generally coarser grained sediments than those in areas of dark tones.

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