Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
1186
By: Charles J. O’Hara and Robert N. Oldale
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Abstract
This report presents results of marine studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during the summers of 1975 and 1976 in eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound (fig. 1) located off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts. The study was made in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It covered an area of the Atlantic Inner Continental Shelf between latitude 41 deg 12' and 41 deg 33'N, and between longitude 70 deg 37' and 71 deg 15'W (see index map).
Major objectives included assessment of sand and gravel resources, environmental impact evaluation both of offshore mining of these resources and of offshore disposal of solid waste and dredge spoil material, identification and mapping of the offshore geology, and determination of the geologic history of this part of the Inner Shelf. A total of 670 kilometers (km) of closely spaced high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, 224 km of side-scan sonar data, and 16 cores totaling 90 meters (m) of recovered sediment, were collected during the investigation. This report is companion to geologic maps published for Cape Cod Bay (Oldale and O'Hara, 1975) and Buzzards Bay, Mass. (Robb and Oldale, 1977).
Suggested Citation
O’Hara, C.J., Oldale, R.N., 1980, Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1186, HTML Dcoument, https://doi.org/10.3133/mf1186.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Maps showing geology and shallow structure of eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts |
| Series title | Miscellaneous Field Studies Map |
| Series number | 1186 |
| DOI | 10.3133/mf1186 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | HTML Dcoument |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts, Rhode Island |
| Other Geospatial | eastern Rhode Island Sound, Vineyard Sound |
| Scale | 25000 |