43 datasets found
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Textural Data from the Continental Margin Program (HATHAWAY71 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
This data set contains sediment grain size and textural information from the Continental Margin Program. The program was a joint collaboration between the U.S.... -
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Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Sediment Data for Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay acquired in 1993 - 1995 (MWRA shapefile)
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The samples in this dataset were collected and analyzed under the direction of the Massachusetts Water Resources Administration. The data were generated to study the... -
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Sediment Data from the Kennebec/Androscoggin River System (LARSEN02 shapefile)
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The data in this layer are from an unpublished report produced by the Bigelow Laboratory. The source project was conducted primarily to examine contaminant... -
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Sediments on the Shelf South of Martha's Vineyard (HOLLISTER69 shapefile)
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An unusual accumulation ofi ncohesive fine-grained sediment (silt and clay) occurs in the midst of the sand-covered continental shelf south of Martha's Vineyard. This... -
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Sediment Data from Cobscook Bay, Maine (LARSEN03 shapefile)
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The data in this layer were generated as part of an environmental impact statement evaluating the construction of a proposed 250,000 barrel per day oil refinery and... -
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Neritic sediments of the Merrimack Embayment (ANAN71 shapefile)
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The coastal dunes, beaches, and inner neritic zone of the Merrimack Embayment constitute a petrologic province. In addition to heavy mineral analyses, grain size... -
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Bottom Sediments of Georges Bank (WIGLEY61 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
These data were collected as part of a survey of the bottom sediments of Georges Bank. The purpose of the survey was to provide basic data for use in studying the... -
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U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Cores (BOCKMAN65 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The results of the sediment size analysis performed by the U.S.Naval Oceanographic Office Geological Laboratory for six Phleger gravity cores are presented in this... -
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Sediments of Buzzards Bay acquired in 1963 (MOORE63 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
A study of bottom sediment samples from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, provides a basis for establishing their major depositional facies and their relationships to the... -
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Sediments of Boston Harbor acquired in 1968 (MENCHER shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
A study was made of the composition, grain-size distribution, and organic content of grab samples collected from Boston Harbor. In general, the coarsest mean sizes... -
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Sediments of Western Mass Bay acquired in 1976 (MEISBURGER76 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
A seismic reflection survey with concurrent bottom sampling was conducted in western Massachusetts Bay to obtain information on bottom topography and sediments,... -
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Lithologic Descriptions from the Continental Margin Program (HATHLITH71 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
This data set contains lithologic information on bottom sediments from the Continental Margin Program. The program was a joint collaboration between the U.S.... -
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Sediment Data from Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire (ARMSTRONG74 shapefile)
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The sediment data presented in this data layer were from a geochemical study sited in Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire. The analog data were originally converted into... -
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Northeast Monitoring Program Sediment Descriptions (REID82 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The data in this set are part of the "Ocean Pulse" benthic studies that were conducted on the U.S. northeast shelf by the National Marine Fisheries Service. This data... -
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Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database (GOMCSDB shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The Contaminated Sediments Database for the Gulf of Maine provides a compilation and synthesis of existing data to help establish the environmental status of our... -
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Bottom Sediments -- Cape Ann to Casco Bay (FOLGER75 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The reconnaissance maps upon which this data set is based show the areal distribution of the major bottom sediment types covering the sea floor off eastern New... -
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Sediments of Narragansett Bay acquired in 1960 (MCMASTER60 shapefile)
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Gravel, sand, silt, and clay contents were determined for samples from Narragansett Bay and the adjacent Rhode Island Shelf. In the Narragansett Bay system, clayey... -
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Recent Sediments of the Scotian Shelf acquired in 1962 (PEZZETTA shapefile)
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A reconnaissance survey of that part of the Scotian Shelf extending from Halifax to Digby Nook was conducted during October, 1961, in order to determine the nature,... -
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Grain-size data from vibracores collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
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In response to the 2010 Governor’s Action Plan to clean up the Barnegat Bay–Little Egg Harbor (BBLEH) estuary in New Jersey, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)... -
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NODC Lithologic Descriptions (DEC41_GOM shapefile)
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This is an original data file created by the Marine Geology and Geophysics group of NODC from 1970-1975, abstracted from published and unpublished material...
43 datasets found