39 datasets found
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Sediment from Northwest Atlantic Ocean acquired in 1978 (ROWE78 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
Presented in this dataset are data determined from sediments collected by different means during a variety of cruises to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. These data have... -
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National Ocean Service (NOS) Cartographic Codes for Bottom Character in the Gulf of Maine region (NOSGOM shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
These data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS, formerly the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) for the purpose of charting the coastal waters and... -
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Recent Sediments of the Scotian Shelf acquired in 1962 (PEZZETTA shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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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Boston Harbor and approaches samples (WILLETT72 shapefile
Department of the Interior —
Boston Harbor (and its approaches) is a glacially carved, tidally dominated estuary in western Massachusetts Bay. Characterized by low river discharge and significant... -
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Lithologic Descriptions of Bottom Sediments for the New England coast and the Gulf of Maine region (SMITHSONIAN shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
These data, which comprise part of the Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment data file, were abstracted by the staff of the Smithsonian Institution from materials... -
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MCMASTER60_PROJECT: Sediments of Narragansett Bay
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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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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 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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Maine Inner Continental Shelf Sediment Data (BARNHARDT shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
Surficial geologic maps play and important role in understanding the present sea floor and the processes that shape it. Between 1984 and 1991, over 1,700 bottom... -
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NODC Lithologic Descriptions (DEC41_GOM shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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... -
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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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Sediments off Cape Ann to Cape Cod, MA acquired in 1973 (SCHLEE73 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 Massachusetts... -
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Sediment Data from the Continental Rise (ZIMMERMAN72 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
Short cores were collected on the continental rise off Georges Bank. The character of the sediments and measured bottom currents show that the Western Boundary... -
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Sediments of Buzzards Bay, MA (HOUGH40)
Department of the Interior —
The modern sediments of Buzzards Bay are described principally by the use of quantitative data from mechanical analyses. The environment of the sediment and its... -
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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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Sediment Data from the Great Bay Estuarine System acquired in 1986 (NELSON86 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The sediment data presented in this data layer were from a geochemical study sited in Great Bay estuarine system of New Hampshire. Textural data were used to support... -
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Sediment Data Produced by the Bigelow Laboratory (BIGELOW shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The data in this layer are from a number of published and unpublished sets produced by the Bigelow Laboratory. The source projects were conducted primarily to examine... -
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Sediments of Narragansett Bay acquired in 1960 (MCMASTER60 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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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Sediments of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts (HOUGH42 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
Cape Cod Bay, lying on the Massachusetts coast partly enclosed by Cape Cod, is in a glaciated region of low relief. Coarse sediments generally occur in areas exposed... -
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Samples collected along transects off the Eastern United States in 1938 (STETSON38 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
This study was undertaken to provide information on the characteristics and distribution of surficial sediments off the eastern United States. Accordingly, long...
39 datasets found