41 datasets found
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Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Sediment Data for Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay acquired in 1993 - 1995 (MWRA shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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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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... -
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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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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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Neritic sediments of the Merrimack Embayment (ANAN71 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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 -- Cape Ann to Casco Bay (FOLGER75 shapefile)
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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 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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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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Sediment Data from the Great Bay Estuarine System acquired in 1986 (NELSON86 shapefile)
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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 from Northwest Atlantic Ocean acquired in 1978 (ROWE78 shapefile)
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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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Samples from the Georges Bank Canyons acquired in 1936 (STETSON36 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
Submarine canyons cut into the edge of the continental shelf and the continental slope along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast. Three canyons along the southern edge of... -
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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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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 off Cape Ann to Cape Cod, MA acquired in 1973 (SCHLEE73 shapefile)
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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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Army Corps Sediment Data from Maine and New Hampshire acquired in 1994 (MNHACOE shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The data in this layer are from a study that evaluated and documented the historic and projected future dredging and dredged material disposal needs of the coastal... -
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Sediment Data from Cobscook Bay, Maine (LARSEN03 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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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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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Fisheries Sediment Data (WIGLEY65 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
This is a part of the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Seafloor Surficial Sediment (Deck 41) Data File. Deck 41 is an original data file created by the Marine... -
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Sediments on the Shelf off Southern New England (GARRISON66 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The sediments and geomorphology of a portion of the northeastern continental shelf between Hudson Canyon and Georges Bank have been investigated. Wave-cut terraces at... -
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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...
41 datasets found