41 datasets found
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Sediment Data from off New Hampshire (WARD01 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The sediment data contained in this set were produced as part of the site description and monitoring phases of an aquaculture demonstration project. The site is... -
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MCMASTER60_PROJECT: Sediments of Narragansett Bay
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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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The data in this layer are from a number of published and unpublished sets produced by the Bigelow Laboratory.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 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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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... -
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Data from Oceanographer, Lydonia, and Gilbert Canyons acquired in 1965 (SCHWARTZ65 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
Submarine canyons occur at the edge of the continental shelf and cut across the slope and rise along the U.S. east coast. Three of these canyons (Oceanographer,... -
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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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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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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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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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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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Shelf Sediments off Long Island (MCKINNEY70 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The detailed nature of relict sediments resulting from and related to the Holocene transgression is revealed through this sedimentological study of a densely sampled... -
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Portsmouth Naval Yard Sediment Data (JOHNSTON94 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
The sediment data presented in this data layer were from an ecological study sited near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. The analog data were originally... -
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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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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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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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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...
41 datasets found