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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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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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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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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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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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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Sediment Data from Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire (ARMSTRONG74 shapefile)
Department of the Interior —
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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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...
43 datasets found