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Army Corps Sediment Data from Maine and New Hampshire acquired in 1994...
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 rivers and... -
Sediments of Buzzards Bay acquired in 1963 (MOORE63 shapefile)
A study of bottom sediment samples from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, provides a basis for establishing their major depositional facies and their relationships to the... -
Boston Harbor and approaches samples (WILLETT72 shapefile
Boston Harbor (and its approaches) is a glacially carved, tidally dominated estuary in western Massachusetts Bay. Characterized by low river discharge and significant human... -
Sediments on the Shelf off Southern New England (GARRISON66 shapefile)
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 13, 45,... -
Sediment sample locations and grain size results from samples collected in...
Water quality in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary along the New Jersey coast is the focus of a multidisciplinary research project begun in 2011 by the U.S. Geological... -
Sediments of Narragansett Bay acquired in 1960 (MCMASTER60 shapefile)
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 silt and... -
NODC Lithologic Descriptions (DEC41_GOM shapefile)
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data file created by the Marine Geology and Geophysics group of NODC from 1970-1975, abstracted from published and unpublished material contributed to NODC... -
Sediments of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts (HOUGH42 shapefile)
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 to wave and... -
Lithologic Descriptions of Bottom Sediments for the New England coast and...
These data, which comprise part of the Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment data file, were abstracted by the staff of the Smithsonian Institution from materials submitted... -
Sediment Data from Cobscook Bay, Maine (LARSEN03 shapefile)
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 marine... -
Boston Harbor and approaches samples (WILLETT72 shapefile
Boston Harbor (and its approaches) is a glacially carved, tidally dominated estuary in western Massachusetts Bay. Characterized by low river discharge and significant human... -
Sediment Data from off New Hampshire (WARD01 shapefile)
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 located off the... -
Massachusetts Water Resources Administration Sediment Data for Boston Harbor...
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 effects of... -
Sediment Data from off New Hampshire (WARD01 shapefile)
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 located off the... -
Sediment Data from the Great Bay Estuarine System acquired in 1986 (NELSON86...
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... -
Sediment Data from the Kennebec/Androscoggin River System (LARSEN02 shapefile)
The data in this layer are from an unpublished report produced by the Bigelow Laboratory. The source project was conducted primarily to examine contaminant distributions, but... -
Fisheries Sediment Data (WIGLEY65 shapefile)
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 Geology and... -
Shelf Sediments off Long Island (MCKINNEY70 shapefile)
The detailed nature of relict sediments resulting from and related to the Holocene transgression is revealed through this sedimentological study of a densely sampled corridor... -
Lithologic Descriptions of Bottom Sediments for the New England coast and...
These data, which comprise part of the Smithsonian Institution Master Sediment data file, were abstracted by the staff of the Smithsonian Institution from materials submitted... -
Sediment Data from the Continental Rise (ZIMMERMAN72 shapefile)
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 Undercurrent is a...