Description
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 the Boston sewage outflow. Data were previously incorporated into the USGS's Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
Tags
- boston
- boston-harbor
- classification
- clay
- cmgp
- coastal-and-marine-geology-program
- fines
- geoscientificinformation
- geospatial-datasets
- gis
- grain-size
- grain-size-analysis
- gravel
- gulf-of-maine-contaminated-sediments-database
- location
- marine-geology
- massachusetts
- massachusetts-bay
- massachusetts-water-resources-administration
- mwra
- navigational-data
- oceans
- open-file-report-03-001
- points
- point-shapefile
- sand
- sea-floor-characteristics
- sediment
- sediment-classification
- silt
- surficial-classification
- surficial-sediments
- texture
- u-s-east-coast
- u-s-geological-survey
- usgs
- usgs-5c6be21a-5403-49ae-b155-08f19516e86d
- whsc
- woods-hole-science-center