Description
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 sand-silt-clay are the most abundant sediments. Sand is abundant locally and on the inner shelf. In general, toward the lower passages of the Bay the sediments show a progressive change to coarser textures.
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
- atlantic-ocean
- clay
- cmgp
- coastal-and-marine-geology-program
- geographic-information-system
- geoscientificinformation
- geospatial-datasets
- gis
- grain-size-analysis
- gravel
- greenwich-bay
- location
- marine-geology
- mount-hope-bay
- narragansett-bay
- national-assessment-of-marine-sand-and-gravel-resources
- navigational-data
- new-england
- oceans
- open-file-report-03-001
- points
- point-shapefile
- providence-ri
- rhode-island
- sand
- sea-floor-characteristics
- sediment
- sediment-classification
- silt
- surficial-classification
- texture
- u-s-east-coast
- u-s-geological-survey
- usgs
- usgs-644d04d3-07c5-4fd2-8f42-6dd9271f6d84
- whsc
- woods-hole-science-center