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 significant factor in sediment transport and deposition along the east coast continental rise. Size data for the sand and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawrence J. Poppe
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2003
Subjects:
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Woods Hole Science Center
cores
gravity cores
sediment
coarse fraction
mud
sand
texture
Open-File Report 03-001
CMGP
sediment classification
surficial classification
point shapefile
points
GIS
Geographic Information System
WHSC
oceans
location
geoscientificInformation
U.S. East Coast
Atlantic
Continental Rise
Georges Bank
Rise
New England
U.S. Atlantic eastcoast
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/d35bb6ac-9233-40a7-93e5-f90788fd07e7
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Summary: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 significant factor in sediment transport and deposition along the east coast continental rise. Size data for the sand and mud fractions were estimated by the compilers by subtracting the percent carbonate (composed largely of sand-sized planktonic foraminifera) from the coarse fraction. Silt and clay were not differentiated; the fine fraction is reported as mud.

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