Sediment Data from the Continental Rise (ZIMMERMAN72 shapefile)

• 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

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...