Interpretation of Sea Floor Features of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) H11320 Sidescan Sonar and Bathymetric Data from Rhode Island Sound (H11320INTERP)

• Main Author: K.Y. McMullen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2007
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA; Woods Hole Science Center; WHSC; NOAA Ship RUDE; sidescan sonar interpretation; backscatter; Quaternary; polygon shapefile; Open-File Report 2007-1150; OFR 2007-1150; Holocene; interpretation; oceans; geoscientificInformation; Rhode Island Sound; Rhode Island; U.S. East Coast; North America; United States; Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic Ocean; northeast United States; Sakonnet Point; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/d64f3e09-f344-495b-b680-a1959d4e6b83

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is working cooperatively with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to interpret the surficial geology in estuaries along the coast of the northeastern United States. The purpose of our present study is to define the sea floor morphology and sed...