Sediment Texture and Geomorphology of the Sea Floor from Fenwick Island, Maryland to Fisherman's Island, Virginia

• Main Authors: Pendleton, E.A., Brothers, L.L., Sweeney, E.S., Thieler, E.R., Foster, D.S.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center; WHCMSC; Department of Interior Hurricane Sand Recovery Program; Barnhardt classification; Sea floor; Marine Geology; Interpretation; Bathymetry; Backscatter; Slope; Topography; Esri Shapefile; Bottom Type; Sediment Cover; Sediment Texture; Sediment Distribution; Bottom Photographs; Sediment Samples; Sidescan Sonar; carbonate; rugosity; interpretation; geoscientificInformation; oceans; sea-floor characteristics; marine geology; marine geophysics; Mid-Atlantic Bight; Atlantic Ocean; Assateague Island; Delmarva Peninsula; Maryland; Virginia; Wallops Island; Chincoteague Island; Assawoman Island; Metompkin Island; Cedar Island; Parramore Island; Hog Island; Cobb Island; Wreck Island; Ship Shoal Island; Mink Island; Myrtle Island; Smith Island; Mockhorn Island; Fisherman's Island; Delaware; Fenwick Island; Ocean City; Cape Henlopen; Rehoboth; Assateague Island National Seashore; Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge; Chincoteague Inlet; Ship Shoal
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/da907993-0b6e-40fa-a108-503f02dcbd85

These data are a qualitatively derived interpretive polygon shapefile defining surficial sediment type and distribution, and geomorphology, for nearly 1,400 square kilometers of sea floor on the inner-continental shelf from Fenwick Island, Maryland to Fisherman’s Island, Virginia, USA. These data ar...