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    "tag": 13268,
    "title": "Sediments of Narragansett Bay acquired in 1960 (MCMASTER60 shapefile)",
    "pubdate": "2003",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "03-001",
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    "descript": "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.",
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            "name": "Poppe, Lawrence J.",
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        {
            "name": "Paskevich, Valerie F.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Williams, S. Jeffress",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Hastings, Mary E.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Kelley, John T.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Belknap, D. F.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Ward, Larry G.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Fitzgerald, D. M.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Larsen, Peter F.",
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        },
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