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Scientists from the United States Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (USGS-SPCMS) acquired sediment cores, sediment surface grab samples, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) data from Assateague Island, Maryland, in October (FAN 2014-322-FA) 2014. The objectives were to identify washover deposits in the stratigraphic record to aid in understanding barrier island evolution. The report associated with this metadata record serves as an archive of GPR and DGPS data collected from Assateague Island in October 2014. Data products and accompanying Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata can be downloaded from the Data Downloads page located at, http://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/ds989/ds_data_downloads.html. [More]
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