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U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-002

Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990:

A Digital Data Release

1988 MMS Summary Report

Table 1.

 

Vibracores recovered during the R/V Atlantic Twin coring operation,
September 17-23, 1988 (see Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 for core locations)

CORE SITE LOCATION LORAN WATER
DEPTH (m)
RECOVERED CORE LENGTH (m)
88-1 Central LIS South of Stratford Pt. 26654.8
44011.3
12 4.64
88-2 Western LIS South of Stratford Shoal 2666.00
43958.4
40 1.55
88-3 Western LIS Southeast of Norwalk Island 26750.1
43990.0
17 4.17
88-4 Western LIS Southwest of Stratford Pt. 26679.5
44004.3
12 7.44
88-5 Central LIS North of Herod Pt., Long Island 26510.0
43930.7
36 2.88
88-6 LIS-3 South of Niantic Bay 26205.1
43987.9
31 6.18
88-7 LIS-3 South of Niantic Bay 26184.9
43988.9
17 5.13
88-8 LIS-3 South of New London Harbor 26144.9
43977.2
23 7.63
88-9 BIS-1 South of Watch Hill, RI 26030.0
43952.2
36 2.91
88-10 BIS-2 Northeast of Montauk, NY 26960.4
43885.9
19 .56
88-11 BIS-2 West of Block Island, RI 25929.6
43899.0
17 3.92
88-12

RIS-1

East of Pt. Judith, RI 14437.8
43959.9
33 4.58
88-13 RIS-2 Southeast of Narragansett Bay, RI 14394.8
43911.5
37 5.14
88-14 RIS-2 Southeast of Narragansett Bay, RI 14369.8
43928.7
31 3.79

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