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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 4.

 

Results of the examination of diatom floras in sediment samples
from Rhode Island Sound vibracores.

CORE DOWNCORE
SAMPLE DEPTH
TYPE OF DIATOM
ASSEMBLAGE
88-12 10 marine planktonic
  180 marine planktonic
  420 marine-brackish benthic
  453 devoid
88-13 220 devoid
  340 devoid
  470 devoid
88-4 375 devoid

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