Benthic geologic habitats of shallow estuarine environments: Greenwich Bay and Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, U.S.A

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 760-773

  Oakley, Bryan A ^a   Alvarez, Jonathan D ^b   Boothroyd, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ESS Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Depositional environments; geology; side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FACIES; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; ORTHOPHOTO; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLER; SEAFLOOR; SIDESCAN SONAR; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

GREENWICH BAY; NARRAGANSETT BAY; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WICKFORD HARBOR;

EID: 84864246573     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00146.1     Document Type: Article

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