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A geologic map of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay constructed from digital sidescan-sonar images, photography, and sediment samples /

Through the menu program and Mapper display program on CD-ROM disc, users are introduced to results of a detailed geological study of sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay, which were used to evaluate area around proposed outfall for Boston's treated sewage effluent. Data include bathymetry, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.), Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Coastal and Marine Geology Program (Geological Survey). Woods Hole Field Center
Other Authors: Bothner, Michael H., Ambroziak, Russell A.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: [Woods Hole, Mass.] : Woods Hole Field Center ; 1991.
Series:U.S. Geological Survey digital data series ; DDS-3.
Subjects:
Geology > Massachusetts > Massachusetts Bay > Databases.
Ocean bottom > Massachusetts > Massachusetts Bay > Databases.
Ocean outfalls > Massachusetts > Massachusetts Bay > Databases.
Massachusetts Bay (Mass.) > Bathymetric maps.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS20939
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Summary:Through the menu program and Mapper display program on CD-ROM disc, users are introduced to results of a detailed geological study of sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay, which were used to evaluate area around proposed outfall for Boston's treated sewage effluent. Data include bathymetry, sidescan-sonar images, color photographs, textual information, and an interpretive geologic map.
Item Description:Title from disk label.
Not copy-protected.
Title from disc label.
Shipping list number: 92-0009-E.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 CD-ROM : color ; 4 3/4 in.
Also available via Internet from the USGS web site. Address as of 7/31/02: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds3; current access is available via PURL.
Format:System requirements: IBM or compatible PC; 640Kb RAM; MS- or PC-DOS 3.1 or later; hard disk drive; graphics color monitor; EGA/VGA graphics system; CD-ROM drive with ISO 9660 software and Microsoft MSCDEX 2.1 or later; printer (optional); math coprocessor highly recommended.