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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
Visual Core Description: LISAT-4
| SHIP: | R/V Atlantic Twin |
| CRUISE: | AT-84 |
| CORE: | LISAT-4 |
| LENGTH RECOVERED: | 130 cm |
| PENETRATION: | 6' |
| NUMBER OF SECTIONS: | 1 |
| LOCATION: | Stratford Shoal, western Long Island Sound |
| LATITUDE: | 41o 04.63' N |
| LONGITUDE: | 73o 05.21' W |
| LORAN: | 26640.2, 43981.5 |
| COMMENTS: | Seismic line for this core is Line AT#3 (sparker). This lines runs from 1715-1733 hrs. Core at 1733 hrs. on record. Core into till? (site III-5A on uniboom record line 8, UCONN 84-1). Small void at top of section; not cut.. |
| PENTROMETER RECORD: | Rapid 0-5'; very slow 6'-end |
| 0-130 cm (Section 1A) - | 0-19 cm: olive gray, 5Y 4/2, silt, clay, sand, and gravel; some shell hash, very disturbed, partial core. 19-36 cm: olive gray, 5Y 4/2, silt, clay and fine - medium sand, gradational contact. 36-106 cm: light gray/gray, 5Y 6/1, medium - coarse sand with random shell, gravel, and zones of silty fine sand; dense shell hash between 71-76 cm. 106-130 cm: olive, 5Y 4/3, medium and fine sand and silt with a concentration of subangular pebbles at 124-130 cm. |