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# Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones of Vineyard and Western Nantucket Sounds, Massachusetts

**By Wayne E. Baldwin, David S. Foster, Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Walter A. Barnhardt, William C. Schwab,  Brian D. Andrews, and****Seth D. Ackerman**

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| **Title Page**List of FiguresConversion Factors, Datum, and Supplemental InformationAbbreviationsAbstractIntroductionMethodsResultsDiscussionSummaryAcknowledgmentsReferences CitedAppendix 1 — Geospatial DataCitation Page
  | Bathymetry of western Vineyard Sound between the Aquinnah Cliffs and Cuttyhunk Island.

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 Suggested citation:Baldwin, W.E., Foster, D.S., Pendleton, E.A., Barnhardt, W.A., Schwab, W.C., Andrews, B.D., and Ackerman, S.D., 2016, Shallow geology, sea-floor texture, and physiographic zones of Vineyard and western Nantucket Sounds, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1119, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161119.

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