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Characteristics of Estuarine Sediments of the United States Characteristics of Estuarine Sediments of The United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 742 Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Characteristics of Estuarine Sediments of The United States By DAVID W. FOLGER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 742 Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration A compilation of data, essentially an atlas, on texture and composition of bottom sediments, including geologic and hydro logic factors that influence them, in 4.5 estuaries UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1972 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROGERS C. B. MORTON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. E. McKelvey, Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. 72-600206 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $1.25 (paper cover) Stock Number 2401-2112 CONTENTS Page Page Abstract_ ________________________ 1 Area summaries Continued Introduction _______________________ 1 St. Joseph Bay, Fla_______.- _. 44 Scope and purpose of the study_ 1 Pensacola Bay, Fla____--_-_-_--__-----------__- 46 Sources of information_________ 1 Mobile Bay, Ala___________________ _______ 48 Format______________________ 1 Mississippi Sound, Miss, and Ala_________________ 49 Setting.___________________ 3 Breton and Chandeleur Sounds, La_______________ 51 Sediment texture ___________ 3 Barataria Bay, La______________________________ 53 Sediment composition. ______ 3 Sabine Lake, Tex. and La______________________ 54 Acknowledgments__ ___________ 3 Trinity River Delta and Upper Trinity Bay, Tex___ 55 Area summaries.___________________ 3 Brazos River Delta, Tex___________-----------_ 57 Penobscot Bay, Maine._________ 3 Matagorda Bay, Tex_______-__-___--_--_-----__- 58 Boston Harbor, Mass__ _________ 5 San Antonio Bay, Tex_________________________ 60 Cape Cod Bay, Mass__________ 6 Aransas Bay, Tex ______ __ ____________ 62 Nantucket Bay, Mass-__________ 7 Laguna Madre, Tex __________________________ 63 Buzzards Bay, Mass___________- 9 Baffin Bay, Tex____ __- - - 65 Narragansett Bay, R.I__________ 10 San Francisco Bay, Calif_____________-_-_-----_- 67 Moriches Bay, N.Y_____________ 11 Yaquina Bay, Oreg_______-______----__--------- 69 New York Harbor, N.Y. and N.J. 14 Willapa Bay, Wash________ _ 70 Chesapeake Bay, Md. and Va_ 16 Grays Harbor, Wash_____________-_______---___- 72 Rappahannock River, Va__ ______ 18 Bellingham Bay, Wash______ 74 Albemarle Sound, N.C__________ 19 Puget Sound, Wash-_____________-_-----_-_--__- 78 Pamlico Sound, N.C____________ 22 Nisqually River Delta, Puget Sound, Wash___-____ 80 Core Sound, N.C_____________ 24 Deep Inlet, Alaska__________-____-_-_-------_- 82 Newport River Estuary, N.C____ 24 Summary of the characteristics of sediments in estuaries Bogue Sound, N.C-------_______ 26 and estuarine zones of the United States _________ 84 Charleston Harbor, S.C________ 28 Setting, ________ - 84 Biscayne Bay, Fla______________ 31 Geology and bathymetry._________-_--_-_--_ 84 Florida Bay, Fla____________ 33 Hydrology-_______-____-____---_-_--------- 86 Whitewater Bay, Fla__________ 35 Sediment texture._____________________---_--__- 87 Gullivan Bay, Fla______________ 36 Sediment composition_--_____-__---_--_--------- 88 Port Charlotte Harbor, Fla______ 38 Organic carbon._________________----------- 88 Tampa Bay, Fla______________ 40 Mineralogy.______-_______---_-_----------- 89 Apalachicola Bay, Fla___________ 41 References cited-___________________--_-_---_------_ 90 ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURE 1. Map of the United States showing the estuaries, lagoons, embayments, and deltas described in this report 2 2-4. Map of Penobscot Bay, Maine, showing 2. Bathymetry.________________________________-______----_---_-------------------------- 4 3. Texture and organic carbon content of bottom sediments___________-__-__----__-_--------- 4 4. Subbottom sediment texture______-___-------_---_-_-_-_-__------------------------------ 4 5-7. Map of Boston Harbor, Mass., showing 5. Bathymetry._______________________________________-___-_-_-----_-_------------------- 5 6. Texture of bottom sediments-_______________________------------------------------------ 6 7. Organic carbon content of bottom sediments__________________________--_-_-------------- 6 8, 9. Map of Cape Cod Bay, Mass., showing 8. Bathymetry______________________________-_____-_---__---__----_---------------------- 7 9. Texture and organic carbon content of bottom sediments _______________--_-_------------- 7 m IV CONTENTS Page FIGURES 10-12. Map of Nantucket Bay, Mass., showing 10. Bathymetry._________________________________________________________________________ 8 11. Texture of bottom sediments..-....--..------------------------------------------------ 8 12. Calcium carbonate content of bottom sediments._________________________________________ 8 13, 14. Map of Buzzards Bay, Mass., showing 13. Bathymetry..___________________________________________ _____ __________ 9 14. Texture and organic carbon content of bottom sediments.__________________________________ 9 15. Bathymetric map and columnar sections of Narragansett Bay, R.I__________________________________ 10 16. Map of Narrangansett Bay, R.I., showing texture and organic carbon content of the bottom sediments.. 11 17-19. Map of Moriches Bay, N.Y., showing 17. Bathymetry,_____________________________________________________________ 12 18. Texture of the bottom sediments--...-------.------------------------------------------- 12 19. Total organic matter content of sediments _____________________________________________ 13 20-23. Map of New York Harbor, N.Y. and N.J., showing 20. Depth below sea level to crystalline rock or consolidated sediments._________________________ 14 21. Bathymetry________.____________________._-_____________-_---_--_---_-__-_-_----__.__ 14 22. Texture of the bottom sediments..______________________________________________________ 15 23. Total organic matter and organic carbon content of bottom sediments.______________________ 15 24-26. Map of Chesapeake Bay showing 24. Bathymetry---.-.----___________---_____-_______________-_-.____-_____---_----__-____ 17 25. Texture of the bottom sediments...____________-_-____---____-_-_----------------_--_-_- 17 26. Percentage of organic carbon content of bottom sediments-_______________-_----_-_--______ 18 27. Bathymetric map of the Rappahannock River Estuary, Va___________-____-_------__-___-__-__-_-_- 19 28. Map and cross section of the Rappahannock River Estuary showing texture of bottom sediments.________ 19 29. Map of the Rappahannock River Estuary showing organic carbon content of bottom sediments________ 20 30, 31. Map of Albemarle Sound, N.C., showing 30. Bathymetry.____________----___________________-___-_-___------_-_--__----__-___-_-_. 21 31. Texture and organic carbon content of the bottom sediments.______________________________ 21 32-35. Map of Pamlico Sound, N.C., showing 32. Bathymetry.__________---____---______.____.________-_-_--__-___--__-___-_-_----_.-_. 22 33. Texture of the bottom sediments.___________________-_--_____-------_--_--_----__-_-_-_- 22 34. Oxidizable organic matter and organic carbon content of the bottom sediments. ________ ______ 23 35. Calcium carbonate content of bottom sediments_________________________________________ 23 36-38. Map of Core Sound, N.C., showing 36. Bathymetry._____-_______---_.-___.___.___.___._.______--__________________________ 24 37. Texture of the bottom sediments______-------------------------------------------_-_--_- 25 38. Calcium carbonate content of bottom sediments..__-___-_-___-_-_-_-_-_-___-_-_-__----__-- 25 39-41. Map of Newport River Estuary, N.C., showing 39. Bathymetry-_______________________________-___-_-_______-__---_---_-----___- 26 40. Texture of the bottom sediments.____________________________________-_-_--_-_---_--_--- 27 41. Calcium carbonate content of bottom sediments_____-__-_-_-_-_----_-------_----_-----_-_- 27 42-45. Map of Bogue Sound, N.C., showing 42. Bathymetry._________________________________-____-_-___-_-_---_---_------------__- 28 43. Median diameter of bottom sediments-__________________-___,___-__----__-----_-------_- 29 44. Clay content of bottom sedlments_____------_----_-------------------------------------- 29 45. Oxidizable organic matter content of bottom sediments.__________-_-__--_-__--_-_---____-- 29 46-48. Map oT Charleston Harbor, S.C., showing 46. Bathymetry____-._.._-_____-__________________-__-__-__----___--------------_---_----- 30 47. Median diameter of sediments and distribution of shoals composed mostly of clay___________-_ 30 48. Organic carbon content of bottom sediments_______________________________-----_----_-- 31 49-52. Map of Biscayne Bay, Fla., showing 49. Bathymetry__-________________________________-___-__------___----------------------- 32 50. Texture of the bottom sediments.____________________________-_--_-__-_---_------------- 32 51. Quartz content of the bottom sediments________________-______----__-_----------------- 33 52. Calcium carbonate content of bottom sediments _______ ___________________---_----__-__ 33 53. Bathymetric map of Florida Bay, Fla___________________________-_--_-__----_----------------_- 34 54-56. Map of White water Bay, Fla., showing 54. Structure contours on the surface of the Miami Oolite.___________________-------------_--- 35 55. Ratios of sand to silt for the calcium carbonate and quartz fractions of bottom sediments._____ 35 56. Organic carbon
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