Subaqueous Soils - soil underwater! Info from Wikipedia
News: Restore Americas Estuaries - 2008 National Conference - Providence Rhode Island
Rhode Island's First Proposed Subaqueous Soil Series - Pishagqua - new

Click here for Ninigret Pond Subaqueous Soil Point Data Example  Data for Ninigret Pond Pilot Study

Subaqueous and Submerged Soil Information Page - by Jim Turenne and Mike Bradley.

Introduction to Subaqueous Soils - 3 MB PDF Document.

Glossary Of Terms For Subaqueous Soils, Associated Landscapes, Landforms, And Related Materials- by Mark Stolt

Proposed Amendments to Soil Taxonomy to Accommodate Subaqueous Soils - Draft

Soils of Europe - Section on Subaqueous Soils - by Dr. Walter Kubiena, 1953 - new (3 MB PDF)

Rhode Island Mapping Partnership for Coastal Soil and Sediment


41N Special Edition
Subaqueous Soil


NBC 10 Watershed Watch Report, October 27, 2005: MapCoast Partnership

    
NBC 10 Watershed Watch Report, October 11, 2007

Quick Links to Site of Interest: Email to add a link

Top Link MapCoast - The mapping partnership for coastal soils and sediment in RI
Presentations made at the National Workshop for Subaqueous Soils in Delaware 2003
Subaqueous Soil-Landscape Relationships in a Rhode Island Estuary (Bradley and Stolt, 2003)
Hudson River Estuary Benthic Mapper
NY and NJ Benthic Habitat Page
Coastal Zone Soil Survey of Little Narragansett Bay, RI

Geophysical and Remote Sensing Links:
Coastal Remote Sensing (CRS) Program
Mean Sea Level, GPS, and the Geoid - Article from ESRI on MSL.
SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGE AND GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF THE SEAFLOOR NEAR FALKNER ISLAND CONNECTICUT
Using Vibracore Technology - Vibracore Title Page - Training Module from USGS
HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE SEA FLOOR OFFSHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS

Related Sites:
Coastal America
CRMC Eelgrass GIS data
Estuarine Research Federation
 


A soil core from a mainland cove landform in 5 feet of water from Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island showing 4 major geologic events: Deposition of till starting at 130 cm, post-glacial eolian loess deposit at approximately 1 meter, fresh-water organic deposition (interpreted as an Atlantic white cedar swamp) at 40 cm and marine silts being deposited to the surface.

 

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