Subaqueous Soils - soil underwater! Info from Wikipedia
News: Restore Americas Estuaries - 2008 National Conference - Providence Rhode Island
MapCoast: Rhode Island Mapping Partnership for Coastal Soils and Sediment

Subaqueous Soil Point Data for Rhode Island (Google Earth KML file)

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


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

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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