Sediments of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts (HOUGH42 shapefile)

Cape Cod Bay, lying on the Massachusetts coast partly enclosed by Cape Cod, is in a glaciated region of low relief. Coarse sediments generally occur in areas exposed to wave and current action as in shallow water near shore or on shoals, and in the deep channel north of the tip of Cape Cod, which is swept by tidal currents. Fine sediments are restricted to the deeper water in the central portion of the Bay, and to the small well-protected embayments of the shore. Although Hough (1942) is available as part of the NGDC Deck 41 Database, additional data from the original report were manually entered and, therefore, this file is unque.

科德角湾（Cape Cod Bay）坐落于马萨诸塞州沿岸，其部分水域被科德角（Cape Cod）环绕，地处低缓起伏的冰川作用区域。粗粒沉积物通常分布于受波浪与水流作用的区域，例如近岸浅水区或浅滩，以及科德角尖端以北的深水道——该水道受潮汐流持续冲刷。细粒沉积物则仅局限于海湾中部的深水区，以及沿岸受良好庇护的小型港湾内。尽管Hough（1942）的相关数据已被收录至NGDC Deck 41数据库，但原始报告中的额外数据均经人工录入，因此本数据集文件具有独特性。