USGS studies in the New York Bight
Describes and provides links to USGS research in the location of the estuary and coast of Long Island, New York, to map the sea-floor and to study sediment transport, contaminants, and sand resources and coastal vulnerability.
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Definition:
Study of the ocean that deals with the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems. [Adapted from American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]
Used for:
chemical oceanography, ocean chemistry, water properties (marine)
