TABLE 3-8 



Visual Description and Grain Size Distributions of 



Sediments at the Prudence Study Area. 



Station Locations are Given in Figure 3-33. 



Visual 

 Station Description 



PRUD-1 olive-gray clayey silt 

 RPD=4-5 cm 



% Gravel % Sand 



14 



% Silt- 

 Clav 



86 



PRUD-2 



cohesive sandy silt 

 RPD=4-5 cm 



52 



48 



PRUD-3 olive-gray clayey silt 

 RPD=4-5 cm 

 sulphidic odor 



94 



PRUD-4 gray sandy silt 

 RPD=<1 cm 

 worms & amphipods 



43 



57 



PRUD-5 cohesive silty sand 

 RPD=2-3 cm 

 shell fragments 



30 



65 



PRUD-6 dk. gray clayey silt 

 RPD=IND 

 many old mussel shells 



40 



57 



PRUD-7 dk. gray clayey silt 

 RPD=2-3 cm 

 a few worms 



12 



88 



PRUD-8 gray sandy silt 

 RPD=4-5 cm 

 shells & worm tubes 



42 



56 



PRUD-9 dk. gray sandy silt 

 RPD=IND 

 many old mussel shells 



20 



72 



