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Table 3-2 



Results of Sediment Grain Size Analyses and Percent Total Organic Carbon (%TOC) 

 for Reference Areas at WLIS, June 1991 





2000W 



2000S 



WLIS-REF 



DESCRIPTION 



Dark grey 



clay-silt with 



shell fragments 



Dark grey 

 sand 



Dark grey 

 clay-sUt 



% TOTAL 

 ORGANIC 

 CARBON 



Rep 1 



Rep 2 



Rep 3 



Average 





1.48 

 1.28 

 1.43 



0.42 

 0.73 

 0.53 



0.79 

 1.15 

 0.94 



1.40 



0.56 



0.96 



GRAIN SIZE 

 ANALYSIS 





% Coarse Sand 

 (1 to -1 phi) 



3 



3 



2 



% Medium Sand 

 (2 to 1 phi) 



4 



10 



6 



% Fine Sand 

 (4 to 2 phi) 



6 



45 



7 



% Silt 

 (^4 phi) 



49 



19 



47 



% Clay 

 (^4 phi) 



38 



23 



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Monitoring Cruise at the Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site, June 1991 



