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Table 3-1 



Results of Sediment Grain Size Analyses and Percent Total Organic Carbon at 

 Reference Areas for WLIS, June 1991 and June 1992 





SOUTH 

 (June 1992) 



2000S 

 (June 1991) 



EAST 



(June 1992) 



WLIS-REF 

 (June 1991) 



2000W 

 (June 1991) 



Description 



Dark grey 



silty, clayey 



sand 



Dark grey 

 sand 



Dark grey 

 silty clay 

 with sand 



Dark grey 

 clay-silt 



Dark grey 



clay-silt with 



shell 



fragments 



% Total Organic Carbon 



Rep 1 



Rep 2 



Rep 3 



Average 





1.2 

 1.2 

 0.9 



0.4 

 0.7 

 0.5 



1.6 

 1.9 



1.2 



0.8 

 1.2 

 0.9 



1.48 

 1.28 

 1.43 



1.1 



0.6 



1.6 



1.0 



1.40 



Grain Size 1 Analysis 





% Coarse Sand 

 (1-1 phi) 



4 



3 



<1 



2 



3 



% Medium Sand 

 (2-1 phi) 



12 



10 



2 



6 



4 



% Fine Sand 

 (4-2 phi) 



38 



45 



15 



7 



6 



% Silt 

 (>4 phi) 



22 



19 



39 



47 



49 | 



% Clay 

 (>4 phi) 



24 



23 



44 



38 



38 



Grain size percentages averaged for three SOUTH replicates. 



Monitoring Cruise at the Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site, July 1992 



