Outer Banks, North Carolina

OUTER BANKS, NORTH CAROLINA

 

The Outer Banks, separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Currituck and Albemarle Sounds (north) and Pamlico Sound (south) Wikipedia Commons NASA image

 

I was given a huge collection of samples from the Outer Banks, and I struggled with how to display them. I've decided to locate all of the samples on one page. Hopefully this won't get too ungainly!

 

 

COROLLA

DUCK ISLAND

KITTY HAWK

KILL DEVIL HILLS

MANTEO

   
             

NAGS HEAD

HATTERAS

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GRAIN DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS (AGI CHART)

International Space Station 24mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

GRAIN SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS

(PREPARED BY GAMMA ZETA CHAPTER , SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - AGI CHART))

Roundness is the degree of smoothing due to abrasion of sedimentary particles. It is expressed as the ratio of the average radius of curvature of the edges or corners to the radius of curvature of the maximum inscribed sphere.

The sphericity of a particle is: the ratio of the surface area of a sphere (with the same volume as the given particle) to the surface area of the particle.

     
 

NORTHERN BEACHES

 
     
 

COROLLA

 
 

36.38N, 75.83W

 
     

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PLOVER DRIVE, DUCK ISLAND

 
 

36.16N,75.75W

 
     

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RALEIGH AVE. BEACH, KITTY HAWK

 
 

36.08N, 75.70W

 
     

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KILL DEVIL HILLS

 
 

36.03N, 75.68W

 
     

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NAGS HEAD

 
 

35.96N, 75.62W

 
     

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ROANOKE ISLAND

 

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MANTEO

 
 

35.91N, 75.68W

 
     

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HATTERAS

 
 

35.22N, 75.69W

 
     

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