Abstract: Massachusetts Bay is a shallow (35 m average depth) semienclosed embayment, roughly 100 × 50 km, which opens into the Gulf of Maine at its eastern boundary. Surface waves associated with winter storm winds from the northeast ...

Abstract: Calculated annual excess skin friction stress at various locations in Quincy Bay (outer Boston Harbor) was found to be correlated positively with sediment sand content. The correlation was optimized when a critical shear stress (τ