Nature of the Seabed
Qualifying Terms
NOS
National Ocean Service (US)
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (US)
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
NOS/NIMA
IHO/Foreign NIMA Charts
f; fne
fine
medium (only used in relation to sand)
coarse
f
m
m
c; crs
c
bk; brk
broken
bk
sy; stk
sticky
sy
so; sft
soft
so
stf
stiff
sf
Vol
volcanic
v
Ca
calcareous
ca
h; hrd
hard
h