Skip past header information
USGS - science for a changing world
NOAA Logo with link to NOAA Home Page.CT DEP Logo with link to CT DEP Home Page.  

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1100

Surficial Geology of the Sea Floor in Long Island Sound Offshore of Orient Point, New York

Skip past contents information Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sidescan Sonar | Sediments | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts

Figure 15. An image showing sand waves and boulders in the central part of the study area.

Figure 15. Detailed multibeam bathymetry image in the north-central part of the study area showing sand waves with branching crests and boulders with scour marks. Scour on the western side of the boulders indicates westward-flowing bottom currents. Location of image shown in figure 12.

Skip USGS links group

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America logo USAGov logo U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
End of USGS links group