Number 5--SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGE, SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION, AND BATHYMETRY OF THE FISHERS ISLAND SOUND SEA FLOOR, CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, AND RHODE ISLAND

Survey Number 5--SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGE, SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION, AND BATHYMETRY OF THE FISHERS ISLAND SOUND SEA FLOOR, CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, AND RHODE ISLAND.

Poppe, L.J.¹, Lewis, R.S.²,Denny, J.F.¹,Parolski, K.F.¹, and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L.²

^{1 U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole, MA 02543

²Long Island Sound Resource Center, Connecticut Geological and Natural History

Survey,

Department of Environmental Protection, 1084 Shennecossett Road, Avery Point, Groton, CT

06340

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GEOLOGICAL SETTING

DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

INTERPRETATION

Bathymetry

Near-surface Seismic Character

Sidescan Sonar Mosaic

Surficial Sediment Distribution

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

FIGURE CAPTIONS

SIDESCAN-SONAR MOSAIC

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-502/chapt2/5fisher/frontp5.htm

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