Survey Number 1--SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGE, SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION, AND BATHYMETRY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND SEA FLOOR OFF HAMMONASSET BEACH STATE PARK, CONNECTICUT

Lawrence J. Poppe1, Ralph S. Lewis2, Roman N. Zajac3,
David C. Twichell1, Eric A. Schmuck1, Kenneth F. Parolski1, and Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen2

1U.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
3University of New Haven, 300 Orange Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GEOLOGICAL SETTING

DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

INTERPRETATION

Near-Surface Echo Character

Bathymetry

Sidescan Sonar Mosaic

Surficial Sediment Distribution

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

FIGURE CAPTIONS

SIDESCAN-SONAR MOSAIC

 

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