Survey Number 6--SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGE, SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION, AND BATHYMETRY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND SEA FLOOR AROUND FALKNER ISLAND, CONNECTICUT

Lawrence J. Poppe1, Ralph S. Lewis2, Jane F. Denny1, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen2, and Kenneth F. Parolski1

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

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GEOLOGICAL SETTING

DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

INTERPRETATION

Bathymetry

Near-surface Seismic Facies and Stratigraphy

Sidescan Sonar Mosaic

Surficial Sediment Distribution

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES CITED

FIGURE CAPTIONS

SIDESCAN-SONAR MOSAIC

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