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
Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sidescan Sonar | Sediments | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts
Figure 19. Detailed sidescan-sonar image of sand waves and boulders at the eastern end of the study area. Tiger-striped pattern in the sonar image indicates sand waves, and high-backscatter targets with low-backscatter shadows are boulders. Dark stripes in the middle of sonar lines are nadir gaps. Location of image shown in figure 17. |