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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1150

Sea-Floor Geology and Topography Offshore in Eastern Long Island Sound


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Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Methods | Bathymetry | Sediment Distribution | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts


Figure 21. A bathymetric image of sand waves in the study area.

Figure 21. Detailed planar view of relatively straight-crested, symmetrical, non-bifurcating transverse sand waves from the digital terrain model produced from bathymetric data collected during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey H11997. Note the presence of scour depressions or moats at the ends of the sand waves. Location of view is shown in figure 12.

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