Map Showing the Distribution of Surficial Sediments in Fishers Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

Authors

Larry J. Poppe, USGS Science Center for Coastal and Marine Geology (Woods Hole, Mass.)
Ralph S. Lewis, University of Connecticut - Avery Point. Long Island Sound Resource Center
Sidney Quarrier
A. M. Moffet

Author URLs

Professor Zajac's faculty profile

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Subject: LCSH

Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.), Sediments (Geology)

Disciplines

Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Marine Biology

Abstract

The data presented on this map were collected as part of a State of Connecticut and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cooperative program intended to further understand the marine geology of Connecticut and Long Island Sound. The purpose of this cooperative program is (1) to resolve sedimentologic and oceanographic problems and data gaps in Long Island Sound, (2) to integrate these findings with terrestrial data and the Pleistocene histories of Long Island and Connecticut, and (3) to initiate investigations of offshore resources that are keyed to the better management of Long Island Sound. With this in mind, the fundamental objectives of this study were to determine the distribution of surficial sediments in Fishers Island Sound and to describe the active sedimentary processes.

Comments

U.S. Government document.

See also these related documents:

Organic Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen Concentrations in Surficial Sediments from Western Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York

Sidescan Sonar Image, Surficial Geologic Interpretation, and Bathymetry of the Long Island Sound Sea Floor off Hammonasset Beach State Park, Connecticut

Sidescan Sonar Image, Surficial Geological Interpretation, and Bathymetry of the Long Island Sea Floor off Milford, CT

The Texture of Surficial Sediments in Central Long Island Sound off Milford, Connecticut

The Texture of Surficial Sediments in Western Long Island Sound off the Norwalk Islands, Connecticut

Repository Citation

Poppe, Larry J.; Lewis, Ralph S.; Quarrier, Sidney; and Moffet, A. M., "Map Showing the Distribution of Surficial Sediments in Fishers Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island" (1994). Biology and Environmental Science Faculty Publications. 19.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/biology-facpubs/19

Publisher Citation

Poppe, L.J., Lewis, R., Quarrier, S., Zajac, R., Moffet, A. (1994). Map showing the distribution of surficial sediments in Fishers Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2456.