Area of Operations: Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Dates: May 06, 2013 to May 08, 2013
Chief scientist: Larry Poppe
Objectives: Examine pro-glacial deposits associated with submerged parts of the Old Saybrook and Hammonasset-Ledyard moraines
Type of Activity: Seismic profiling;
Information to be derived: Sea floor map;Morphology;Quaternary geologic framework
Summary: Two days were spent running siesmic lines in Long Island Sound. Twelve Boomer lines were run on the submerged portion of the Hammonasset-Ledyard moraine; seven lines and two transects between lines were run on the submerged portion of the Old Saybrook moraine.
Contact: Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)
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