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U.S. Geological Survey Studies in the New York Bight Completed

By Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center January 16, 2009
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 This project is complete and the website is archived and no longer updated.

The New York-New Jersey metropolitan area is the most populated region of the United States. New York city, with a population of about 8 million, is the largest city in the United States and the New York & New Jersey metropolitan area, with a population of about 20 million, is the second largest in the world. The harbor estuary and the area offshore of New York is used for waste disposal, transportation, recreation, and commercial and recreational fishing.

 

Since 1992, the U.S. Geological Survey`s Coastal and Marine Geology Programhas been conducting studies offshore of New York designed to map and characterize the sea floor, to understand the transport and fate of sediments and associated pollutants, to map the inner shelf and sand deposits along the southern shore of Long Island, and to understand the recent geologic history. A long-term goal of these geological studies is to develop predictive models and geologic information to guide research and sustainable use of the coastal ocean.

 This project is complete and the website is archived and no longer updated.

The New York-New Jersey metropolitan area is the most populated region of the United States. New York city, with a population of about 8 million, is the largest city in the United States and the New York & New Jersey metropolitan area, with a population of about 20 million, is the second largest in the world. The harbor estuary and the area offshore of New York is used for waste disposal, transportation, recreation, and commercial and recreational fishing.

 

Since 1992, the U.S. Geological Survey`s Coastal and Marine Geology Programhas been conducting studies offshore of New York designed to map and characterize the sea floor, to understand the transport and fate of sediments and associated pollutants, to map the inner shelf and sand deposits along the southern shore of Long Island, and to understand the recent geologic history. A long-term goal of these geological studies is to develop predictive models and geologic information to guide research and sustainable use of the coastal ocean.