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Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4033

Delineation of Tidal Scour through Marine Geophysical Techniques at Sloop Channel and Goose Creek Bridges, Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, New York

By Frederick Stumm, Anthony Chu, and Richard J. Reynolds

CONTENTS

 

Abstract  

Introduction  

Purpose and scope    

Location of study area    

Acknowledgments   

Methods of study  

Narrow-beam fathometer surveys  

Continuous seismic-reflection surveys  

Acoustic Doppler current profiler

Delineation of tidal scour at Sloop Channel and Goose Creek Bridges

Sloop Channel Bridge

Fathometer survey

Seismic-reflection profiles

Piers 1 and 2

Piers 4 and 5

Piers 6 and 7

Piers 9 and 10

Discharge measurement

Goose Creek Bridge

Fathometer survey

Seismic-reflection profiles

Centerspan

Piers 5 and 6

Piers 2 and 3

Piers 1 and 2

Summary and conclusions

References cited

 

FIGURES

 

1. Maps showing location of Sloop Channel Bridge and Goose Creek Bridge study area, and of tide-stage gage,

Nassau County, N.Y. A. General location. B. Study area

2. Generalized sketches showing pier-numbering systems for piers during July 1998 seismic-reflection survey,

Nassau County, N.Y. A. Goose Creek Bridge. B. Sloop Channel Bridge

3. Map showing sea-floor elevation at Sloop Channel Bridge, Nassau County, N.Y., July 1998

4. Narrow-beam fathometer profiles between piers 2 and 3 at Sloop Channel Bridge, Nassau County, N.Y.,

July 1998

5-8. Interpreted high-frequency seismic-reflection profiles at Sloop Channel Bridge, Nassau County, N.Y., July 1998:

5. Between piers 1 and 2

6. Between piers 4 and 5

7. Between piers 6 and 7

8. Between piers 9 and 10

9. Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) velocity profiles between piers 9 and 10 during flood tide at Sloop

Channel Bridge, Nassau County, N.Y. A. East-west velocity. B. Vertical velocity

10. Bathymetric contour map of the sea floor at Goose Creek Bridge, Nassau County, N.Y., July 1998

11-14. Interpreted high-frequency seismic-reflection profiles at Goose Creek Bridge, Nassau County, N.Y., July 1998:

11. Between centerspans

12. Between piers 5 and 6

13. Between piers 2 and 3

14. Between piers 1 and 2

 


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