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MAPPING THE GEOLOGIC SUBSURFACE IN NEW YORK CITY
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Presented by
Dennis Askins and Richard Meserole
AERIAL VIEW NEW YORK CITY
THERMAL INFRARED LANDSAT NYC
VEGATATION LANDSAT NYC
NEW YORK CITY UNDERGROUND
Level 1
Street to 30 Feet
Level 2
30 to 200 Feet
Level 3
200 to 800 Feet
SOURCES OF GEOLOGIC SUBSURFACE DATA
HISTORICAL GEOLOGICAL MAPS, TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS , ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS, ETC.
TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF MAP SHOWINGOUTCROPS AND HILLS IN NYC (1781-82)
TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF MAP OF NY-PENN-NE BY JOHN MONTRESOR (SOUTHERN SHEET)
A CHART OF NEW YORK HARBOUR : WITH THE BANKS, SOUNDINGS AND SAILING
MARKS FROM THE MOST ACCURATE SURVEYS & OBSERVATIONS 1784-1794
PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLYN AND PART OF LONG ISLAND, RATZER 1766-67
RATZER MAP 1770
VIELE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP (1865)
ZOOM IMAGE COLLECT POND VIELE MAP (1865)
BRONX TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP (1872)
BROOKLYN MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL HIGH GROUND AND LOW GROUNDS, SALT
MARSH & SHORELINES (1776-7)
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF LONG & STATEN ISLANDS WITH ENVIRONS OF NEW YORK, BY W.W, MATHER - FROM THE TOPOGRAPHICAL
SURVEYS OF J. CALVIN SMITH, ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, 1842
GEOLOGIC MAP OF MANHATTAN OR NEW YORK ISLAND, I. COZZENS JR. (1843)
J . F. KEMP GEOLOGIC MAP (1887-88)
NEW YORK CITY TECTONICS
STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MANHATTAN PRONG
L. HALL (1968, 1980)AND J . RODGERS (1985)
USGS FOLIO 83MERRILL ET AL. (1902)
GEOLOGIC MAP OF BRONX AND MANHATTAN (1902)
STRUCTURAL MAP BRONX AND MANHATTAN (1902)
GEOLOGIC MAP STATEN ISLAND (1902)
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYNYC GEOLOGICAL BEDROCK MAPS
USGS GEOLOGIC MAP MANHATTANBASKERVILLE (1994)
X-Y CROSS-SECTION MANHATTAN
USGS GEOLOGIC MAP BRONX BASKERVILLE (1992)
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREATER NYCMETROPOLITAN REGION
SURFICIAL GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NYLOWER HUDSON SHEET (1989)
PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEPOSITS AND FEATURES IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION
USDA SOIL MAP NEW YORK CITY (2006)
WATER TABLE MAP BROOKLYN-QUEENSUSGS (1997)
OUTSIDE AGENCY BORING DATA
NEW YORK STATE DOT
NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE BORINGSFIGURE 1
NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC PROFILE
FIGURE 2
NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC PROFILE
FIGURE 3
ARCHEOLOGICAL REPORTS
GEOPROBE LAYOUT RANDALLS ISLAND
STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONARC-1 TO ARC-3
STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONARC-5A TO ARC-7A
WPA MAPS & BORINGS
WPA TITLE SHEET
WPA MAPS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (1938)
WPA-MN-VOLUME 1- SHEET 12
WATER STREETBORINGS 71 TO 69
WPA-MN-V1-12BORINGS 69 TO 71
WPA TITLE SHEET
NYC DDCGIS GEOLOGIC PLATFORM
NYC INTERACTIVE GIS GEOLOGIC MAP
NYC DDCHYPERLINK TO RECORD OF BORINGS
NYC DDC11TH AVENUE BANK ST. TO W 22 ST.
HYPERLINK TO GEOLOGIC CROSS-SECTION
NYC DDC HYPERLINK TOSES1007 TODT HILL AREA, S.I .
GEOLOGIC PROFILE
WARDS ISLAND MANHATTANBORINGS & PROBES
NYC DDC INTERACTIVE GIS MAP
SUBSURFACE INTERFERENCE MAPS
BURIED TRACKS & YOKES, TUNNELS, ETC.
BROOKLYN TROLLEY TRACK MAP
MANHATTAN TROLLEY MAP BLUE ROUTE CABLE – RED ROUTE HORSE DRAWN
BURIED YOKES7TH AVENUE & TIMES SQUARE AREA
BURIED RAILROAD TUNNELATLANTIC AVENUE BROOKLYN
GEOLOGICAL SUBSURFACE INTERFERENCE
80 TON BOULDER JEWETT AVENUESTATEN ISLAND
SHALLOW BEDROCK FROM THICKNESS OF SOIL COVER
BURIED SUBSURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
LANDSAT IMAGES NYC
https://landsat.visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=6800
NYC UNDERGROUND- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICHTTPS://WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NYUNDERGROUND/DOCS/NYMAIN.HTML
Viele Map 1865
https://kottke.org/plus/viele-map/
Zoom Image Collect Pond Viele Map 1865
www.davidrumsey.com/maps6128.html
BROOKLYN MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL HIGH GROUND AND LOW GROUNDS,
SALT MARSH & SHORELINES (1776-7)
www.oldmapsonline.org/map/nypl/1692734
Map of NY-Penn-NE-Captain Montresor (southern sheet)
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/img005b.jpg
A chart of New York Harbour : with the banks, soundings and sailing marks from the most
accurate surveys & observations 1784-1794
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eed7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Plan of the Town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island, Ratzer 1766-67
https://i2.wp.com/cobblehill.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ratzers-Plan_1766-
67_NYPL_midupup-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C701
Geological Map of Long & Staten Islands with Environs of New York, by W.W, Mather - from the Topographical Surveys
of J. Calvin Smith, Endicott, New York, 1842
https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/29638/Geological_Map_of_Long_and_Staten_Islands_with_the_Environs_of_
New_York_by/Mather.html
GEOLOGIC MAP OF MANHATTAN OR NEW YORK ISLAND, I. COZZENS JR. (1843)
https://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2012/09/maps-from-cozzens-geological-history-of.html
The Geology of Mahattan Island, by James F. Kemp, Idem, vol 7, 1887-88, pp. 49-64, with map.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/237342989_fig1_Figure-2-Colorized-version-of-the-first-geological-map-of-
Manhattan-based-on-the-work
NEW YORK CITY TECTONICS
https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/images/fig11.jpg
STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MANHATTAN PRONG, L. HALL (1968, 1980)AND
J. RODGERS (1985)
"Bedrock Geology of New York City: More than 600 m.y. of geologic history" Brock, 2001
http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/reports/ny-city/
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREATER NYC METROPOLITAN REGION
http://geologycafe.com/home/nycr_sfbr.html
PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEPOSITS AND FEATURES IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION
https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/moraines/quaternary.htm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jeffrey Au, P.E., DDC B.E.G.S., Geotechnical Engineer
Alex Posner, DDC Sustainable Design, Hydrogeologist
Bobby Issac, P.E., DDC Infrastructure, Geotechnical Engineer
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