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 SHOWING OUTCROPS 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 83 MERRILL ET AL. (1902)
GEOLOGIC MAP OF BRONX AND MANHATTAN (1902)
STRUCTURAL MAP BRONX AND MANHATTAN (1902)
GEOLOGIC MAP STATEN ISLAND (1902)
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NYC GEOLOGICAL BEDROCK MAPS
USGS GEOLOGIC MAP MANHATTAN BASKERVILLE (1994)
X-Y CROSS-SECTION MANHATTAN
USGS GEOLOGIC MAP BRONX BASKERVILLE (1992)
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREATER NYC METROPOLITAN REGION
SURFICIAL GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NY LOWER 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-QUEENS USGS (1997)
OUTSIDE AGENCY BORING DATA NEW YORK STATE DOT
NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE BORINGS FIGURE 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-SECTION ARC-1 TO ARC-3
STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTION ARC-5A TO ARC-7A
WPA MAPS & BORINGS
WPA TITLE SHEET
WPA MAPS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (1938)
WPA-MN-VOLUME 1- SHEET 12
WATER STREET BORINGS 71 TO 69
WPA-MN-V1-12 BORINGS 69 TO 71
WPA TITLE SHEET
NYC DDC GIS GEOLOGIC PLATFORM
NYC INTERACTIVE GIS GEOLOGIC MAP
NYC DDC HYPERLINK TO RECORD OF BORINGS
NYC DDC 11 TH AVENUE BANK ST. TO W 22 ST. HYPERLINK TO GEOLOGIC CROSS-SECTION
NYC DDC HYPERLINK TO SES1007 TODT HILL AREA, S.I. GEOLOGIC PROFILE
WARDS ISLAND MANHATTAN BORINGS & 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 YOKES 7 TH AVENUE & TIMES SQUARE AREA
BURIED RAILROAD TUNNEL ATLANTIC AVENUE BROOKLYN
GEOLOGICAL SUBSURFACE INTERFERENCE
80 TON BOULDER JEWETT AVENUE STATEN 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 GEOGRAPHIC HTTPS://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 T own 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
THANK YOU ! FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. ASKINSD@DDC.NYC.GOV MESEROLRI@DDC.NYC.GOV
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