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 11TH 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 7TH 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 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 THANK YOU ! FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. [email protected]