Long Island Sound Oceanography

The Grain of the Land

The geologic events that shaped the north shore of Long Island Sound, and much of landscape to the north, played out over the past 500 million years of earth history... (read more on The Long Island Sound Resource Center web site)

Shaded relief map showing North-South grain of Connecticut's landscape.

More Long Island Sound Resources

• The Face of Connecticut
• Long Island Sound Study (a nice brief on the "Colonial" and historic period of Long Island Sound)
• USGS Studies in Long Island Sound
• Geologic Framework (USGS)
• Physical Oceanography (USGS)
• Environmental Issues (USGS)