Development of the Geomorphological Map for Governors Island, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island, Upper New York Bay: Principal characteristics and components
Psuty NP, Hudacek W, Schmelz W, Spahn A. 2016. Development of the Geomorphological Map for Governors Island, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island, Upper New York Bay: Principal characteristics and components. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2016/1346. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report incorporates the geomorphological map, its philosophical underpinnings, legend descriptions, and the GIS data layers for Governors Island, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island. The theme of the map follows the current scientific organization of geomorphological mapping that includes morphometrics, causative processes, and evolutionary stages. Surface form was interpreted from sources that include recent orthophotos, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data sets, NPS publications, scientific literature, and field visits. The geomorphological features of the site include: 1) remnants of glacial ground moraine topography created during the late phases of Wisconsinan continental ice advance; and 2) anthropogenic modifications to the natural topography, consisting of positive as well as negative changes. The geomorphological map and its legend portray the spatial association of the surface feature created during the glacial stages of landscape development, as well as the broad anthropogenic alterations of the landscape. The geomorphological map is viewable as a full compilation of all of the data layers as well as user specified combinations of the data. Each of the map layers contained in this report meets the standards of Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata. The full set of organized data layers is available from the National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, PO Box 25287, Denver, Colorado, 80225 or via the Geologic Resources Inventory publications page http://go.nps.gov/gripubs (accessed 22 November 2016).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Psuty, Norbert; Hudacek, Willam; Schmelz, William; Spahn, Andrea
- Date of Issue
- 2016-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ELIS , GOIS , GRD , GRI , NRSS , STLI
- Keywords
- ELIS, Ellis Island, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, geomorphological map, geomorphology, GOIS, Governors Island National Monument, GRD, GRI, map, National Park Service, New York, New York Bay, NPS, Statue of Liberty National Monument, STLI
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Coastal/Oceanographic Features and Processes