View larger image | Ike's winds forced a 5-meter storm surge into Galveston Bay. Much of that water rushed back to sea through the Bolivar Roads Inlet (below, arrow). The flow's force took the tops off shell-and-gravel ridges and dumped new deposits on the inlet floor (sonar images on right show area in red box on map). Credit: Left map USGS, adapted by T. Dubé; map inset ATLAS/Map Resources; right J. Goff et al/Geology 2010