Sand Resources on the Inner Continental Shelf of the Cape May Region, New Jersey.

• Main Authors: Meisburger,Edward P, Williams,S Jeffress
• Other Authors: COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT BELVOIR VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; Civil Engineering; *SAND; *OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING; PARTICLE SIZE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; DREDGED MATERIALS; SEDIMENTS; BEACHES; NEW JERSEY; FILLING; CORE SAMPLING; Cape May; ICONS(Inner Continental Shelf Sediment and Structure); LPN-DA-D31665; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA088636; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA088636

About 1,235 square kilometers of the Inner Continental Shelf adjacent to Cape May peninsula was investigated by a seismic reflection and coring survey to obtain geologic information on sea floor and subbottom sand and gravel deposits having suitable characteristics for use as fill in beach nourishme...