Interpretative Analysis of Surficial Sediments as an Aid in Transport Studies of Dredged Materials Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• Main Authors: Ferland,M A, Weishar,L L
• Other Authors: COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER VICKSBURG MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1984
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Civil Engineering; *Sediment transport; Florida; North Atlantic Ocean; Continental shelves; Ocean bottom; Sediments; Dredged materials; Waste disposal; Ocean currents; Sites; Cape Canaveral; Port Canaveral; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA140759; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA140759

Analyses of surface and core Sediment samples; dredging records; bathymetric surveys; wind, wave, and current data; and pertinent literature were undertaken to determine the amount and direction of sediment transport from a dredge disposal site. The site is located 4.5 miles east of Cocoa Beach, Flo...