a sea anchor, minimizing the effect of wind-produced currents «, The drift 

 intervals varied from 1 day to 166 days o The recovery points were 

 scattered between northern New Jersey and North Carolina o Thirty-one bottles 

 among the returns were ones that had been released with drags a 



A recapitulation of the releases and recoveries follows g 



From 106 releases at 7 stations on a line approximately 3 miles off 

 the New Jersey coast, 20 recoveries came from New Jersey and 3 came from 

 southern points. 



From 118 releases at 8 stations on a line approximately 10 miles off 

 the New Jersey coast, 2 3 recoveries came from New Jersey and 4 came from 

 southern points. 



From 124 releases at 8 stations on a line approximately 17 miles off 

 the New Jersey coast, 1 recovery came from New Jersey and 1 came from a 

 southern point© 



From 90 releases at 6 stations on a line approximately 25 miles off 

 the New Jersey coast, 2 recoveries came from New Jersey and 6 came from 

 southern points o 



From 51 releases at 2 stations on a line approximately 40 miles off 

 the New Jersey coast there were no recoveries. 



A detailed study of these releases and recoveries indicated thats 



!• Buoyant substances dumped into the waste disposal 

 area off the New Jersey and New York coasts drift awayo 



2o The resultant drift prevailing from July through 

 November of 1948 was south to southwest at probably a speed of 2 

 to 9 miles-per-day« 



3o The direction and speed of transport was primarily 

 dependent upon the prevailing currents rather than on winds o 



4o There was a critical north-south line between 10 

 and 17 miles off the New Jersey coasto Bottles released west of 

 this line reached New Jersey within a few dayso Bottles released 

 east of this line reached New Jersey only after two weeks if at alio 



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