CONTENTS 



Page 



I INTRODUCTION . 7 



1. Background 7 



2. Field and Laboratory Procedures 8 



3. Scope 9 



4. Geology of the Survey Area 12 



II INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE . 16 



1. Bottom Configuration " 16 



2. Shallow Subbottom Structure, Cape Canaveral Grid 20 



m SURFACE AND SUBBOTTOM SEDIMENT CAHARACTERISTICS . . 26 



1. Cape Canaveral Grid 26 



2. Canaveral Bight and Reconnaissance Area 37 



3. Areal Beach Sediments 41 



IV DISCUSSION 44 



1 . Sediment Distribution and Origin 44 



2. Quaternary Development of the Inner Shelf 50 



3. Inventory of Sand Deposits 54 



V SUMMARY 68 



LITERATURE CITED 71 



APPENDIX A SELECTED GEOPHYSICAL PROFILES 79 



B SEDIMENT DESCRIPTIONS OF SELECTED CORES 85 



TABLES 



1 Stratigraphic Column; Upper Eocene to Recent: Atlantic 



Central Florida 12 



2 Lateral Extent and Abundance of Fauna in the Study Area 32 



3 Fill Requirements for Brevard County 55 



4 Comparison of Mean Grain Size and Standard Deviation for 



Sands from Potential Borrow Areas and Beach Profiles 56 



FIGURES 



1 Map of the Major Physiographic Provinces of the Florida Continental 



Margin . . . . ; 10 



2 Navigation Plot Showing Geophysical Tracldines and Core Locations, 



Cape Canaveral Grid 11 



3 Topograpliic Map of Canaveral Peninsula Showing Orientation of Beach 



Ridges 15 



