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1. REPORT NUMBER 

 TM-45 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (ana Subtitle) 



GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTS OF THE INNER 

 NEW YORK BIGHT CONTINENTAL SHELF 



S. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOO COVERED 



Technical Memorandum 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHOR'S) 



S. Jeffress Williams 

 David B. Duane 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(a) 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-GE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



10. PROGRAM ELEMENT, PROJECT, TASK 

 AREA a WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



09-1001 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



July 1974 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 81 



14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME 4 AODRESSf// different from Controlling Office) 



15. SECURITY CLASS, (ol thta report) 



Unclassified 



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16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of this Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 



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19. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverse aide it neceaaary and Identity by block number) 



Beach Nourishment Inner New York Bight Sediments 

 Continental Shelf Sand Sources Seismic Reflection 

 Geomorphology 



20. ABSTRACT ('Continue on reverse aide If neceaaary and Identify by block number) 



Approximately 445 miles of continuous seismic reflection profiles and 61 vibrating cores were 

 obtained from the Inner New York Bight which encompasses about 250 square miles of the 

 offshore from northern New Jersey and western Long Island. The major physiographic features 

 include Sandy Hook and Rockaway Beach, both prograding barrier islands, Shrewsbury Rocks and 

 the Hudson (submarine) Channel. Shrewsbury Rocks mark the demarcation between two distinct 

 geomorphic provinces. The area north of Shrewsbury Rocks is underlain by Coastal Plain strata 



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