CONTENTS 



Page 



I INTRODUCTION 5 



1. Background 5 



2. Field and Laboratory Procedures 6 



3. Scope 8 



4. Geographic Setting 11 



5. Geologic Setting and Regional Stratigraphy 11 



II GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SHALLOW SUBBOTTOM STRUCTURE . 19 



1. Natural Effects 19 



2. Shallow Subbottom Structure 22 



3. Effects of Man 32 



HI SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC 



AND DISTRIBUTION 41 



IV SEDIMENT ORIGINS 45 



V SAND NEEDS AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL 50 



1. Sand Fill Requirements for Area Beaches 50 



2. Suitability of Sand for Beach Nourishment 53 



3. Potential Borrow Areas and Volumes 53 



4. Contemporary Disposal Sites 56 



VI SUMMARY 56 



LITERATURE CITED 58 



APPENDIX 



A SEDIMENT DESCRffTIONS 65 



B GRANULOMETRIC DATA 73 



TABLES 



1 Comparative Stratigraphy of Inner New York Bight 15 



2 Coast Guard Boring Logs for Holes 2 and 3 from the Flank of Diamond Hill 



for Ambrose Light Station 25 



3 Coast Guard Boring Logs for Holes 1 and 2 at the Scotland Light Navigation 



Station East of Sandy Hook, New Jersey 27 



4 Log of Ambrose Boring No. 4. (Diamond Hill Area) 37 



5 Sand Volume Requirements for Beaches of Inner New York Bight 53 



6 Coast Guard Core Descriptions 56 



