CONTENTS 



Page 



Section I. INTRODUCTION 1 



1 . Background ..... 1 



2. Field and Laboratory Procedures 2 



3. Scope 4 



Section II. HYDROGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STUDY AREA 8 



1. Hydrography 8 



2. Geologic Setting 10 



3. Shallow Subbottom Structure and Bedding. ... 15 



4. Sediment Characteristics and Distribution. . . 20 



Section III. DISCUSSION 32 



Section IV. SAND RESOURCES 37 



1. Sand Volume Requirements 37 



2. Sand Suitability and Potential Borrow Areas. . 37 



Section V. SW1MARY 41 



APPENDIX A - SELECTED GEOPHYSICAL PROFILES 42 



APPENDIX B - GRANULOMETRIC DATA 45 



APPENDIX C - SEDIMENT DESCRIPTIONS 48 



LITERATURE CITED 59 



Figure 



1. Map o£ the Chesapeake Bight region showing coverage of the 

 Chesapeake Bay Entrance ICONS survey 



2a. Geophysical track lines and core locations for the 



Chesapeake Bay Entrance survey grid 



2b. Geophysical track lines and core locations for the 



Virginia Beach reconnaissance survey 



3. Gross morphology of the bottom in Chesapeake Bay Entrance 

 area 



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