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FIGURES- -Continued 



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20 Photos of typical shelf sediment 56 



21 Surface textural trend from 43 cores along western Long 



Island showing subtle fining of sediment from Montauk west 



to Fire Island 57 



22 Photos of typical shelf sediment 59 



23 Photos of typical shelf sediment 61 



24 Map showing six CERC cores containing organic material dated 



by radiometric methods to obtain the Holocene sea level curve. 62 



25 Sea level curves for the Holocene transgression 64 



26 Sandfill requirements for beach restoration for seven coastal 



compartments in order of priority 66 



27 Sand borrow areas for the eastern Long Island shelf 68 



28 Sand borrow areas for the central Eong Island shelf 69 



29 Sand borrow areas for western Long Island 70 



30 Map showing sand thickness in feet for borrow area M 76 



