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Technical Memorandum No. 54 



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4. TITLE fond Sub«(/e; 



Geomorphology, Shallow Structure, and Sediments of the 

 Florida Inner Continental Shelf, Cape Canaveral to Georgia 



7. AUTHORfs; 



Edward P. Meisburger 

 Michael E. Field 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-GE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Technical Memorandum 



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11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



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10. PROGRAM ELEMENT, PROJECT. TASK 

 AREA a WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



C31191 



12. REPORT DATE 



July 1975 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



119 



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19. KEY WORDS (Contii 



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Artificial Beach Nourishment 

 Florida Inner Continental Shelf 

 Geomorphology 



Seismic Reflection 

 Sediments 



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The inner Continental Shelf off eastern Florida between Cape Canaveral and Georgia was 

 surveyed to obtain information on bottom morphology and sediments, subbottom structure, and 

 sand deposits (borrow sites) suitable for restoration and nourishment of nearby beaches. Primary 

 survey data consist of 1,153 statute miles of high-resolution seismic reflection surveys and 197 



;nt cores. 



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sediment cores. 



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