CONTENTS 



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Section I. INTRODUCTION 1 



1. Background 1 



2. Field and Laboratory Procedures 2 



3. Scope 4 



4. Geologic Setting 4 



Section II. GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SHALLOW SUBBOTTOM STRUCTURE OF 



THE CONTINENTAL SHELF 13 



1. Continental Shelf Geomorphology 13 



2. Shallow Subbottom Structure 17 



Section III. CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACE AND SHALLOW SUBBOTTOM 



SEDIMENTS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF 29 



1. General ...... 29 



Section IV. INTERPRETATION 43 



1. Sediment Distribution and Origin 43 



2. Sand Requirements 49 



3. Suitability 51 



4. Potential Borrow Areas 54 



Section V. SUMMARY 67 



LITERATURE CITED ' 69 



APPENDIX A - Selected Geophysical Profiles . '. 73 



APPENDIX B - Granulometric Data 79 



APPENDIX C - Core Descriptions . . 86 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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I Stratigraphic Column: Upper-Eocene to Recent: Cape Kennedy- 

 Palm Beach, Florida, Coastal Zone 9 



II Constituents most Commonly Found in Coarse Fraction - Fort 

 Pierce Sediments 30 



III Fill Requirements for Martin County, and Brevard County 



South of Canaveral Harbor Inlet 50 



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