LIST OF FIGURES 



Figure £M£ 



1 N. Y. Bight Dumping Grounds 8 



2 Northeastern Coastal Sector o£ the United States 

 Including the New York Bight 29 



3 Recent Bathymetry of the Continental Shelf 



Outside New York Harbor 30 



4 Bathymetry of the Continental Shelf Outside New 



York Harbor, based on an 1845 Survey 31 



5 Isopach of Fill Material 32 



6 Track of Geophysical Reflection Studies and 

 Location of Core, Boring and Sampling Sites 

 of CERC's Inner Continental Shelf Study 



Program (ICONS) 33 



7 Stratigraphy of Sediments in the Vicinity of the 

 Dumping Grounds as Revealed from Cores and 



Subbottom Profiling Studies 35 



8 Sediment Distribution in Lower New York Bay and on 



the Continental Shelf Outside New York Harbor 37 



9 The Sandy Hook Laboratory's Hydrographic Stations, ... 40 



10 Time History of Drifter Returns 42 



11 Net Currents in Raritan and Lower Bays 43 



12 Surface Drifter Returns S Total Percent Recovery 



Lines for 1969 45 



13 Origin of Surface Drifters Recovered on Long 



Island 45 



14 Origin of Surface Drifters Recovered on New 



Jersey Coast 45 



15 Progressive Vector Representation of Current 

 Meter Data from Stations A, B, and C of Sandy 



Hook Laboratory 47 



16 Seabed Drifter Returns: Total Percent Recovery 



Lines for 1969 48 



