APPENDIX A 



COMPILATION OF SUSPENDED- SEDIMENT DATA 



Compilation of data from suspended-sediment collections at the Ventnor 

 City Pier, May 1965 (Table A-1) and the Nags Head Jennette's Pier, April 

 1964 (Table A-2) is as follows: 



Column No. Heading D escription-^ 



1 Sample No. Consecutive number of sample collection pump- 



ing (missing numbers are samples which were dis- 

 carded or below minimum sample weight). 



2 C Concentration of sample (in parts per thousand) 



by weight. 



3 Sta. No. Station number is distance (in feet) from con- 



crete wall on landward side of boardwalk at 

 Ventnor and the shoreward end of the pier 

 deck, landward of the dune line at Nags Head. 



4 E Nozzle height above bottom (in feet) . 



5 V^ Nozzle intake velocity (in feet per second) . 



6 Hg Significant wave height (in feet) from gage at 



station number 1015 at Ventnor and station 

 number 650 at Nags Head. 



7 d Water depth (in feet) at point of sample 



collection. 



8 S Horizontal distance from the breaker line to the 



sampling station at the time of the sample. 

 (Distances to stations landward of the breaker 

 line are positive.) 



9 Breaker type Identified as: sp, spilling waves; p, 



plunging waves; and spp, spilling- 

 plunging waves. 



10 Sg Distance (in feet) from sampling station to 



SWL-beach slope intercept. 



11 Tg Significant wave period (in seconds). 



12 Tide Water level (in feet) above or below MSL. 

 ^See also Symbols and Definitions 



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