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TP 77-5 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN THE LITTORAL ZONE AT 

 VENTNOR, NEW JERSEY, AND NAGS HEAD, NORTH 

 CAROLINA 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Technical Paper 



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7. AUTHORfsJ 



John C. Fairchild 



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9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CP] 



Kingman Building, Fort' Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



D31196 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building. Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



April 1977 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



97 



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Longshore transport 



Nags Head, North Carolina 



Pump sampler 



sary- and identity by block number) 



Sand sampling 



Suspended sediment 

 Ventnor, New Jersey 

 Waves 



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Suspended- sediment samples were collected in and near the surf zone from 

 Jennette's Pier, Nags Head, North Carolina, and the City Pier, Ventnor, New 

 Jersey, using a tractor-mounted pump sampler. Maximum suspended- sediment 

 concentrations at Ventnor ranged up to 2.6 parts per thousand by weight, and 

 at Nags Head iip to about 4.0 parts per thousand. As in previous studies, 

 the log of concentration decreased linearly with elevation above bottom for 



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