1968-69 



2. SAVAGE, R.P., and WOODHOUSE, W.W., Jr., "Creation and Stabilization of Coastal 



Barrier Dunes," Proceedings of 11th Conference on Coastal Engineering, London, 

 England, 1968, pp. 671-700 (also Reprint 3-69, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, 

 Coastal Engineering Research Center, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1969), AD No. 

 697 532. 



This paper presents the results of field experiments to create and stabilize barrier dunes 

 along the North Carolina coast during the past decade. All of the experimental work has 

 been carried out on low-lying barrier islands, a geographical environment typical of most of 

 the Atlantic and gulf coasts of the United States. The experimentation has been directed 

 toward the use of sand fences and dune grasses to catch and hold windblown sand and thus 

 create and maintain a barrier dune. 



1970 



3. GAGE, B.O., "Experimental Dunes of the Texas Coast," MP 1-70, U.S. Army, Corps of 



Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Washington, D.C., Jan. 1970, 

 NTIS AD No. 702 902. 



Report describes experiments of creating and stabilizing sand dunes to protect the 

 coast. Four locations were selected: the southwest end of Galveston Island, Packery 

 Channel, Newport Pass on North Padre Island, and Corpus Cliristi Pass. Low areas of tlie 

 barrier islands were planted in beach grass in an attempt to establish dunes without the aid 

 of sand fences. Snow fencing was used to accumulate windblown sand, and beach grass 

 planted to stabilize dunes. Junk car bodies were placed in line parallel to beaches to 

 establisli and stabUize dunes by trapping sand. Since snow fences are more effective and 

 much cheaper, junk cars are not recommended for building dunes. 



4. GROSS, M.G., "Preliminary Analysis of Urban Waste, New York Metropolitan Region," 



Technical Report No. 5, Marine Science Research Center, State University of New 

 York, Stony Brook, Mar. 1970, 35 pp., NTIS AD No. 746 959. 



Preliminary analyses were made of 17 sewage sludge samples from sewage treatment 

 plants serving 11.9 million jiersons in the New York metropolitan region. The sludge 

 consists of about 55-percent organic matter, whicii accounts for about 55 percent of the 

 total oxygen demand. Aboiif 45 percent of the sludge is aluminosilicate material, chemically 

 similar to shale. The sludge samples are enriched (compared to sedimentary rocks, soUs, and 

 organisms) in the following elements: chromium, copper, lead, and tin. These elements are 

 common industrial materials, and are known to be highly toxic to marine organisms; some 

 are carcinogenic. The preUminary analyses indicate semiquantitative spectrochemical 

 analyses may be useful for determining order-of-magnitude concentrations of 24 elements 



