of great interest to the Corps of Engineers' activities is our delinea- 

 tion of a gravel deposit offshore from New Jersey. It is our feeling that 

 the publication about the gravel deposit should create considerable interest 

 in industry. It is also interesting to note that the gravel appears to be 

 associated with a former, possibly Pleistocene, drainage channel of the 

 Hudson River. This, then, is another example illustrating that the offshore 

 is a continuation of the same geology known above sea level. 



DISCUSSION 



Question: Are you limiting exploration to the Shelf area only? 



Answer: Work is starting on the Shelf because that is where the greatest 

 amount of information is available. To answer in another fashion, the 

 Shelf is being studied because (a) it is close by and therefore accessible, 

 (b) there is a firm foundation of knowledge of the land which may be ex- 

 tended seaward, and (c) more information is available concerning the Shelf 

 than is known about deep ocean areas. Studies will be made later of areas 

 further from shore. 



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