Table 2-1 



Qualitative Sediment Characterization 



at Rockland Disposal Site 

 May 198 5 



Station 



200W 

 lOOW 



SOW 



CENTER 



50E 



lOOE 



150E 

 200E 

 300E 



400E 

 450E 



500E 



200N/150E 



100N/150E 



100S/150E 



200S/150E 



300S/150E 



400S/150E 



500S/150E 



600S/150E 



r 



Benthic organisms 



Sediment Description 



Natural bottom 



Dredged material; sandy silt with wood, 

 clay, shale fragments 



Soft sandy silt with clay clumps and 

 gravel, possibly old dredged material 



Sandy silt over silty sand with gravel, 

 well-colonized 



Dredged material, sandy silt with clay 

 clumps and stones 



Similar to 50E with hard packed clay 

 clumps 



Similar to lOOE with cobble 



Large stone (25cm, incomplete grab) 



Sandy silt with lar^e clay clumps and 

 gravel 



Sandy silt with hard clay and stones 



Soft natural bottom, well colonized, 

 Nephtys , starfish, sea cucumber 



Same as 450E 



Natural bottom, starfish 



Large stone, incomplete grab 



Dredged material with clay clumps , stones 



Same as 100S/150E 



Dredged material with coarse sand, gravel, 

 clay clumps 



Silty sand, stones, wood chips, colonized, 

 possibly old dredged material 



Dredged material with clay clumps, gravel, 

 shell fragments 



Natural bottom, starfish, worms 



are mentioned when seen in qrab sample^ 



