The BEP is an extended study of the protective capacity of selected 

 beaches, initiated after the extreme destruction wrought by the East 

 Coast Storm of March 1962. BEP reports for Ludlam Island and Long Beach 

 Island are in preparation; the effects of the December 1970 storm on these 

 beaches are analyzed in DeWall, Pritchett, and Galvin (1977). The 

 Atlantic City beaches were reported in Everts, DeWall, and Czerniak, 

 (1975). 



Ramsey and Galvin (1971) contains detailed descriptions of the methods 

 of analyses of sample set A as well as appendixes with the basic data 

 pertaining to sample set A. 



3. Previous Work . 



MacCarthy (1931) analyzed samples collected by the U.S. Coast Guard 

 from three New Jersey beaches; McMaster (1954) collected and analyzed 34 

 samples from the same three beaches. Both analyses showed that sand size 

 decreases to the south along this section of the New Jersey coast. The 

 results of both MacCarthy and McMaster are compared with the results of 

 this study in a later section. 



Settling velocities of beach and dune sands from Avalon (just south 

 of Ludlam Island) and Beach Haven (Long Beach Island) , and from points 

 between these two locations, have been compared by Hand (1967), but with- 

 out discussing mean size. 



II. PROCEDURE 



1. Collecting and Cataloging Samples . 



The analysis procedure for sample set A is outlined on the flow chart 

 in Figure 8. The procedure is also detailed in Ramsey and Galvin (1971), 

 which includes complete appendixes. Samples were obtained by surveyors 

 from surveyed locations on the profile while the profile was being surveyed, 

 so the position and elevation of these samples are accurately known. At 

 CERC, the latitude and longitude of each sample station were determined to 

 the nearest 0.01 minute. These locations are listed in Appendix A of 

 Ramsey and Galvin (1971) . 



The surveyors collected grab samples by taking the top few inches of 

 sand with a spade. No effort was made to make the sampling technique 

 more precise than this. 



Appendix B of Ramsey and Galvin (1971) lists all analyzed samples by 

 consecutive number. (Note that the "sample number" is the number given 

 to the samples by the surveyors who collected it; the "consecutive number" 

 is the number given to the sample by the personnel at CERC who analyzed 

 it.) The depth code used to classify the elevation of the samples was 

 determined from a computer printout of the profile survey (Fig. 9). The 

 mean tidal range of 4.1 feet for each locality was taken from tide tables 



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