PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers with data on 

 median sand size from Atlantic coast beaches of New Jersey. Sand is the 

 most common material on beaches throughout the United States, and median 

 size is the standard characteristic used to describe beach sand for engi- 

 neering purposes. The work was carried out under the Beach Evaluation 

 Program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by Michael D. Ramsey, a former student trainee, 

 and Cyril J. Calvin, Jr., Chief, Coastal Processes Branch, under the gen- 

 eral supervision of R.P. Savage, Chief, Research Division, CERC. 



The authors acknowledge the assistance of the surveyors from the U.S. 

 Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, who collected the samples analyzed. 

 Dr. D.B. Duane, C. Judge, M. Koenig, J.C. Muzik, and P. Turner provided 

 the Rapid Sediment Analyzer (RSA) analyses. A.E. DeWall, W.N. Seelig, 

 L.W. Tenney, M.W. Leffler, and B.H. Gwinnup assisted in the data analyses 

 and report preparation. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



TOHN H. COUSINS 

 'Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



