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MR 77-5 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



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4. TITLE, (and Subtitle) 



SIZE ANALYSIS OF SAND SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN 

 NEW JERSEY BEACHES 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



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7. AUTHORf«; 



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Michael D. Ramsey 

 Cyril J. Calvin, Jr. 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CP) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



D31194 



n. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



March 1977 



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K 



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Beach fills Size analysis 



Coastal engineering Southern New Jersey 



Sand 



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V The size of sand on Atlantic coast beaches of southern New Jersey was 

 studied by analyzing 788 sand samples. In north-to-south order, the samples 

 were collected at Island Beach, Long Beach Island, Brigantine, Atlantic City, 

 and Ludlam Island. Sand size generally decreased from north to south, with 

 size at the two northernmost sites noticeably coarser on the average than 

 the size at the three southern sites. Results from Long Beach Island, 

 Atlantic City, and Ludlam Island, where most of the data were collected, 



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