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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 77-11 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



SAND RESOURCES ON THE INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF OF 

 THE CAPE FEAR REGION, NORTH CAROLINA 



S. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORrs; 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs) 



Edward P. Meisburger 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-GE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



B31466 



I t. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building. Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



November 1977 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



2^ 



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15. SECURITY CLASS, (of thia report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT fof Ihia Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



9. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverse side if necessary and identify by block number) 



Beach nourishment 

 Borrow sites 



Cape Fear, North Carolina 

 Inner Continental Shelf 



Sand deposits 



Sediment deposits 



Seismic reflection profiles 



20. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse aide If neceaeary and Identify by block number)- 



The Inner Continental Shelf of North Carolina between the South Carolina 

 border and Cape Lookout was investigated to obtain information on bottom and 

 subbottom sediment deposits and geologic structure. 



Primary survey coverage consists of 512 statute miles (824 kilometers) of 

 high-resolution seismic reflection profiles and 124 cores ranging in length 

 from 2 to 20 feet (0.6 to 6.1 meters). 



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