PREFACE 



This report is one of a series which describes results of the Inner 

 Continental Shelf Sediment and Structure (ICONS) study. The primary 

 objective of the ICONS study is locating and delineating offshore sand and 

 gravel deposits suitable for beach nourishment and restoration (Duane, 

 1968) . The work was carried out under the coastal processes program of 

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



The report was prepared by Edward P. Meisburger, a CERC geologist, 

 with the assistance of R. Rector and S.J. Williams, who served successively 

 as Acting Chief, Geotechnical Engineering Branch, and Dr. C.H. Everts, the 

 present Chief. As part of the research program of the Engineering Develop- 

 ment Division, the ICONS study is under the general supervision of 

 Mr. George Watts, Chief of the Division. The fieldwork (obtaining cores 

 and continuous seismic reflection profile records) was accomplished under 

 contract by Alpine Geophysical Associates, Inc. A preliminary study of 

 the data was made by Dr. M.E. Field, a former geologist at CERC, and 

 presently with the U.S. Geological Survey. 



Microfilm copy of all seismic data is stored at the National Solar and 

 Terrestrial Geophysical Data Center (NSTGDC) , Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

 Cores collected during the field survey program are in a repository at the 

 University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76010, under agreement with CERC. 

 Requests for information relative to these items should be directed to 

 NSTGDC or the University of Texas. 



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. 



JOHN H. COUSINS 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



