PREFACE 



This report is one of a series presenting 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. 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 and S. Jeffress Williams, 

 CERC geologists, under the general supervision of Dr. C.H. Everts, Chief, Engi- 

 neering Geology Branch, Engineering Development Division (EDO) . As part of the 

 research program of EDD, the ICONS study is under the general supervision of 

 N. Parker, Chief of the Division. The fieldwork (obtaining cores and continuous 

 seismic reflection profile records) was accomplished under contract by Alpine 

 Geophysical Associates, Inc. 



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 in- 

 formation 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. 



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Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



