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Table 3-1 



Results of Sediment Grain Size Analyses and Percent Total 

 Organic Carbon for Reference Areas at the New London Disposal Site, June 1991 





WREF 



NE-REF 



NLON-REF 



DESCRIPTION 



Dark grey 

 sand 



Dark grey 



sand with 



shell fragments 



Dark grey 



sand with 



shell fragments 



% TOTAL 

 ORGANIC 

 CARBON 





Rep 1 



0.48 



0.54 



0.38 



Rep 2 



0.29 



0.51 



0.38 



Rep 3 



0.68 



0.45 



0.40 



Average 



0.48 



0.50 



0.39 



GRAIN SIZE 

 ANALYSIS 





% Coarse Sand 

 (1-1 phi) 



2 



1 



2 



% Medium Sand 

 (2-1 phi) 



10 



50 



4 



% Fine Sand 



(4-2 phi) 



61 



58 



67 



% Silt 

 (^4 phi) 



13.7 



22.7 



16.7 



% Clay 

 (;>4 phi) 



13 



13 



10 



Monitoring Cruise at the New London Disposal Site, June 1991 



