The linear shoals of the northern Delmarva shelf have a potential 

 for use as a sand source for beach restoration projects. Shoal sands 

 are fine to coarse sizes, are well sorted to moderately sorted, and reach 

 a thickness of up to 10 meters. Most shoals contain between 15.3 to 53.5 

 million cubic meters (20 to 70 million cubic yards) of sand, and it is 

 conservatively estimated that combined, the shoals contain approximately 

 1.7 billion cubic meters (2.2 billion cubic yards) of material that is 

 suitable for nourishment of eroding beaches. 



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