PREFACE 



This report provides data and information on the geomorphology, geologic 

 character, and sediment distribution on a part of Lake Erie with specific 

 emphasis on locating, describing, and delineating offshore sand deposits having 

 potential for use as fill material for beach nourishment projects on Presque 

 Isle Peninsula. Seismic reflection data and sediment cores comprise the data 

 base for this study which will contribute to the Beach Erosion Control Study 

 of Presque Isle Peninsula, Erie, Pennsylvania, being conducted by the U.S. Army 

 Engineer District, Buffalo. The work was carried out under the U.S. Army Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center's (CERC) Barrier Island Sedimentation Studies work 

 unit, Shore Protection and Restoration Program, Coastal Engineering Area of 

 Civil Works Research and Development. 



The report was prepared principally by S. Jeffress Williams, Geologist, with 

 the assistance of Edward P. Meisburger, Geologist, in all phases of the study, 

 under the general supervision of Dr. C.H. Everts, Chief, Engineering Geology 

 Branch, and Mr. N. Parker, Chief, Engineering Development Division, CERC. 



The authors acknowledge the assistance of the following people: D.A. Prins 

 for collecting and reducing the data, J. Pope and D. Clark (Buffalo District) 

 for their support and interest in conducting the study. Professor P. Knuth 

 (Edinboro State College) for providing unpublished data and sediment samples 

 from his own studies and several of his students for their help in collecting 

 the survey data. 



Original copies of the seismic profiles, as well as the cores, are stored at 

 CERC. Requests for information relative to these data should be directed 

 to S.J. Williams at CERC. 



Technical Director of CERC was Dr. Robert W. Whalin, P.E., upon publication 

 of this report. 



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. 



TED E. BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



