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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 82-9 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. T\TLE (and Subtitle) 



GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER AND MINERAL RESOURCES 

 OF SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE ERIE 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



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AUTHORfs; 



S. Jeffress Williams 

 Edward P. Meisburger 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs; 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-GE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



C31665 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



October 1982 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 62 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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Beach nourishment Lake Erie 



Presque Isle 



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During the summers of 1977 and 1978, a 900-square kilometer region of 

 southern Lake Erie, between the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Erie, Pennsyl- 

 vania, was surveyed, using high resolution seismic reflection equipment and 

 long vibracores, to determine the shallow subbottom geologic character of the 

 lake floor. Emphasis was placed on describing the sediments and identifying 

 deposits of sand and gravel that might be dredged and used as fill for beach 



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