Sand And Gravel

Details

• Personal Author:
  Schlee, John S. ; Sanko, Peter.
• Corporate Authors:
  New York Sea Grant Institute. ; Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NYSGI/NYEXT (New York Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Sand and gravel deposits on the continental shelf in New York Bight cover a wide area, Sand is found over the entire shelf; gravel is distributed in patches east of northern New Jersey. The sand exists as a veneer up to several meters thick, covering older shelf deposits. Accurate estimates of the thickness of the sand cover will have to await detailed acoustic surveys coupled to core data. A rough estimate shows that 26,446 million short tons of sand plus gravel occur in a 15,112 km 2 (9,385 mi²) area of the inner shelf off New Jersey.
• Keywords:
  Dredging Gravel Sand
• Series:
  MESA New York Bight atlas monograph   21
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  NYSSGP-AM ; 75-017 ; SUNY-T3-75-004
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  New York Bight (N.J. and N.Y.)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7507ba4e0bfa1e3d47446235de5ce030d563c814d6c465ea0840fe5c77bbe461d0a2092b5ab6b0d07e9654445311c422d2afd5031e0c5cf3ba696e4c0cdbb537
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/41586/noaa_41586_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 22.39 MB ]