Smith, 1996

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Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Peter C. Smith

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: Smith, 1996

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Abstract:

Recent, severe and persistent erosion along the New Jersey coastline has led to the development of shoreline remediation plans which require the emplacement of large volumes of beach quality sand at the shoreface. To meet the enormous demand for beach quality sediment, nearshore detached sand ridges are investigated to characterize their physical suitability for beach remediation. Analysis of 303 km of seismic reflection (GEOPULSE) profiles and twenty Vibracores (1-6 m) on the inner shelf off of Avalon, New Jersey documents five distinct lithologies which comprise two unconformity bounded units. The lithologies, in relative temporal order, are interpreted as: 1) Pleistocene lake and estuarine facies; 2) Pleistocene fluvial channel facies; 3) Holocene estuarine facies; 4) tidal ravinement channel facies; and 5) inner shelf sand ridge facies.

The two unconformity bounded sequences are separated from one another in seismic section by a regional unconformity. The inner shelf sand ridge facies is part of the upper sequence and forms the topographic linear ridge systems. Three large sand ridges are identified through seismic analysis, two of which are considered to be of potential economic importance based upon their location, sediment characteristics and volume estimates. The Inner Sand Ridge contains an estimated 37 million cubic meters of usable sediment. Wood fragments dated at greater than 42 ka were recovered from the lower sequence below the regional unconformity.

Purpose:

To investigate sources of beach replenishment sand in federal waters offshore of New Jersey

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Theme_Keyword: Rutgers University

Theme_Keyword: New Jersey Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: vibracores

Theme_Keyword: navigation

Theme_Keyword: descriptions

Theme_Keyword: grain size

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: silt

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection profiles

Theme_Keyword: Minerals Management Service

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Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: continental shelf

Place_Keyword: Avalon Shoal

Place_Keyword: Offshore New Jersey

Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic

Place_Keyword: New York Bight

Place_Keyword: U.S. East coast

Place_Keyword: continental shelf

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Andrea Friedman

Contact_Organization: New Jersey Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 29 Arctic Pkwy

Address: PO Box 427

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625-0427

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 292-1185

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 633-1004

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Andrea.Friedman@dep.state.nj.us

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Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Smith (1996). Jamey Reid for entering the data for the source report.

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Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Peter C. Smith

Publication_Date: October 1996

Title:

Nearshore Ridges and Underlying Upper Pleistocene Sediment on the Inner Continental Shelf of New Jersey

Edition: 1.0

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Series_Information:

Series_Name: MSc. Thesis

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Publisher: Dept. of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University

Other_Citation_Details:

Supported through New Jersey Geological Survey's Cooperative Agreements #14-35-0001-30666 and #14-35-0001-30751 with Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, to investigate sources of beach replenishment sand in federal waters offshore of New Jersey.

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All attributes were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner.

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No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

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Core locations and descriptions are provided for 20 vibracores with unique field ids; grain size statistics are provided for 176 analyses

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Navigation equipment consisted of a ship-mounted Loran-C navigational system and a mobile NAVSTAR Global Positioning System transponder with antenna.

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Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain-size statistics were hand-entered from the Smith Thesis to create an Excel spreadsheet file. Additional fields were added for project identification purposes.

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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x 2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov

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Digital data were checked, formatted to dbSEABED input format, then processed using dbSEABED software to produce a range of output formats. The processing contained quality checking that may have declined to pass faulty or suspect data to outputs.

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Process_Date: 20020717

Process_Contact:

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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)

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Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

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Corrected latitudes and longitudes with updated information sent by Andrea Friedman of NJGS.

Process_Date: January 2005

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Sample identifiers, navigation, core descriptions, and grain size statistics from the Smith Rutgers University MSc. thesis project off Avalon, New Jersey. Facies descriptions were also included in both the core log descriptions and grain size data.

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Andrea Friedman

Contact_Organization: New Jersey Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 29 Arctic Pkwy

Address: PO Box 427

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625-0427

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 292-1185

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 633-1004

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Andrea.Friedman@dep.state.nj.us

Resource_Description: Smith, 1996 thesis data

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Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy

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