Selected References

The following references contain basic textural data, discuss sea-floor sediment distribution, or relate to sediment classification schemes in the New York-New Jersey offshore region.

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Allen-Lafayette, Z., Uptegrove, J., Waldner, J.S., Hall, D.W., Smith, P.C., Ashley, G.M., Sheridan, R.E., Goss, M.C., Muller, F.L., and Keller, E., 1998, Identified potential beach replenishment sand sources, onshore and offshore New Jersey, in Digital Mapping Techniques '98, Champaign, IL, 1998, Proceedings: Champaign, Ill., p. 104-105, ONLINE

Alpine Geophysical Associates, 1969, Final report on data reduction for CERC New Jersey Offshore Sand Inventory Program: Coastal Engineering Research Center, 48 p.

Amato, R.V., 1994, Sand and gravel maps of the Atlantic Continental Shelf with explanatory text, U.S. Minerals Management Service OCS Monograph MMS 93-0037, scale 1:1,000,000, 35 p.

Amato, R.V., 1997, Management of sand resources on the continental shelf off New Jersey [abs.], in Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, Annual Meeting, 32nd, King of Prussia, Penn., 1997, Proceedings: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, p. 27.

Anders, F.J., Bocamazo, L.M., Tanski, J., and Davies, D.S., 1995, A cooperative shoreline erosion monitoring program, Atlantic Coast of New York [abs.], in Coastal Zone '95, Tampa, Fla.: American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 496-497.

Baldwin, S.M., Mecray, E.L., Koopmans, D.J., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., The distribution of sewage sludge, traced by elevated Silver and copper concentrations, along the Hudson Shelf Valley [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Northeastern and Southeastern Sections Joint Meeting, Tysons Corner , Va. , March 25-27, 2004.

Bishop, K.J., 2000, Assessment of offshore sediments in Area C (offshore Barnegat Inlet) from the New Jersey Continental Shelf for potential use in beach replenishment: Lawrenceville, NJ, Rider University, Senior Thesis Project, 36 p.

Bocamazo, L.M., 1991, Sea Bright to Manasquan, New Jersey, beach erosion control projects: Shore & Beach, v. 59, no. 3, p. 37-42.

Bokuniewicz, H.J., and Fray, C.T., 1979, The volume of sand and gravel resources in the lower bay of New York Harbor: Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York Special Report No. 32, 34 p.

Bokuniewicz, H.J., 1988, The study of subaqueous sand mining in New York Harbor: Marine Mining, v. 7, no. 1, p. 7-18.

Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., Bothner, M.H., and Mecray, E.L., 2001, Contaminated coastal sediments in the northeastern United States; changing sources over time [abs.]: American Geophysical Union, Eos, Transactions, v. 82, no. 20, p. S230.

Buczkowski, B.J., Reid, J.A., Jenkins, C.J., Reid, J.M., Williams, S.J., and Flocks, J.G., 2006, usSEABED: Gulf of Mexico and Carribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 146, Version 1.0, CD-ROM. ONLINE

Butman, B., Noble, M., and Folger, D., 1979, Long term observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement on the middle Atlantic continental shelf: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 1187-1205.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Schwab, W.C. and Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R.,1998, Multibeam bathymetric and backscatter maps of the Upper Hudson Shelf Valley and adjacent shelf, offshore of New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-616, 4 sheets, scale 1:125,000. ONLINE

Butman, B., 1998, Mapping the sea floor geology offshore of the New York - New Jersey metropolitan region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, FS 133-98, 2 p. ONLINE

Butman, B., Alexander, P.S., Harris, C.K., Traykovski, P.A., Buchholtz ten Brink , M.R., Lightsom, F.S., and Martini, M.A., 2003, Oceanographic observations in the Hudson Shelf Valley, December 1999 - April 2000: data report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-217, DVD-ROM. ONLINE

Butman, B., Middleton, T.J., Thieler, E.R., and Schwab, W.C.,2003, Topography, shaded relief, and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Shelf Valley, offshore of New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File-Report 03-372, DVD-ROM. ONLINE

Butman, B., Gutierrez, B.T., Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., Schwab, W.C., Blackwood, D.S., and Middleton, T.J., 2003, Photographs of the sea floor offshore of New York and New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File-Report 01-470, DVD-ROM. ONLINE

Byrnes, M.R., Hammer, R.M., Vittor, B.A., Ramsey, J.S., Snyder, D.B., Wood, J.D., Bosma, K.F., Thibaut, T.D., and Philips, N.W., 2001, Environmental survey of potential sand resource sites: offshore New Jersey. Volume I: Main Text, Volume II: Appendices: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, International Activities and Marine Minerals Division (INTERMAR), OCS Report MMS 2000-052, 664 p.

Carlisle, D., and Wallace, W.A., 1978, Sand and gravel in the greater New York area: what kind and how much?: New York Sea Grant Series, 68 p.

de Figueiredo, A.G., Jr., 1984, Submarine sand ridges: geology and development, New Jersey, USA: Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami, Ph.D. Thesis, 524 p.

Duane, D.B., 1969, A study of New Jersey and northern New England coastal waters: Shore and Beach, v. 37, no. 2, p. 12 - 16.

Duane, D.B., 1969, Sand and gravel deposits in the nearshore continental shelf, Sandy Hook to Cape May, New Jersey [abs.]: Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. Part 7, p. 53-54.

Emery, K.O., and Milliman, J.D., 1979, Quaternary sediments of the Atlantic continental shelf off the United States: Quaternaria, v. 12, p. 3-18.

Emery, K.O., and Uchupi, E., 1984, The Geology of the Atlantic Ocean: New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 1050 p.

Esker, D., 1993, Synthetic seismograms from vibracores; a tool for correlating the seismic record to the sediment record of Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey: New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, Master's Thesis, 198 p.

Esker, D., Sheridan, R.E., Ashley, G.M., Waldner, J.S., and Hall, D.W., 1996, Synthetic seismograms from vibracores; a case study in correlating the late Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of the New Jersey inner continental shelf: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, no. 6, p. 1156-1168.

Folk, R.L., 1954. The distinction between grain size and mineral composition in sedimentary rock nomenclature. Journal of Geology 62 (4), 344-359.

Folk, R.L., 1974, The petrology of sedimentary rocks: Austin, Tex., Hemphill Publishing Co., 182 p.

Foster, D.S., Swift, B.A. and Schwab, W.C., 1999, Stratigraphic Framework Maps of the Nearshore Area of Southern Long Island from Fire Island to Montauk Point, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-559. ONLINE

Freeland, G.L., and Swift, D.J.P., 1978, MESA New York Bight Atlas Monograph 10: New York Sea Grant Institute, 93 p.

Garrison, L.E., and McMaster, R.L., 1966, Sediments and geomorphology of the continental shelf off southern New England: Marine Geology, v. 4, p. 273-289.

Gaswirth, S.B., 1999, The late Pleistocene to Holocene glacial history of Raritan Bay, New Jersey: New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, M.S. Thesis, 157

Harris, C.K., Butman, B., and Traykovski, P., 2003, Winter-time circulation and sediment transport in the Hudson Shelf Valley: Continental Shelf Research, v. 23, no. 8.

Hastings M.E., Poppe, L.J., and Hathaway, J.C., 2000, Surficial sediment database, in: Poppe, L.J., and Polloni, C.F. (eds.) USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and Georeferenced Displays, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-358, CD-ROM.

Hathaway, J.C., 1971, Data File-Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference No. 71-15, 496 p.

Kastens, K.A., Fray, C.T., and Schubel, J.R., 1978, Environmental effects of sand mining in the lower bay of New York Harbor; phase 1: Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York Special Report no. 15, 139 p.

Knebel, H.J., Signell, R.P., Rendigs, R.R., Poppe, L.J., and List, J.H., 1998, Maps and illustrations showing the acoustic and textural characteristics and the distribution of bottom sedimentary environments, Long Island Sound, Connecticut-New York in Long Island Sound Environmental Studies (L.J. Poppe and C. Polloni, editors): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, Chapter 1, CD-ROM, 14 p. ONLINE

Knebel, H.J., Signell, R.P., Rendigs, R.R., Poppe, L.J., and List, J.H., 1999, Sea-floor environments in the Long Island Sound estuarine system: Marine Geology, v. 155, no. 3-4, p. 277-318.

Knebel, H.J., Lewis, R.S., and Varekamp, J.C., 2000, Regional processes, conditions, and characteristics of the Long Island Sound sea floor: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 16, no. 3, p. 519-521.

Knebel, H.J., and Poppe, L.J., 2000, Sea-floor environments within Long Island sound--A regional overview: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Thematic Section, v. 16, no. 3, p. 535-550.

Lewis, R.S., and Neff, N.F., 1992, Continental margins program - years five and six: stratigraphic and depositional history of Long Island Sound [abs.]: Program and abstracts from the Third Symposium on Studies Related to Continental Margins: a summary of year-five and year-six Activities, p. 32.

Lewis, R.S., Robinson, A.C., McHone, N., DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., Poppe, L.J., and Polloni, C., 1998, Long Island Sound bibliographic database, in Poppe, L.J., and Polloni, C., eds., Long Island Sound Environmental Studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, Chapter 7, CD-ROM. ONLINE

Lubchansky, B.J., 1999, Stratigraphic relationships of nine core samples collected from off-shore shoals located in federal waters off Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1999 Assateague Shelf and Shore Workshop, 25th: Lewes, Del., University of Delaware, unpaginated.

Lubchansky, B.J., 1999, Stratigraphic relationships of nine core samples collected from off-shore shoals located in federal waters off Atlantic City, New Jersey: Lawrenceville, NJ, Rider University, Senior Thesis Project, with appendix.

Marine Resources Development Corporation, 1979, The feasibility of offshore mining of construction minerals in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area: A technical survey: Report to U.S. Geological Survey by MRDC, 131 p.

Mauriello, M.N., 1991, Beach nourishment and dredging; New Jersey's policies: Shore & Beach, v. 59, no. 3, p. 25-28.

Mecray, E.L., Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R. and Butman, B., 1999, Contaminants and marine geology in the New York Bight: modern sediment dynamics and a legacy for the future: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-114-99, May 1999. ONLINE

Mecray, E.L., Reid, J.M., Hastings, M.E., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., 2003, Contaminated Sediments Database for Long Island Sound and the New York Bight : U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-241. ONLINE

McKinney, T.F., and Friedmann, G.M., 1970, Continental shelf sediments of Long Island, New York: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 40, no. 1, p. 213-248.

Meisburger, E.P., and Williams, S.J., 1980, Sand resources on the inner Continental Shelf of the Cape May region, New Jersey: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center Miscellaneous Report MR 80-4, 40 p.

Meisburger, E.P., and Williams, S.J., 1981, Use of vibratory coring samples for sediment surveys: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center Technical Aid 81-9, 18 p.

Meisburger, E.P., and Williams, S.J., 1982, Sand resources on the inner continental shelf off the central New Jersey coast: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center Miscellaneous Report MR 82-10, 48 p.

Milliman, J.D., 1972, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States; petrology of the sand fraction of sediments, northern New Jersey to southern Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 529-J, p. J1 - J40.

Muessig, K.W., Uptegrove, J., Waldner, J.S., Mullikin, L.G., Hall, D.W., Gilroy, J., and Muller, F.J., 1994, New Jersey's cooperative study of offshore sand resources in Federal waters for beach replenishment [abs.]: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 3, p. 64.

Mugler, M.W., 1981, Beach nourishment with dredged material: U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources Policy Study 81-0110, 66 p.

Muller, F.L., Uptegrove, J., Miller, K.G., Aubry, M.-P., Browning, J.V., Bukry, D., Burckle, L.D., Feigenson, M.D., Goss, M., Gwynn, D., Heibel, T., Kent, D.V., Liu, C., Mullikin, L., Pekar, S.F., Powars, D., Queen, D., Sugarman, P.J., and Van Fossen, M.C., 1997, Data report; Heavy mineral analysis of the upper Miocene(?) to Pleistocene sands, Cape May site, in Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results; New Jersey coastal plain; covering onshore boreholes as part of the New Jersey sea-level transect, Island Beach and Atlantic City sites, March-August 1993, Cape May site, March-April 1994: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, Tex., United States, p. 75-79.

Nevin, C.M., 1929, Sand and gravel resources of New York State: New York Geological Survey Bulletin 282, 180 p.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2001, Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet feasibility study: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Draft Feasibility Report, Integrated Environmental Impact Statement 01-679.

Ocean/Seismic/Survey, 1981, Identification of potential ocean borrow sources offshore of Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, New York: New York District Corps of Engineers Contract No. DACW51-80-C-0034, 55 p.

Paskevich, V.F., Poppe, L.J., Hastings, M.E., and Hathaway, J.C., 2001, Sea-floor photography from the Continental Margin program - a pictorial survey of benthic character and habitats along the U.S. east coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-154, CD-ROM. ONLINE

Poppe, L.J., and Polloni, C., 1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, CD-ROM. ONLINE

Poppe, L.J., and Polloni, C.F. (eds.), 2000, USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and Georeferenced Displays, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-358, CD-ROM. ONLINE

Poppe, L.J., Williams, S.J., and Paskevich, V.F., Editors, (2005). “USGS East-coast sediment analysis: procedures, database, and GIS data”, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1001, DVD-ROM. ONLINE

Pratt, R.M., 1968, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States: physiography and sediments of the deep-sea basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 529-B, 44 p.

Pulliam, J., Austin, J.A., Jr., Luhurbudi, E.C., Saustrup, S., and Stoffa, P.L., 1996, An ultrahigh resolution 3-D survey of the shallow subsurface on the continental shelf of New Jersey: Leading Edge, v. 15, no. 7, p. 839-845.

Reid, J.M., Reid, J.A., Jenkins, C.J., Hastings, M.E., Williams, S.J., and Poppe, L.J. 2005. “usSEABED: Atlantic coast offshore surficial sediment data release”, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 118, Version 1.0, CD-ROM. ONLINE

Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., Jenkins, C.J., Zimmermann, M., Williams, S.J., and Field, M.E., 2006, usSEABED: Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) Offshore Surficial-Sediment Data Release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182, version 1.0. ONLINE

Richards, H.G., 1983, Generalized structural contour maps of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: New Jersey Geological Survey Report 4, 38 p.

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Ross, D.A., 1970, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States: heavy minerals of the continental margin from southern Nova Scotia to northern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 529-G, 40 p.

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Schwab, W.C., Allison, M.A., Corso, W., Lotto, L.L., Butman, B., Buchholtz ten Brink, M., Denny, J., Danforth, W.W., and Foster, D.S., 1997, Initial results of high-resolution sea-floor mapping offshore of the New York New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan sonar: Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, v. 19,no. 4, p. 243-262.

Schwab, W.C., Thieler, E.R., Allen, J.R., Foster, D.S., Swift, B.A., Denny, J.F., and Danforth, W.W., 1999, Geologic Mapping of the nearshore area offshore Fire Island, New York, in Kraus, N.C., and McDougal, W.G., eds.: Coastal Sediments '99, v. 2, p. 1552-1567.

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Uptegrove, J., Hall, D.W., Waldner, J.S., Sheridan, R.E., Lubchansky, B.J., and Ashley, G.M., 1999, Geologic framework of the New Jersey inner shelf: results from resource-based seismic and vibracore studies, in Puffer, J.H., ed., New Jersey beaches and coastal processes from a geologic and environmental perspectives; Newark, N.J., Geological Association of New Jersey, p. 45 - 64.

Uptegrove, J., Hall, D.W., Waldner, J.S., Lubchansky, B.J., Sheridan, R.E., and Ashley, G.M., 2000, Pleistocene/Holocene geology of the New Jersey Inner Shelf: results from resource-based seismic and vibracore studies [abs.]: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 1, p. 80.

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