Author: David B. Duane Publisher: ISBN: Category : Continental shelf Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Continental Shelf off SE Florida between Palm Beach and Miami was surveyed to locate and evaluate sand deposits usable for artificial beach nourishment. Survey data covered 141 square miles of that part of the Continental Shelf between 15- and 100-foot depths, and consisted of seismic reflection profiles and sediment cores from the sea floor. As beach nourishment, sand-sized sediments from the shelf off SE Florida are of marginal quality. (Author).
Author: S. Jeffress Williams Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365584766 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 92
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Excerpt from Geomorphology and Sediments of the Inner New York Bight Continental Shelf: Technical Memorandum No. 45; July 1974 This report is one of a continuing series which describes results of the Coastal Engineering Research center (cerc) Inner Continental Shelf Sediment and Structure (icons) Study. One aspect of the icons program 'is locating and' delineating offshore sand and gravel deposits suitable for beach nourishment and restoration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: F.L. Chiocci Publisher: Geological Society of London ISBN: 1862396868 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 343
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The world's continental shelves are the sites of vast resources of food, energy and minerals, the exploitation of which is continuously increasing. Fluctuating global sea levels throughout the Quaternary period produced multiple transgressive and regressive cycles that profoundly affected and shaped these shelves. The complex interactions among climate, sea level, tectonics, oceanography and sediment input have formed distinctive sediment packages on each shelf and provide a guide to the interpretation of older shelf sequences throughout the geological record. This Memoir compiles studies on 23 selected shelves from all the continents, focusing on their evolution and examining the patterns of sedimentation during the past approximately 125 000 years. In addition to providing basic background information for each area, the chapters consider specific aspects of continental shelf research, from seismic stratigraphy to geomorphology, from palaeoceanography to palaeo sea-level reconstruction and from palaeontology to geochemistry.