Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Offshore Sand Bibliographies

Anders, F.J., Hansen, M., and McLellan, N., 1987, Atlantic coast beach protection project,: Ocean City, Maryland- Draft Final Report: U. S. Army of Engineers, CERC-WES, Vicksburg, Miss., June, 1987, 60 pp. with Appendices.

Anders, F. J. and Hansen, M., 1990, Beach and borrow site sediment investigation for a beach nourishment at Ocean City, Maryland: Technical Report CERC-90-5, Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS., 98 pp.

Conkwright, R.D., and Gast, R.A., 1994a, Potential Offshore Sand Resources in Northern Maryland Shoal Fields, Maryland Geological Survey File Report No. 94-8, Baltimore, MD., 48 pp.

Conkwright, R.D., and Gast, R.A., 1994b, Potential Offshore Sand Resources in Central Maryland Shoal Fields, Maryland Geological Survey File Report No. 94-9, Baltimore, MD., 49 pp.

Conkwright, R.D., and Gast, R.A., 1995, Potential Offshore Sand Resources in Southern Maryland Shoal Fields, Maryland Geological Survey File Report No. 95-4, Baltimore, MD., 43 pp.

Conkwright, R.D., and C.P.William, 1996, Offshore Sand Resources in Central Maryland Shoal Fields, Maryland Geological Survey File Report No. 96-3, Baltimore, MD., 57 pp.

Conkwright, R.D., C.P.Williams, and L.B. Christiansen., 2000, Offshore Sand Resources in Northern Maryland Shoal Fields, Maryland Geological Survey File Report No. 00-2, Baltimore, MD., 94 pp.

Belknap, D.F., and Kraft, J.C., 1977, Holocene relative sea-level changes and coastal stratigraphic units on the northwest flank of the Baltimore Canyon trough geosyncline: Jour. Sed. Petrology, vol. 47, p. 610-629.

_________________________, 1985, Influence of antecedent geology on stratigraphic preservation potential and evolution of Delaware's barrier systems: Marine geology, vol. 63, p. 235-262.

Duane, D.B., Field, M.E., Meisburger, E.P., Swift, D.J., and Williams, S.J., 1972, Linear shoals on the Atlantic inner continental shelf, Florida to Long Island; in, D.J. Swift, D.B. Duane, and O.H. Pilkey, eds., Shelf Sediment Transport: Process and Pattern: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Stroudsburg, Pa, p. 447-498.

Emery, K.O., 1966, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States, a geologic background: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 529-A, p. 1-23.

Field, M.E., 1976, Quaternary evolution and sedimentary record of a coastal Plain Shelf: Central Delmarva Peninsula, Mid-Atlantic Bight, U.S.A.: Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. Geology, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C., 200 pp.

__________, 1979, Sediments, shallow subbottom structure, and sand resources of the inner continental shelf, central Delmarva Peninsula: Technical Paper 79-2, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CERC, Ft. Belvoir, Va., 122 pp.

__________, 1980, Sand bodies on Coastal Plain shelves; Holocene record of the U.S. Atlantic inner shelf of Maryland: Jour. Sed. Petrology, vol. 50, p. 505-528.

Folk, R.L., 1954, The distinction between grain size and mineral composition in sedimentary-rock nomenclature: Jour. Geology, vol. 62, p. 344-359.
__________, 1980, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks: Hemphill Publishing Co., Austin, Texas, 184 pp.

Folk, R.L., and W.C. Ward, 1957, Brazos River Bar: a study in the significance pf grain size parameters: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 27, p. 3-26.

Halka, J.P., R.D. Conkwright, R.T. Kerhin, D.V. Wells, 1980, The design and calibration of a rapid sediment analyzer and techniques for interfacing to a dedicated computer system: Maryland Geological Survey Information Circular 32, 32 pp.

James, W.R., 1975, Techniques in evaluating suitability of borrow material for beach nourishment: Technical Memorandum 60, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CERC, Ft. Belvoir, VA.

Kerhin, R.T., 1989, Non-energy mineral and surficial geology of the continental margin of Maryland; in, M.G. Hunt, and S.V. Doenges, eds, Studies related to continental Margins: Marine Geology, vol. 90, p. 95-102.

Kerhin, R.T., and Williams, S.J., 1987, Surficial sediments and later Quaternary sedimentary framework of the Maryland inner continental shelf: Proceedings, Coastal Sediments '87, Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, New Orleans, LA, vol. II, p. 2126-2140.

Kerhin, R.T., J.P. Halka, D.V. Wells, E.L. Hennessee, P. J. Blakeslee, N. Zoltan, and R.H. Cuthbertson, 1988, The surficial sediments of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland: physical characteristics and sediment budget: Maryland Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 48, 82 pp.

Kraft, J.C., 1971, Sedimentary facies patterns and geologic history of a Holocene marine transgression: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v.82, p. 2131-2158.

McBride, R.A., and Moslow, T.F., 1991, Origin, evolution, and distribution of shoreface sand ridges, Atlantic inner shelf, U.S.A.: Marine Geology, vol. 97, p. 57-85.

Nummedal, D., and Swift, D.J.P., 1987, Transgressive stratigraphy at sequence-bounding unconformities: some principles from Holocene and Cretaceous Examples; in, D. Nummedal, O.H. Pilkey, and J.D. Howard, eds., Sea-level fluctuation and coastal evolution, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Paper No. 41, Tulsa, OK, p. 241-260.

Shepard, F.P., 1954, Nomanclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios: Jour. Sed Petrology, v. 24, p. 151-158.

____________, 1963, Submarine Geology, Harper and Row, New York, NY., 2nd ed., 557 pp.

Sheridan, R.E., Dill, C.E., Jr., and Kraft, J.C., 1974, Holocene sedimentary environment of the Atlantic Inner Shelf off Delaware: Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., vol. 85, p. 1319-1328.

Shideler, G.L., Swift, D.J.P., Johnson, G.H., and Holliday, B.W., 1972, Late Quaternary stratigraphy of the inner Virginia continental shelf: A proposed standard section: Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., vol. 83, p. 1787-1804.

Strum, M. and A. Matter, 1972, The electro-osmotic guillotine, a new device for core cutting: Jour. Sed Petrology, v. 42, p. 987-989.

Swift, D.J. and Field, M.E., 1981, Evolution of a classic sand ridge field: Maryland sector, North American inner shelf: Sedimentology, vol. 28, p. 461-482.

Toscano, M.A., Kerhin, R.T., York, L.L., Cronin, T.M., and Williams, S.J., 1989, Quaternary stratigraphy of the inner continental shelf of Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey Report of Investigation 50, 117 pp.

Toscano, M.A. and Kerhin, R.T., 1990, Subbottom structure and stratigraphy of the inner continental shelf of Maryland, in, M.C. Hunt, S.V. Doenges, and G.S. Stubbs, eds., Studies related to Continental Margins, Years Three and Four Activities: Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX.

Toscano, M.A. and York, L.L., 1992, Quaternary stratigraphy and sea-level history of the U.S. middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: Quaternary Sci. Rev., vol. 11, p. 301-328.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1980, Atlantic Coast of Maryland and Assateague, Virginia; Main Report, May, 1980.

__________________________, 1984, Shore protection manual: Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.

__________________________, 1988, Atlantic Coast of Maryland Hurricane Protection Project, Phase I: Final General Design Memorandum: Baltimore District, Baltimore, Maryland, 3 books.

__________________________, 1989a, Atlantic Coast of Maryland Hurricane Protection Project, Phase II: Final General Design Memorandum: Baltimore District, Baltimore, Maryland, 3 books.

__________________________, 1989b, Atlantic Coast of Maryland Hurricane Protection Project: Renourishment borrow study: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, August, 1989.

__________________________, 1994, Ocean City, Maryland and Vicinity Water Resources Study Reconnaissance Report: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, May, 1994.

__________________________, 1996, Ocean City, Maryland and Vicinity Water Resources Study: Integrated Feasibility Report I and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Restoration of Assateague Island, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.

__________________________, 1998, Ocean City, Maryland and Vicinity Water Resources Study:Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement with Appendices, , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District,CD-ROM.

U.S. Minerals Management Service, 1999, Environmental Report: Use of Federal Offshore Sand Resources for Beach and Coastal Restoration in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia; OCS Study MMS 99-0036, Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals, Herndon, VA, CD-ROM.

U.S. Minerals Management Service, 2000, Environmental Survey of Potential Sand Resource Sites Offshore Delware and Maryland; OCS Study MMS2000-055, Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals , Herndon, VA, CD-ROM.

Veach, A.C., and P.A. Smith, 1939, Atlantic submarine valleys of the United States and the Congo submarine valley: Gol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 7, 101 pp.

Wehmiller, J.F., 1984, Relative and absolute dating of Quaternary mollusks with amino acid racemization: Evaluation, application, questions; in, Quaternary Dating Methods, W.C. Mahaney, ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 171-193.

Wehmiller, J.F., 1986, Amino acid racemization geochronolgy; in, Dating Young Sediments, A.J. Hurford, E. Jager, and J.A.M. Ten Cate, eds., United Nations, Ccop Techn. Publ. No. 16, Bangkok, p. 139-158.

Wells, D.V., 1994, Non-energy resources and shallow geologic framework of the inner continental margin off Ocean City, Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey Open File Report No. 16, Baltimore, MD.