"Offshore Sand Resources" Theme Session Presentations

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The following papers have been accepted for presentation at the theme session. This list is arranged roughly in order of presentation.


  • Management of Sand Resources on the Continental Shelf off New Jersey
    AMATO, Roger V., U.S. Minerals Management Service, Herndon VA.
  • Erosion Mitigation on Headland Controlled Beaches, Southeastern North Carolina: The Influence of the Inherited Geologic Framework
    MARCY, D.C., and CLEARY, W.J., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington NC.
  • Archiving and Electronic Publishing of Vibracore Data from the North Carolina Continental Shelf
    HOFFMAN, Charles W., North Carolina Geological Survey Raleigh NC; BOSS, Stephan K., Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR; SNYDER, Stephen W., Dept. of Meas., N.C. State Univ., Raleigh NC.
  • Inter-relationships Between the Inherited Geologic Framework and Shoreface Sediment Distribution, Southeastern North Carolina.
    JOHNSTON, Marcus K., CLEARY, William J., NIGRO, Benjamin, Dept. of Earth Sciences Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington NC.
  • Cape-Associated Sand Banks: Active Depositional Sinks Across the Inner and Mid-Shelf
    MCNINCH, Jesse E., and WELLS, John T., Institute of Marine Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina-CH.
  • Santee Delta to Bulls Island Coastal Segment as a Later Stage of the Assateague to Cedar Island Coastal Segment
    GALVIN, Cyril, Coastal Engineer, Springfield VA.
  • Shoreline Variations, Sediments, and Sediment Transport Relative to Potential Sand Mining and Beach Nourishment
    MILLIGAN, Donna A., HARDAWAY, C. Scott, Jr., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt. VA.
  • Investigation of Southeastern Virginia's Sand Resources
    HOBBS, Carl, H. III, and HARDAWAY, C.S., Jr., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt. VA.
  • Impacts and Direct Effects of Offshore Sand Dredging on Benthic Organisms and Surficial Geology
    DRUCKER, Barry S., U.S. Minerals Management Service, Herndon VA.
  • A Decade of Change in the New Jersey Coastline as Determined by Annual Beach Cross Sections at 100 Locations from Raritan Bay to Delaware Bay
    FARRELL, Stewart C., and LEPP, Thomas, Coastal Research Center, Richard Stockton College, Pomona NJ.
  • Longshore Transport of Sand on an Artificially Nourished Beach, Ocean City, NJ
    HAND, Bruce M., and D'AGOSTINO, Karin, Earth Science Dept., Syracuse Univ., Syracuse NY; WEBB, Craig, Geology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham NC; MCDEVITT, Rebecca, FLORES, Maria, JUNOD, Jeanette.
  • Nearshore Ridges and Underlying Upper Pleistocene Sediments on the Inner Continental Shelf of New Jersey
    SMITH. Peter J., ASHLEY, Gail M., and SHERIDAN, Robert E., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick NJ.
  • High-Resolution Sea-Floor Mapping of the New York Bight Apex; Sedimentary Framework
    SCHWAB, William C., BUTMAN, Bradford, DENNY, Jane F., and BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole MA; CORSO, William, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York NY; LOTTO, Linda and ALLISON, Mead A., Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Galveston TX.
  • Development of the Marine Inner Shelf: New Cores and Seismic Profiles Confirm Landward Recycling of Quaternary Sand
    BELKNAP, Daniel F., Dept. Of Geological Sciences, Univ. Of Maine, Orono ME; KELLY, Joseph T., and DICKSON, Stephen, M., Maine Geological Survey, Augusta ME; BARNHARDT, Walter A., and MILLER, Gregory T., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Maine, Orono ME.
  • Sand and Gravel Assessments of the Maine Inner Continental Shelf
    DICKSON, Stephen M., and KELLY, Joseph T., Maine Geological Survey, Augusta ME.

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