Atlantic shelf sand ridge study
Subtitle: physical oceanography and sediment dynamics data report
By: by Paul Dragos and David G. Aubrey.
Contributors: Aubrey, David G.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Series: WHOI -- 90-11.; CRC -- 90-1.; WHOI (Series) -- 90-11.; Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution); CRC (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Coastal Research Center) -- 90-1.
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Sand waves -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments -- Atlantic Ocean
Description: This report describes and presents the hydrodynamic meaurements made during the Atlantic Shelf Sand Ridge Study at and near Peahala Ridge, offshore of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, in Spring 1985. The intent of this phase of the study was to examine the physical oceanographic and fluid mechanical processes in the vicinity of Peahala Ridge, one of the large shore-oblique sand ridges common in the area, and from this to identify those processes responsible for sand transport near the ridge with particular reference to its generation, maintenance and migration. The field measurement program was carried out from March to May 1985 by scientists and staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. It included measurements of currents, temperature, waves, pressure and near-bed velocity profiles. This phase was part of a larger oil industry study that included extensive geological and geophysical measurements of Peahala Ridge and other ridge-and-swale areas of the mid-Atlantic continental shelf.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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