Table 3-3
Grain-Size Analysis, Goldsmith Inlet Offshore Area, Profiles 59 and 60
(New York District 1969)
Grain Size
Classification of Material (percent)
Range of
Median
Location
Fine
Medium
Coarse
sizes
grain size
Depth (ft)
Gravel
Sand
Sand
Sand
(mm)
(mm)
Profile 59, 200 ft west of Goldsmith Inlet
Backshore
0.10 - 25.4
1.50
4
57
14
25
0.15
38.1
High water
1.28
7
52
7
34
0.15
38.1
Midtide
3.00
7
41
6
46
0.10
38.1
Low water
6.00
3
24
14
59
0.07
25.4
6
9.50
0
6
10
84
0.07
2.36
12
0.45
42
53
2
0
0.08
25.4
18
0.23
70
21
2
7
0.04
9.52
24
0.23
66
24
6
2
30
0.07 - 2.36
0.22
95
4
1
0
Profile 60, 500 ft east of Goldsmith Inlet
0.15
2.36
Backshore
0.52
20
80
0
0
0.15
25.4
High water
0.43
49
16
0
35
0.17
2.36
Midtide
0.49
25
75
0
0
0.05
19.0
Low water
0.69
27
45
5
22
0.15
2.36
6
0.40
62
38
0
0
0.07
4.76
12
0.43
50
48
2
0
0.16
4.76
18
0.48
40
58
2
0
0.10
4.76
24
0.43
45
54
1
0
0.09
2.36
30
0.44
47
53
0
0
99
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