Type

Text

Date

1986

Language

en_US

Subject

Dredging spoil -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York. | Waste disposal in the ocean -- Lower Bay (N.Y. and N.J.).

Source

Bokuniewicz, Henry J. (Henry Joseph) Studies in the Lower Bay of New York Harbor associated with the burial of dredged sediment in subaqueous borrow pits / by H. Bokuniewicz, R. Cerrato, and D. Hirschberg. Stony Brook, N.Y. : Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, [1986]

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66091

Contributor

Marine Sciences Research Center

Creator

Bokuniewicz, H.J.

Publisher

Stony Brook, NY | Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University

Format

application/pdf

Description

[67] leaves : maps ; 28 cm. Bibliography.,from the abstract, "Subaqueous burial is a viable disposal alternative for isolating and containing dredged sediment. Although no large scale project of this type has been done, studies in New York Harbor and elsewhere show that such an operation is technically feasible and that the concept is environmentally safe. A successful burial operation would require the accurate and deliberate deposition of dredged sediment in a subaqueous pit and burial of the deposit under a sediment cap probably composed of sand. The cap should be thick enough to isolate the underlying deposit from burrowing organisms, protect the underlying deposit from disturbance by storm-generated waves and currents, and serve as a reservoir for pore water that would be expelled from the underlying deposit during consolidation. The basic principles of all the essential features of a successful operation have been demonstrated.

Relation

Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);74 | Reference (Stony Brook University. Marine Sciences Research Center);86-12

Rights

Stony Brook University

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