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1975

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Hampton Bar Dredging Project, Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock Co. Borrow Site, Monitor Of Turbidity And Sedimentation: Final Report, John D. Boon, Robert J. Byrne Jan 1975

Hampton Bar Dredging Project, Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock Co. Borrow Site, Monitor Of Turbidity And Sedimentation: Final Report, John D. Boon, Robert J. Byrne

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This report summarizes field observations and sedimentological findings made by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science while monitoring a dredging project on Hampton Bar at Hampton, Virginia (Figure 1). Monitoring was conducted at the request of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Newport News, Virginia, for the purpose of assessing localized effects of the dredging operation on a real time basis so that operational decisions could be made to mitigate adverse ยท pacts or prevent their occurrence.