Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on sand deposits and Anywhere:
USGS studies in the New York Bight
Describes and provides links to USGS research in the location of the estuary and coast of Long Island, New York, to map the sea-floor and to study sediment transport, contaminants, and sand resources and coastal vulnerability.
(Score: 0.387)
Definition:
Depositions of a) detrital rock fragments or mineral particles smaller than a granule and larger than a coarse silt grain or b) loose aggregate of unlithified mineral or rock particles of sand size. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]