Mineral commodities - Sluiced sand occurrences

The map shows the distribution of potential sluiced sand north of the East Frisian Islands. There, primarily sands of medium grain size are needed for the protection of island coasts in order to compensate for the constant coastal erosion caused by rising sea levels, storm surge events and current-induced material removal and transport. The study area is limited to an area bounded on land by the -8 m NN isobath and on sea by the southern traffic separation area ("Terschelling - German Bight"). Large-scale extraction of sluiced sand is only possible down to a depth of 3 m. For future needs, local depth extractions down to a depth of 20 m below the seabed surface may have to be included in the considerations. For the evaluation of the grain size spectrum searched for, 2 maps were prepared. The observation depth differs with regard to the evaluation for a surface sampling to a depth of 3 m and a second one for depth sampling to a depth of 20 m below the seabed. Two classes were kept, showing potential occurrences of sand in the depth ranges mentioned. If the data basis is available in high quality, the general class "sand" was specified and subdivided into "fine to medium sand".