Field Support for Long-Coring on the New Jersey Margin

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is to provide a detailed understanding of the stratigraphic significance of buried geologic structure on the New Jersey shelf and the interaction of buried geologic structures with acoustic energy from tactical sonars . A second goal is to test and establish tools and techniques for providing affordable long coring capability to the marine geosciences community. A final goal is to provide groundtruth for the high-quality Chirp record s from the New Jersey natural laboratory, which is critical for achieving the goals of the Geoclutter and Strataform programs, as groundtruth provides the bridge between physical stratigraphic observations, seabed geotechnical properties and acoustic response and seismic interpretations of depositional processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA629789

Entities

People

  • Clark R. Alexander

Organizations

  • Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continents
  • Earth Sciences
  • Environment
  • Geographic Regions
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • New Jersey
  • North America
  • Physical Properties
  • Seabed
  • Sediments
  • Shallow Water
  • Stratigraphy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Coastal Oceanography