High-Resolution Seismic Surveying for Neogene-Quaternary Sequence Stratigraphy, Northern California Continental Shelf and Upper Slope, in Support of STRATAFORM

Abstract

This project is a component of ONR's STRATAFORM program, the goal of which is to link short-term (i.e., acting over hours to weeks) biological and physical processes affecting sedimentation ("event stratigraphy") to the sequence stratigraphy and facies architecture of the preserved record. STRATAFORM consists of three interrelated projects whose goals are to study: 1) shelf sediment dynamics and the development of lithostratigraphy, 2) slope geological processes and resultant geomorphology, and 3) stratigraphic sequences resulting from shelf and slope sedimentation. High-resolution multichannel seismic (MCS) data collection, described below, is part of the third project, but the data also form part of a multi-faceted approach that ties all three projects together.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA629841

Entities

People

  • Craig S. Fulthorpe
  • James A. Austin Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Continental Shelves
  • Data Processing
  • Drainage Basins
  • Geology
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Marine Geology
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Sequences
  • Stratigraphy
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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