A High-Resolution Geological and Geophysical Investigation of the Dry Tortugas Carbonate Depositional Environment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050033
Abstract
Geophysical surveys and ground truth data are compared from a site in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. Seismic data reveal six depositional sequences bounded by high-amplitude reflectors interpreted as subaerial unconformities. Chirp sonar data reveal structure within the Holocene depositional sequence that is correlated to ground truth data. Sedimentary units within the Holocene sequence record a transition from a low-energy, lagoonal environment, to a high-energy, shallow marine environment, to a moderate-energy, slightly deeper marine environment. Forward modeling and impedance inversion reveal good agreement between sediment physical properties, acoustic properties measured by the electric logger, and the chirp sonar data.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Geo-Marine Letters, v. 17, issue 4, p. 237-245
Scholar Commons Citation
Mallinson, D.; Locker, S.; Hafen, Mark R.; Naar, D.; Hine, A.; Lavoie, D.; and Schock, S., "A High-Resolution Geological and Geophysical Investigation of the Dry Tortugas Carbonate Depositional Environment" (1997). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 783.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/783
