High-Resolution Nested Imaging of Nearshore Sequences, New Jersey Inner Continental Shelf: Linking Onshore and Offshore Sea-Level Studies

9712191山该奖项将支持一个详细的，高分辨率的地震研究的新泽西边缘。近年来，大量的研究工作集中在这一边缘上，NSF的目标是了解第三纪海平面变化的历史和幅度。在新泽西的海岸上已经钻了一系列的孔（海洋钻探公司和OCE的支持），海洋钻探计划的重点是钻探近海沉积物序列。今年7月计划在大陆架中部地区进行额外的ODP钻探。海军研究办公室还支持该地区的大型项目，以检查声学和浅层沉积物的物理特性。目前的项目有一系列的目标，包括地震绑定陆地钻井海上工作;映射成像的第三纪沉积物的空间变化;检查地震数据中的海平面波动;和测量浅水区的未来可能的钻井。 拉蒙多尔蒂地球观测站和罗格斯大学的主要研究人员一直是将社区研究工作集中在这一边缘的领导者。 ***

9712191 Mountain This award will support a detailed, high resolution seismic study of the New Jersey margin. Significant research effort has focused on this margin in recent years with objective of NSF support on understanding history and amplitude of sea level change during the Tertiary. Series of holes has been drilled on-shore New Jersey (EAR and OCE support) and Ocean Drilling Program has focused on drilling offshore sediment sequences. Additional ODP drilling planned for July of this year in mid-shelf region. Office of Naval Research also supporting large project in area to examine acoustics and physical properties of shallow sediments. Present project has series of objectives, including seismically tieing land drilling to offshore work; mapping spatial variability in imaged Tertiary sediments; examining sea-level fluctuation in seismic data; and surveying shallow water sites for potential future drilling. Principal investigators at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and Rutgers University have been leaders in focusing community research effort on this margin. ***