Renewal of Depositional Sequence on the New Jersey Coastal Plain: A Drilling Proposal

米勒9417108 确定沉积过程之间的关系，形成不整合约束的单位（序列），和全球海平面的被动大陆边缘需要连续采样和测年的地层剖面在不同的构造环境。 新泽西海平面断面（陆上钻探、ODP 150航次和未来的陆架钻探）已开始通过在新泽西沿海平原、陆架和斜坡上钻探一个综合断面的钻孔来评价被动边缘层序。 1993- 1994年，NSF资助的在大西洋城岛海滩和新泽西州五月角的陆上钻探成功地组装了一个沿海平原序列的镶嵌图，记录了最高层的最近相对海平面变化。 与其他海平面代用数据的比较应确定这些序列是否受全球海平面变化的控制。 这些层序通常包括含水层限制单元，这些水文地质偶联可以在整个沿海平原中相互关联。 由于其水文地质意义，新泽西州地质调查局已资助钻井费用根据水债券问题的第四个钻孔将于1995年在哈里斯维尔，新泽西州（2,000英尺。总深度）。 这是一个更新的建议，以支持与哈里斯维尔钻孔和综合磁，生物，岩石和同位素地层学研究的钻探所涉及的科学。 这些研究代表了罗格斯大学、拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站、新泽西州地质调查局和美国地质勘探局东部地区分支之间的合作努力。 ***

9417108 Miller Determining relationships among processes of deposition, formation of unconformity-bounded units (sequences), and global sea-level on passive continental margins requires continuous sampling and dating of stratigraphic sections in different tectonic settings. The New Jersey Sea-Level Transect (onshore drilling, ODP Leg 150, and future shelf drilling) has begun the task of evaluating passive margin sequences by drilling an integrated transect of boreholes on the NJ coastal plain, shelf, and slope. NSF-funded drilling onshore at Island Beach, Atlantic City, and Cape May, NJ in 1993-94 was successful in assembling a mosaic of coastal plain sequences that record uppermost Cretaceous-Recent relative sea-level changes. Comparison with other sea-level proxy data should establish if these sequences were controlled by global sea-level variations. These sequences often bracket aquifer- confining units and these hydrogeological couplets can be correlated throughout the coastal plain. Because of their hydrogeological significance, the NJ Geological Survey has funded drilling costs under a Water Bond Issue for a fourth borehole to be drilled at Harrisville, NJ in 1995 (2,000 ft. proposed total depth). This is a renewal proposal to support science involved with the drilling of the Harrisville borehole and integrated magneto-, bio-, litho-, and isotopic stratigraphic studies. These studies represent a collaborative effort among Rutgers, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the NJ Geological Survey, and the Eastern Regional Branch of the USGS. ***