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

9712191山该奖项将支持对新泽西边缘进行详细、高分辨率的地震研究。近年来，大量的研究工作集中在这一边缘上，目的是帮助国家科学基金会了解第三纪期间海平面变化的历史和幅度。已在新泽西州陆上钻探了一系列孔(EAR和OCE支持)，海洋钻探计划侧重于钻探近海沉积物序列。计划于今年7月在中陆架地区进行额外的ODP型钻探。海军研究办公室还支持该地区的大型项目，以检查浅层沉积物的声学和物理性质。目前的项目有一系列目标，包括在地震上将陆地钻探与近海工作联系起来；绘制第三系沉积物成像的空间变异性图；研究地震数据中的海平面波动；为未来可能的钻探勘测浅水区。拉蒙特·多尔蒂地球天文台和罗格斯大学的首席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. ***