Geologic Character and Temporal Framework of Long Cores from the New Jersey Margin: Final Sample Analysis and Data Synthesis for the ONR GEOCLUTTER Initiative.

摘要

The primary long-term goal of this project is to provide a detailed understanding of the stratigraphic significance of buried geologic structure on the New Jersey shelf and the interaction of buried geologic structures with acoustic energy from tactical sonars. A second goal is to provide updated, quantitative relationships between physical and geotechnical properties of sediments in support of acoustic model development for the seabed. The objectives of this year s activities are: 1) to finalize analysis and synthesis of core data from the 2002 New Jersey shelf cruise to ground-truth the geophysical data from the Geoclutter study areas; 2) analyze and integrate other cores from the NJ margin into existing datasets and 3) synthesize acoustic data from the Geoclutter, CA Strataform and other pertinent areas into physical-geoacoustic relationships.