Environmental Studies, South Texas Outer Continental Shelf, 1975: An Atlas and Integrated Summary

摘要

The area studied covers 19,250 sq km (7,400 sq mi) and extends northward from the International Boundary to the northern end of Matagorda Island, Texas and seaward from the Federal-State territorial boundary 16.6 km (10.3 mi) offshore to the outer edge of the Continental Shelf. Geological results include: the general geologic framework of the continental terrace to a subseafloor depth of approximately 300 m; the structural evaluation fo the Outer Continental Shelf during late Pleistocene and Holocene times; the distribution and thickness of the Holocene sequence; the stratigraphy of shallow subsurface Holocene sediments with emphasis on depositional patterns.