Geology of the United States' Seafloor: The View from GLORIA

by Edited by James V. Gardner , Michael E. Field , David C. Twichell

• ISBN13: 9780521020831
• ISBN10: 0521020832
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Geology of the United States' Seafloor presents new, definitive studies of the seafloor adjacent to the United States - the west coast, east coast, Alaskan margin, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean - from the GLORIA long-range sidescan sonar images, and complementary seismic profiling, and magnetic surveys. This spectacular dataset has provided a new insight into the structural evolution of the seafloor, and the sedimentary processes that have modified it. Such comprehensive interpretation of the images, in the context of the geology and geological processes of the seafloor, has not been presented before. New concepts have emerged and much new knowledge garnered as a result of this surveying. Geology of the United States' Seafloor will be useful to the broad range of scientists studying the continental margins and the seafloor of the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword G. W. Hill

Introduction to volume J. V. Gardner

Part I. The GLORIA System and Data Processing: 1. The USGS GLORIA system M. L. Somers

2. Processing and manipulating GLORIA sidescan sonar images P. S. Chavez, Jr., J. A. Anderson, S. C. Sides and J. Bowell

Part II. US East Coast EEZ: Introduction and summary to US East Coast J. M. Robb, W. P. Dillon, D. W. O'Leary and P. Popenoe

3. The timing and spatial relations of submarine canyon erosion and mass movement on the New England continental slope and rise D. W. O'Leary

4. Characteristics of the continental slope and rise off North Carolina from GLORIA and seismic-reflection data: the interaction of downslope and contour current processes P. Popenoe and W. P. Dillon

Part III. Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean EEZ: Introduction and summary to Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean EEZ D. C. Twichell, K. M. Scanlon and W. P. Dillon

5. Breaching the levee of a channel on the Mississippi Fan D. C. Twichell, W. C. Schwab, N. H. Kenyon and H. J. Lee

6. Morphology of carbonate escarpments as an indicator of erosional processes

7. Sedimentary processes in the salt deformation province of the Texas and Louisiana continental slope D. C. Twichell and C. M. Delorey

8. Sedimentary processes in a tectonically active region: Puerto Rico north insular slope K. M. Scanlon and D. G. Masson

9. A review of the tectonic problems of the strike-slip northern boundary of the Caribbean plate and examination by GLORIA W. P. Dillon, N. T. Edgar, K. M. Scanlon and D. F. Coleman

Part IV. US West Coast EEZ: Introduction and summary of US West Coast EEZ J. V. Gardner and M. E. Field

10. Discrimination of fluid seeps on the convergent Oregon continental margin with GLORIA imagery B. Carson, V. Paskevich, E. Seke and M. L. Holmes

11. A meandering channel at the base of the Gorda Escarpment D. A. Cacchione, D. E. Drake and J. V. Gardner

12. The morphology, processes, and evolution of Monterey fan: a revisit J. V. Gardner, R. G. Bohannon, M. E. Field and D. G. Masson

13. Ground-truth studies of west coast and Gulf of Mexico submarine fans H. J. Lee, R. E. Kayen, B. D. Edwards, M. E. Field, J. V. Gardner, W. C. Schwab and D. C. Twichell

14. Morphology of small submarine fans, inner California continental borderland B. D. Edwards, M. E. Field and N. H. Kenyon

Part V. Alaskan EEZ: Introduction and summary Of Alaskan EEZ H. A Karl and P. R. Carlson

15. Sediment pathways in the Gulf of Alaska, from beach to abyssal plain P. R. Carlson, A. J. Stevenson, T. R. Bruns, D. M. Mann and Q. J. Huggett

16. Sedimentation along the fore-arc region of the Aleutian Island Arc, Alaska M. R. Dobson, H. Karl and T. L. Vallier

17. Aleutian Basin of the Bering Sea: styles of sedimentation and canyon development H. A. Karl, P. R. Carlson and J. V. Gardner

18. Geology of the Kula Paleo-Plate, North Pacific Ocean T. L. Vallier, D. G. Masson, H. A. Karl, L. Prueher, C. A. Mortera-Gutierrez and T. E. Chase.