GBIC Abstracts (full text not available through Jack K. Williams Library)
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/28658
Browse
Browsing GBIC Abstracts (full text not available through Jack K. Williams Library) by Author "Aapg Bulletin-American Association of Petroleum Geologists"
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
- Results Per Page
- Sort Options
Item Models for Holocene Valley-Fill Sequences from High-Resolution Seismic Facies of Galveston Bay(1988 Feb) Smyth W; Thomas MA; Anderson JB; Aapg Bulletin-American Association of Petroleum GeologistsReconstructions of the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf for the Holocene have relied on the dating of isolated bathymetric banks.^These banks, which are interpreted as former shorelines, provide snapshots of the shelf during periods of relative sea level stillstand.^A more complete sedimentary record of the Holocene transgression is likely preserved in the incised valley-fill sequences.^The first step in deciphering the record of Holocene valley-fill sequences is development of high-resolution seismic facies models based on modern environments.^The modern incised valley-estuarine system of Galveston Bay has been seismically surveyed.^Important environments include bayhead delta (Trinity River delta), tidal inlet, flood tidal delta (Bolivar Roads), and estuarine sediments (central bay).^Additionally, fluvial sediments partially infill the entrenched Trinity River valley.^Seismic facies interpretation was corroborated by information obtained from sediment cores.^The influence of the rate of relative sea level rise on incised valley-fill facies architecture is demonstrated in hypothetical sequence models which are applied to the interpretation of high-resolution surveys of Holocene shelf deposits.