1979
DOI: 10.3133/ofr79448
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The subsurface geology of the Florida-Hatteras shelf, slope, and inner Blake Plateau

Abstract: The structure and stratigraphy of the Florida-Hatteras Slope and inner Blake Plateau was studied by means of 4,780 km of single-channel air gun seismic reflection profiles. Control for the seismic stratigraphy is provided by correlating reflecting units and paleontologically dated stratigraphic units identified in offshore wells and dredge hauls. Many Tertiary unconformities exist, and major regional unconformities at the end of the Oligocene and in the late Paleocene are mapped. Reflecting surfaces believed t… Show more

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“…Because Neogene to Holocene sediments are mainly unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, they interpreted these faults to be the consequence of sediment compaction or subsidence. Our most reliable observations of faulting occur within the late Paleocene depocenter defined by Paull and Dillon (1979), which tends to support the fault mechanisms suggested by Ball and others (1980). Nevertheless, existing data does not entirely preclude a tectonic origin because of the decrease in instrumental resolution with depth.…”
Section: Faulting Arid Seismicitysupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…Because Neogene to Holocene sediments are mainly unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, they interpreted these faults to be the consequence of sediment compaction or subsidence. Our most reliable observations of faulting occur within the late Paleocene depocenter defined by Paull and Dillon (1979), which tends to support the fault mechanisms suggested by Ball and others (1980). Nevertheless, existing data does not entirely preclude a tectonic origin because of the decrease in instrumental resolution with depth.…”
Section: Faulting Arid Seismicitysupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Stratigraphic tests indicate that the late Paleogene depocenter defined by Paull and Dillon (1979) approximates the locale of a gradual transition from predominantly marine carbonates in the south to marginal marine and marine elastics in the north. Marginal marine and marine elastics dominate the Neogene stratigraphic record in the study area.…”
Section: Regional Geologic Settingmentioning
confidence: 93%
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