dc.contributor.advisor	Clark, Howard C.
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Bally, Albert W.
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Anderson, John B.
dc.creator	Lewis, Dana Lynn
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-18T21:25:38Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-18T21:25:38Z
dc.date.issued	1984
dc.description.abstract	Seven seismic sequences were identified on the outer shelf and upper slope of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico from a grid of high resolution seismic sections. The sequences were deposited during eustatic fluctuations of sea level during Wisconsin glacial and interglacial stages. The sequences include deposits of an early Wisconsin low stand, middle Wisconsin high stand, and late Wisconsin low stand of sea level. Growth faults trending parallel to the shelf break expanded the secton from 6% to 6%. The faults resulted from salt flowage at depth in response to loading by thick deltaic deposits, which prograded to the shelf edge during low stands of sea level. Smaller, local fault systems are associated with diapiric intrusions. Diapirs exerted little control over Wisconsin sedimentation in the study area. Diapirs on the inner shelf are stock-like in appearance while those on the outer shelf and upper slope are broad swells and ridges.
dc.format.digitalOrigin	reformatted digital
dc.format.extent	159 pp
dc.identifier.callno	Thesis Geol. 1984 Lewis
dc.identifier.citation	Lewis, Dana Lynn. "Pleistocene seismic stratigraphy of the Galveston South addition, offshore Texas." (1984) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104566">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104566</a>.
dc.identifier.digital	RICE2201
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104566
dc.language.iso	eng
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dc.title	Pleistocene seismic stratigraphy of the Galveston South addition, offshore Texas
dc.type	Thesis
dc.type.material	Text
thesis.degree.department	Earth Science
thesis.degree.discipline	Natural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantor	Rice University
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts

Pleistocene seismic stratigraphy of the Galveston South addition, offshore Texas

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