dc.contributor.advisor	Clark, Howard C.	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Bally, Albert W.	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Anderson, John B.	en_US
dc.creator	Lewis, Dana Lynn	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-18T21:25:38Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2018-12-18T21:25:38Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	1984	en_US
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.	en_US
dc.format.digitalOrigin	reformatted digital	en_US
dc.format.extent	159 pp	en_US
dc.identifier.callno	Thesis Geol. 1984 Lewis	en_US
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>.	en_US
dc.identifier.digital	RICE2201	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104566	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.	en_US
dc.title	Pleistocene seismic stratigraphy of the Galveston South addition, offshore Texas	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.type.material	Text	en_US
thesis.degree.department	Earth Science	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Natural Sciences	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	Rice University	en_US
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts	en_US

Pleistocene seismic stratigraphy of the Galveston South addition, offshore Texas

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