Forward and Inverse Modeling the Neogene Evolution of the NJ Continental Margin Based on Results from IODP EXP 313
- Lead PI: Gregory Mountain , Dr. Michael S. Steckler
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Unit Affiliation: Marine and Polar Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- April 2010 - October 2012
- Inactive
- Atlantic Ocean ; New Jersey ; United States
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The project will examine three cores from three holes drilled off the coast of New Jersey to determine: 1) the date of late Paleogene-Neogene despositional sequences; 2) the corresponding amplitudes, rates, and mechanisms of sea level change; 3) sequence stratigraphic facies models to predict despostional environments, sediment compositions, and stratal geometries in response to sea level change. This will be done by performing numerical backstripping and running a forward stratigraphic model.