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Seismic stratigraphy and quaternary evolution of the New York Bight Inner Continental Shelf
(Texas A&M University, 2000)
Approximately 5,300 km of digitally recorded high-resolution, nested, single-channel, seismic-refection data (2.46 m³ watergun, 200-500 Hz Geopulse acoustic source, and a CHIRP 2-7 kHz subbottom profiler) and coincident ...
Temperature calibration of Gulf of Mexico corals
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
High-resolution proxy records of climate are limited and have poor coverage of the tropical ocean-atmosphere system. One particular area in which climate records are lacking is the northern Gulf of Mexico. Four coral cores ...
A stochastic model to mimic periodic surface currents in embayments
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
In a new attempt to solve the fundamental fluid equations, this thesis details an original model with the ultimate goal of aiding commercial oil spill simulations. This model follows the approach employed by lattice gas ...
ADCP backscatter measurements in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: comparison of near-surface with near-bottom biological backscatter
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
In the Gulf of Mexico, acoustic backscatter intensity (ABI) from an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) can be a proxy for zooplankton and micronekton biomass, and sperm whale abundance is correlated with regions of ...
Decadal changes in the equatorial Pacific circulation
(Texas A&M University, 2002)
An ocean general circulation model with data assimilation is used to analyze the decadal changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean circulation. Results indicate that the variability in the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) and ...
Classification of surficial sediments: North-Central and Eastern Gulf of Mexico
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
The surface sediments in the North-Central and Eastern Gulf of Mexico can be appropriately characterized by physical property analysis, especially by comparison of wet-bulk density. Two hundred and eighty, 1-5 meter cores ...
The orientation and distribution of sea fans on hardbottom habitats of the Mississippi/Alabama continental shelf
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
Analysis of the densities and orientations of five common taxa of gorgonian and antipatharian sea fans was performed within five study areas on the Mississippi/Alabama continental shelf. Colonies exhibited a strong preference ...
Importance of physical processes on near-surface nutrient distributions in summer in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
As part of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico chemical oceanography and hydrography study, data on salinity, nutrients, and surface chlorophyll were collected three times per year over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico along ...
Abundance and distribution of paralarval cephalopods in relation to mesoscale hydrographic features in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
Paralarval cephalopods were collected and identified from 1m² and 4 m² MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sensing System) and 15' IKMT (Isaacs Kidd Midwater Trawl) trawls taken in 1996 and 1997 in the ...
High-resolution side-scan sonar mapping of reef-like mounds and sediment texture variations on the Mississippi-Alabama outer continental shelf
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
Numerous reef-like carbonate mounds are found along the outer continental shelf of Mississippi and Alabama. They are believed to be relict reefs which formed at a time of lower sea-level during the last ice age. In an ...