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dc.creatorCain, William
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-07T15:49:44Z
dc.date.available2012-06-07T15:49:44Z
dc.date.created2003
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2003-THESIS-C32
dc.descriptionDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item.en
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 40-42).en
dc.descriptionIssued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.en
dc.description.abstractThe 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 have been collected on positive sea floor features in three physiographic regions in the Gulf of Mexico: the Intraslope Basin, Sigsbee Escarpment, and Mississippi Fan regions. Analysis found that using three independent calculations or approximations of wet-bulk density proved to reasonably identify distinct, surficial sediment characteristics for each of these three regions. After initial segregation into three density regimes, the cores were characterized based on analysis of p-wave velocity, porosity, impedance, void ratio, water content, shear strength and various observed physical properties such as grain-size, sediment structure, and color. The methods of characterization lead to the unique classification of surficial sediments in these physiographic regions.en
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
dc.subjectoceanography.en
dc.subjectMajor oceanography.en
dc.titleClassification of surficial sediments: North-Central and Eastern Gulf of Mexicoen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineoceanographyen
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
dc.type.genrethesisen
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