Mississippi Offshore Sediment Resources Inventory: Late Quaternary Stratigraphic Evolution of the Inner Shelf; Dr. Davin Wallace, Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi
The overall goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of the geologic evolution of late Quaternary deposits offshore Mississippi and to delineate and develop reserves estimates (volumes) of restoration quality sand resources for discrete sand bodies located on the OCS.
Texas Offshore Sediment Resources Inventory: Development and Application of Geophysical Processing Workflows for Sand Resource Evaluation; Dr. John Goff, The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics
There are three goals for this study:
- To develop a processing workflow for chirp subbottom profiler geophysical data that will improve interpretive capability with applications for sand resource identification;
- To collect new geophysical data to demonstrate application of post-processing techniques developed under Objective 1 and collect geological samples (vibracores) to groundtruth seismic stratigraphic interpretations and improve interpretive capability of the workflow developed under Objective 1; and
- To engage youth by providing a hands-on learning opportunity for students (under direction and with oversight by faculty) to collect, process, and interpret geophysical data, integrate geological and geophysical data for interpretation, and employ the available data to develop evolutionary models of sand bodies offshore Texas and apply the science to quantify and delineate offshore sediment resource reserves.