Structure of the upper Monterey Submarine Fan Valley.
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Authors
Hamlin, James Sherrill, Jr.
Subjects
Channel Piracy
Monterey Submarine Fan Valley Migration
Horseshoe Meander Origin
Secondary Channel
Monterey Submarine Fan Valley Migration
Horseshoe Meander Origin
Secondary Channel
Advisors
Andrews, R.S.
Von Schwind, J.J.
Date of Issue
1974
Date
September 1974
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Seismic and 3.5 kHz acoustic reflection profiles were
collected over the Monterey Submarine Fan Valley on two separate
cruises. The 3.5 kHz profiles show the flatness of the channel
bottom and the difference in levee heights on either side of the channel
.
The seismic records show a channel migration by deposition
The migration has been primarily to the southeast (to the left
looking downstream) , with a few isolated cases of migration to
the right downstream, possibly in response to a tendency to
decrease the gradient of the channel in much the same way a
subaerial stream will develop meanders in an attempt to decrease
its gradient. It is felt that the horseshoe meander unique
to this Fan Valley is related to this same mechanism and to the
intersection with the Ascension Fan Valley.
A secondary channel was observed beneath the western levee
(right-hand levee looking downstream) of the Upper Monterey
Submarine Fan Valley. It is believed that the Monterey Fan
Valley and the secondary channel had different sources of sediment
and that the secondary channel was deprived of its sediment
supply approximately 1.9 million years ago.The thickness of sediments overlying basement beneath the
Fan Valley was found to be about 800 m.
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Department
Oceanography
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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