The Official Magazine of The Oceanography Society
Volume 09 | Number 3 | 1996
Special Issue: The Creation and Interpretation of Sedimentary Strata on Continental Margins
On the Cover: The diverse nature of marine stratigraphic research—Transported sediment flocs trapped on the Eel Shelf of northern California (top left) and color enhanced x-radiograph of surficial strata recording flood deposits in the underlying seabed (top right). A hydroplaning debris flow in a flume experiment (middle left) and high-resolution seismic record of distorted strata on the Eel slope (middle right). Multichannel seismic profile of a clinoform on the New Jersey margin (bottom left) and a modeling result predicting similar stratigraphy for a prograding margin (bottom right).
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SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES
STRATAFORM: A Program to Study the Creation and Interpretation of Sedimentary Strata on Continental Margins
By
Charles A. Nittrouer and
Joseph H. Kravitz
Linking Sediment Transport and Stratigraphy on the Continental Shelf
By
Patricia L. Wiberg ,
David A. Cacchione,
Richard W. Sternberg, and
L. Donelson Wright
The Anatomy of an Oceanic Flood Deposit
By
Robert A. Wheatcroft ,
Jeffry C. Borgeld,
Rebecca S. Born,
David E. Drake,
Elana L. Leithold,
Charles A. Nittrouer, and
Cristopher K. Sommerfield
Continental-Slope Sedimentation: The View from Northern California
By
James P. Syvitski ,
Clark R. Alexander,
Michael E. Field ,
James V. Gardner,
Daniel L. Orange, and
Janet W. Yun
Studies of Mass-Movement Processes on Submarine Slopes
By
Lincoln F. Pratson,
Homa J. Lee ,
Gary Parker ,
Marcelo H. Garcia ,
Bernard J. Coakley,
David Mohrig,
Jacques Locat,
Ulisses Mello,
Jeffrey D. Parsons,
Sun-Uk Choi , and
Kenneth Isreal
Continental-Margin Seismic Stratigraphy: Assessing the Preservation Potential of Heterogeneous Geologic Processes Operating on Continental Shelves and Slopes
By
James A. Austin, Jr.,
Craig S. Fulthorpe,
Gregory S. Mountain,
Daniel L. Orange, and
Michael E. Field
Swath Mapping on the Continental Shelf and Slope: The Eel River Basin, Northern California
By
John A. Goff ,
Larry A. Mayer ,
John Hughes-Clarke, and
Lincoln F. Pratson
Modeling the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Continental Margins
By
Michael S. Steckler,
Donald J.P. Swift,
James P. Syvitski,
John A. Goff, and
Alan W. Niedoroda
DEPARTMENTS
QUARTERDECK • Coastal Geological Oceanographers Provide the Fourth Dimension
By
Charles A. Nittrouer and
Joseph H. Kravitz
LETTER TO THE EDITOR •
Letter to the editors. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):145.
THE OCEANOGRAPHER’S TOOLKIT • EPIC
By
Donald W. Denbo and
Nancy N. Soreide
OCEAN POLICY • A Model for the Interaction Between Business and Science: The Risk Prediction Initiative at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research
By
Anthony H. Knap and
Anthony F. Michaels
BOOK REVIEW • The Oceanographic Text Pattern: A Review and Comparison of Introductory Oceanography Texts
By
Richard W. Spinrad
MEETING REPORT • First European Meeting of The Oceanography Society
By
Melbourne G. Briscoe