The S Reflector and Rifting Processes:
Iberia Abyssal Plain/Galicia Bank
Data from the cruise!
Reports from the cruise
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation OCE - #9713344
Principal Investigators: James Austin and
Yosio Nakamura
Start Date: May 1, 1997
Expires: April 30, 2000 (Estimated)
Abstract
Joint US-German MCS and wide-angle seismic experiment to study the Galicia Interior Basin/Galicia Bank rifted continental margin and transform boundary with Iberia Abyssal Plain margin segment to the south. S-reflector under the Galicia outer Bank will be the focus. A dense instrumented MCS/OBS wide angle seismic profile (56 OBS deployments) and 12 deep-penetrating MCS profiles are planned. The sediment-starved Galicia Margin is well constrained and has no post-rift volcanic or slat tectonics associated with it which makes is a good place to study rifted margins. Existing ODP data will provide ground truth.
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