Geophysical Investigations of Submerged Landscapes: Results from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Submerged Paleolandscape Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The authors acquired parametric subbottom and conventional chirp subbottom data over potential submerged and buried landscapes features in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the study was two-fold: to map out potential preserved features for geotechnical sampling and also to directly compare the efficacy of the two different technologies for subsurface mapping. This paper will summarize the methods used in developing the survey grids and present the results of the landscape mapping. The interpreted landscapes and seismic horizons, as presented in this paper, were used to select locations for sediment cores taken in the next stage of the project. The authors will also discuss the results of the comparison between the two sensors.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Submerged Paleolandscape Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39759.0