Sedimentological Analysis and Shipboard Coring Support for DOE 

 Southern California Basin Study 



Gorsline, D.S. 



$24,000 



University of Southern California 



Department of Geological Sciences 



C: 213-743-2920 



The project objective is to provide sedimentological background data on the cores collected for study by other in- 

 vestigators in the California Basins Study (CaBS). Sedimentological analyses will provide background information 

 on the marine geological setting, long-term depositional budgets, and the dominant processes affecting various 

 parts of the Santa Monica Basin. Laboratory work involves textural analysis, radiographic analysis, and chemical 

 analysis for carbonate and total organic carbon. 



Circulation and Particulate Fluxes in the Southern California Bight 



Hickey, B.M. 



$299,000 



University of Washington 



School of Oceanography 



C: 206-543-4737 



This project will determine the general circulation in the Santa Monica-San Pedro shelf/slope/basin region, includ- 

 ing patterns and forcing mechanisms. It will also describe particle dynamics in this region, i.e., the relative impor- 

 tance of horizontal advection, wave/current resuspension processes, submarine canyons, and intermediate-depth 

 nepheloid layers in redistributing particles, on time-scales of hours to years. 



Coastal Ocean Margins Program A24 December 1988 



