Handbook of Geophysical Exploration at Sea

Richard A. Geyer

Part 1: Multidiscipline and General Methods 1. The Minerals Management Service's Offshore Hard Mlnerals Program on the United States Outer Continental Shelf: Status of Projects and Activities 2. Capabilities of Some Systems Used to Survey the Deep-Sea Floor 3. Geophysical Study of the East African Margin Part 2: Geophysical Methods 4. Airborne Gravimetry 5. Basement Configuration Identified in the Marine Geoid, and Petroleum Exploration of the Seychelles Platform 6. High-Resolution Geophysical Mapping of the Mississippi-Alabama Outer Continental Shelf 7. Very-High-Resolution, Seismic-Reflection Profiling and Other Acoustic Techniques with Examples from Virginia 8. Seismic Stratigraphy and Salt Tectonics of the East Breaks Region, Gulf of Mexico 9. Application of Seismic Profile Methods to Sand Source Studies for Beach Nourishment Part 3: Radiometric 10. Radiometric Sea Floor Exploration Methods 11. Exploration for Submarine Mineral Deposits by Use of Gamma-Ray Radiometric Methods 12. Overview of Nuclear Techniques for Marine Mineral Surveys and Environmental Assessment 13. Resistivity at Sea Part 4: Geotechnical Methods 14. Significance of Pore Pressure in Marine Sediments: Measurements and Derived Properties 15. Summary of Marine Sedimentary Shear Modulus and Acoustic Speed Profile Results Using a Gravity Wave Inversion Technique 16. An Experimental Study for Applying the Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves Method to Offshore Areas 17. Analysis of Preconsolidation Pressure Methods for Fine-Grained Sediments in Nares Abyssal Plain, Mississippi Delta, and Other Selected Areas