Acoustic facies of Holocene megaturbidites in the Eastern Mediterranean
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- 作者：Rebesco ; M. ; Vedova ; B. Della ; Cernobori ; L. ; et. al.
- 关键词：megaturbidites ; acoustic facies ; sub-bottom profiles ; Mediterranean Sea
- 刊名：Sedimentary Geology
- 出版年：2000
- 出版时间：September, 2000
- 年：2000
- 卷：135
- 期：1-4
- 页码：65-74
- 全文大小：831 K
文摘
The acoustic facies of Holocene megaturbidites in the central-western abyssal plains of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is analysed, combining core lithology and synthetic seismograms produced on the basis of P-wave velocity profiles derived by multi-sensor core logging (from a core in the Western Herodotous Trough). The acoustic facies of the megaturbidite is divided in two layers: (1) an upper, transparent, low velocity layer, corresponding to structureless mud; (2) a lower, highly reflective, high velocity layer, corresponding to the graded sandy base. Correlation with sub-bottom profiler data allowed us to estimate in about 21–23m the maximum total thickness of the two-layer megaturbidite in the Ionian Abyssal Plain. These results demonstrate that thicknesses traditionally computed on the basis of the acoustically transparent layer alone may produce a relevant underestimation of the total volume of the deposit. The total volume of the megaturbidite, extending over the Ionian and Sirte Abyssal Plains including the western Herodotous Trough, is therefore estimated in about 162±10km3.