Gulf of Mexico Basin Depositional Synthesis: Neogene Sequences, Depositional Systems, and Paleogeographic Evolution of a Small Ocean Basin: Abstract

1) Create a digital geographic information system (GIS) data base containing information systematically tabulated from well logs, 2-D seismic lines, and published maps, papers, and other sources. 2) Test and refine sequence correlations between the continental margin (primarily well log data base) and the deep basin (primarily seismic data base). 3) Identify and map successive Cenozoic sedimentary supply and cross-slope transport axes to guide petroleum reservoir prediction in slope and deep basin exploration plays. 4) Document the temporal and spatial distribution of submarine canyons, slump chutes, and structural conduits that have focused sand transport from the shelf margin to the slope and basin floor. 5) Expand the broader understanding of slope depositional processes, facies associations, and paleogeographic evolution.