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Holocene Sedimentation in Tanner Basin, California Continental Borderland

1968; Geological Society of America; Volume: 79; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[659

1943-2674

Donn S. Gorsline, David E. Drake, Peter W. Barnes,

Geological formations and processes

Research Article| June 01, 1968 Holocene Sedimentation in Tanner Basin, California Continental Borderland DONN S GORSLINE; DONN S GORSLINE Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar DAVID E DRAKE; DAVID E DRAKE Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar PETER W BARNES PETER W BARNES Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information DONN S GORSLINE Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 DAVID E DRAKE Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 PETER W BARNES Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 03 May 1967 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1968, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1968) 79 (6): 659–674. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[659:HSITBC]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 03 May 1967 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation DONN S GORSLINE, DAVID E DRAKE, PETER W BARNES; Holocene Sedimentation in Tanner Basin, California Continental Borderland. GSA Bulletin 1968;; 79 (6): 659–674. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[659:HSITBC]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Piston cores collected from Tanner Basin, an outer basin of the California Continenta Borderland, record evidence for hemipelagic and "turbidite" sedimentation that is in accord with Curray's model for a Holocene sea-level rise. Decreasing amounts of terrigenous sediments were contributed as rising sea level flooded previously exposed banks and shelves and reduced stream gradients on land. Radiocarbon and paleontologic dates provide markers for the computation of sedimentation rates which show that the contributions of biogenic and terrigenous fines have been essentially constant for about the past 7500 years, reflecting a greatly reduced rate of sea-level rise. Carbonate contributions, primarily from foraminifera, appear to have been constant, or nearly so, over the past 12,000 years. This reflects little change in the oceanographic circulation over the outer borderland. Data show that the Holocene record is continuous over the entire basin floor, although variable in absolute magnitude, and that the thickness of hemipelagic material is related to topography. The older concept of a rain of particles producing a uniform veneer without regard to topographic irregularities is not supported, but rather, fines are laterally transported and conform to bathymetry in the same fashion that relief controls the discontinuous "turbidite" sedimentation. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.