Evolution and stratigraphic architecture of marine slope gully complexes: Monterey Formation (Miocene), Gaviota Beach, California

• Published in: Marine and petroleum geology Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 269 - 288
• Main Authors: Surpless, Kathleen D., Ward, Richard B., Graham, Stephan A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Facies architecture; Gaviota; Hydrocarbons; Marine; Marine geology; Monterey formation; Sedimentary rocks; Slope deposit; Submarine gully; United States; California; INE, USA, California, Santa Barbara Cty., Monterey Formation; ANW, Atlantic, The Gully; Monterey formation; Submarine gully; Facies architecture; Slope deposit; Gaviota; slumping; continental slope; Neogene; cliffs; fine-grained materials; reservoirs; upper Tertiary; slopes; North America; beaches; modern; slope environment; Cenozoic; petroleum; clastic rocks; onshore; outcrops; density; Tertiary; hydrodynamics; conglomerate; water; heterogeneity; sedimentation; grains; sedimentary rocks; channels; interpretation; erosion; Miocene; Phanerozoic; turbidity currents

Three small headlands in the sea cliffs west of Gaviota Beach, California, are the remnant fill of three discrete submarine gullies incised into the late Miocene submarine slope environment. These promontories provide excellent, three-dimensional exposure of the gully fill in outcrop, permitting doc...