Seismic Shotpoint Navigation: USF 100-shot shotpoint navigation of seismic data collected in the Pulley Ridge area in 1996 and 2001

These seismic data were collected to infer the paleodepositional environment of Pulley Ridge through seismic facies analysis. Without actual rock cores, remote sensing is the next best tool. It was uncertain if Pulley Ridge represented a drowned reef or paleoshoreline. Through seismic imaging, it was determined from the high-amplitude, level-bedded nature of material in the sub-surface that Pulley Ridge represents several stages of barrier-island development.

本研究采集的地震数据旨在通过地震相分析，推断普利岭（Pulley Ridge）的古沉积环境。由于缺乏实际岩心样本，遥感技术成为次优的替代研究手段。此前学界尚未明确普利岭究竟属于沉没礁体还是古岸线遗迹。通过地震成像技术，结合地下介质的高振幅与水平层理特征，最终确定普利岭经历了多期障壁岛的发育演化过程。