This is a seismically defined paleochannel complex (dark wiggly lines on the front panel of the cartoon) and spatially coincident resistivity hotspot (color contours) near Garden City, SC. This correlation suggests that the submarine groundwater discharge in Long Bay may be controlled, to some extent, by geologic framework characteristics. The groundwater work is an outgrowth of capabilities that CCU has owing to the last MRI award for geophysical equipment.

This image, constructed by Dr. Jenna Hill who is a post-doc working with Dr. Gayes in CMWS, is a multibeam image collected offshore of Georgia. This image shows many long, linear features in the shelf sediments. The most likely mechanism for these features is glacial scouring. The present MRI award will provide CCU the capability to collect data of this type.