BATHYMETRIC RECONNAISSANCE OF EXUMA SOUND

Abstract

A bathymetric survey was undertaken with an expanded scale Precision Depth Recorder in Exuma Sound which is the easternmost trough cut in the shallow, flat, calcareous Bahama Banks. Comparisons with the Tongue of the Ocean and the Straits of Florida were made and it was attempted to discover a structural pattern for the area and how this pattern evolved. Exuma Sound resembles the other two features, all three are deeply incised on the Florida Borderland, each with a flat bottom and steep sides which in this case reach a maximum slope of nearly 30%. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266885

Entities

People

  • Violet B. Siegler

Organizations

  • Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Oceans
  • Precision
  • Reconnaissance
  • Recording Systems
  • Tongue Of The Ocean

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Oceanography.