TRACK CHARTS, CRUISE JOURNALS, BATHYMETRY, AND LOCATIONS OF OBSERVATIONS, ATLANTIS CRUISE NO. 294, JULY 8-18, 1963, ATLANTIS CRUISE NO. 296, AUGUST 3-13 1963, NORTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Abstract

This report contains Mercator sharts of Cruises 294 and 296 of ATLANTIS in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Soundings and the fifteen dredge and nine heat flow stations made during the cruises are noted along the ship's tracks. The six bathythermographs and twenty-three bottles and seafloor drifter drops are tabulated. Echo sounding and seismic reflection profiler surveys of Oceanographer. Gilbert and Lydonia submarine canyons are depicted on larger scale charts. Soundings are read at five minute intervals and at each break in slope. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0637971

Entities

People

  • Hartley Hoskins

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Bathymetry
  • Bathythermographs
  • Heat Transmission
  • Intervals
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Reflection
  • Seabed
  • Seismic Reflection
  • Sonar
  • Submarine Canyons
  • Submarines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.