OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AT M. I. T, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY.

Abstract

Contents: Ocean-island interaction; Ocean circulation model studies; Ocean bottom pressure fluctuations one-shot float program; Inertial techniques; Marine gravity; Mechanics of sediment ripples and sand waves laboratory studies of shoaling internal gravity waves; Geochemistry of Mid-Atlantic ridge sediments; Heat flow data in northern horse latitudes; Heat flow in the North Atlantic at 43 degrees N; Magnetotelluric measurements in the deep ocean; Regional geophysics studies; Aeromagnetic tests for continental drift in Africa and South America; Heat flow measurements on the Reykjanes Ridge; Measurement and interpretation of heat flow in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas; Heat flow between the Caribbean Sea and Mid-atlantic Ridge; Crustal structure of the Southern California continental borderland from gravity anomalies; Crustal structure from gravity anomalies in the Southwest Pacific; Topography and tectonics at the intersection of fracture zines with central rifts; and Dynamics of the small scale processes in air-sea interaction.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0704604

Entities

People

  • Delbar P. Keily
  • Erik Mollo-christensen
  • Frederick A. Frey
  • Robert C. Beardsley
  • Shawn Biehler

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Caribbean Sea
  • Deep Oceans
  • Geophysics
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Anomalies
  • Gravity Waves
  • Heat Transmission
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Ridges
  • Seabed
  • South America
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Oceanography.
  • Seismology