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; Equatorial undercurrent studies; Ocean bottom pressure fluctuations; One-shot float program; Internal waves and currents; Inertial techniques; Marine gravity; Mechanics of bottom sediment movement; Geochemistry of Mid-Atlantic Ridge sediments; Geophysical tests of petrological models of the spreading lithosphere; Modeling sea floor structure; Deep ocean magnetotelluric program; Heat flow studies; and Dynamics of small scale processes in air-sea interaction.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0722019

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Deep Oceans
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geochemistry
  • Heat Transmission
  • Internal Waves
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Ridges
  • Seabed
  • Sediments

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Seismology