Oceanographic Research At MIT in the Departments of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Meteorology.

Abstract

The following topics are discussed: Ocean-island interaction; Ocean circulation model studies; Observations of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the Indian Ocean; Ocean bottom pressure fluctuations; Mechanics of bottom sediment movement; Trace element geochemistry; Structural evolution of an oceanic plate; Driving mechanisms of plate tectonics; Marine geophysics.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0757734

Entities

People

  • Frank Press
  • Henry M. Stommel
  • John B. Southard
  • John M. Edmond
  • Robert C. Beardsley

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Earth Sciences
  • Geochemistry
  • Geophysics
  • Glaciology
  • Indian Ocean
  • Marine Geophysics
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Seabed
  • Tectonics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.