Accession Number:

AD0641364

Title:

OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept.,

Corporate Author:

TEXAS A AND M UNIV COLLEGE STATION DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• Pequegnat,Willis E.
• Berner,Leo

Report Date:

1966-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

85.0

Abstract:

The report gives a summary of some of the Texas A and M oceanographic research on the Gulf of Mexico which has been carried on during the past year. Included are reviews of work in physical oceanography, geophysics, geology, geo-chemistry, chemistry, instrumentation, and biofouling. Attention is called to the fact that numerous special reports have been issued by individual investigators that discuss specific research activities in greater detail. The field work carried out aboard the RV ALAMINOS is summarized, and publications, papers, and reports resulting from the work are presented. Author

Descriptors:

• (*MEXICO GULF
• *OCEANOGRAPHY)
• MARINE GEOPHYSICS
• SEDIMENTATION
• OCEAN CURRENTS
• MARINE METEOROLOGY
• FOULING
• INSTRUMENTATION

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE