Accession Number:

AD0653737

Title:

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE TEXAS A AND M EASTROPAC CRUISE, 21 JANUARY TO 10 APRIL 1967.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

TEXAS A AND M UNIV COLLEGE STATION DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• Cochrane,John D.

Report Date:

1967-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

Texas A and M research vessel ALAMINOS participated in the EASTROPAC studies of the eastern tropical Pacific during February, March, and April, 1967. Physical, meteorological, biological, and chemical data collected during the cruise are outlined. Preliminary results in physical oceanography for the region east of the Galapagos and north of 15 degrees S are presented. New techniques are described. Author

Descriptors:

• (*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• *PACIFIC OCEAN)
• (*OCEANOGRAPHY
• REPORTS)
• MARINE BIOLOGY
• PERIODIC VARIATIONS
• SALINITY
• OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• TEMPERATURE
• OCEAN CURRENTS
• SEA WATER
• OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
• SAMPLERS
• WEATHER
• METALS
• SALINOMETERS
• BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
• CARIBBEAN SEA
• MEXICO GULF
• MAPS

Subject Categories:

• Biological Oceanography
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE