Accession Number:

ADA056258

Title:

Physical and Chemical Data. Circle Expedition, 16 March - 1 December 1968.

Descriptive Note:

Data rept.

Corporate Author:

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1978-01-15

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

CIRCE expedition was primarily a deep-sea geological-geophysical cruise, with the work on Legs I and II consisting mainly of seismic reflection surveys and bottom sampling by core and dredge. CIRCE Expedition, Legs VIII and IX, had three major objectives and several satellite programs they were mainly geological and geochemical in orientation and included an examination of a portion of the Walvis Ridge off western S. Africa.

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
• *OCEAN RIDGES
• OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• MARINE GEOLOGY
• SEISMIC REFLECTION
• ATLANTIC OCEAN
• DREDGING
• SEDIMENTS
• GEOCHEMISTRY
• DEEP OCEANS
• CORE SAMPLING
• PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE