OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 62 MARINE GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS

During the Austral Summer of 1961-1962, the US Naval Oceanographic Office (Formerly the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office) conducted marine geophysical research in the true Antarctic. A broad program consisting of oceanography, bathymetry, and terrestrial magnetism was accomplished aboard USS BURTON IS...

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Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1962
Subjects:
*GEOPHYSICS
*HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
GEOMAGNETISM
DEEP FREEZE OPERATION
Antarctic
Austral
Burton
Burton Island
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0292767
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0292767
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Summary:During the Austral Summer of 1961-1962, the US Naval Oceanographic Office (Formerly the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office) conducted marine geophysical research in the true Antarctic. A broad program consisting of oceanography, bathymetry, and terrestrial magnetism was accomplished aboard USS BURTON ISLAND, while USCGC EASTWIND and USS GLACIER completed extensive oceanographicAND BATHYMETRIC SURVEYS. Underway observations included continuous total magnetic intensity recordings, hourly or half-hourly bathythermograph casts, continuous sonic soundings, continuous sea surface and air temperature recordings, and sea and swell (or ice) observations. Hoveto observations consisted of standard oceanographic stations, bottom sediment samples and surface plankton samples. (Author)

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