PRINCIPAL RESULTS OF THE LATEST OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN THE ARCTIC BASIN

The principal findings of Soviet and US Arctic Basin expeditions during the period 1955-1959 are summarized. Topics include: bottom topography; geological history; physical and chemical properties of the water masses; changes of water temperature and salinity; mixing; current and ice drift; and tida...

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Main Authors: GORDIENKO,P. A., Laktionov,A. F.
Other Authors: DIRECTORATE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SERVICES OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*OCEANOGRAPHY
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
MARINE GEOLOGY
SEA WATER
TEMPERATURE
SALINITY
ICE ISLANDS
TIDES
USSR
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Basin
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0610988
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Summary:The principal findings of Soviet and US Arctic Basin expeditions during the period 1955-1959 are summarized. Topics include: bottom topography; geological history; physical and chemical properties of the water masses; changes of water temperature and salinity; mixing; current and ice drift; and tidal phenomena. Trans. of Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Izvestiya. Seriya Geograficheskaya, 1960, no. 5, p. 22-33. Also available from NRC as C-3588.

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