PRINCIPAL RESULTS OF THE LATEST OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN THE ARCTIC BASIN

• 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; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0610988

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.