Arctic Ocean Geophysical Studies: The Alpha Cordillera and Mendeleyev Ridge

• Main Author: Hall, John K.
• Other Authors: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY PALISADES NY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; *OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *MARINE GEOPHYSICS; REFLECTION; FAULTS(GEOLOGY); GRAVITY; REFRACTION; GEOLOGIC AGE DETERMINATION; BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA; SEDIMENTATION; ECHO RANGING; OCEANIC CRUST; MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTION; MEASUREMENT; DEPTH FINDING; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; ANOMALIES; OCEAN BOTTOM SPREADING; ALPHA CORDILLERA; SEISMIC PROFILES; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Mendeleyev; Mendeleyev Ridge; Chukchi Rise; Alpha Cordillera; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0715656; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0715656

The geophysical findings from Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3) for the period mid-1962 to mid-1970 are presented. During this time the ice station traversed the Chukchi Rise, portions of the Alpha Cordillera and Mendeleyev Ridge, and the Chukchi, Mendeleyev, and Canada Plains. The findings, together...