Physical and Chemical Data. Piquero Expedition 16 December 1968 - 16 April 1969.

• Other Authors: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; COASTAL REGIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; FAULTS(GEOLOGY); CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION); HELIUM; SOUTH AMERICA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; PLANKTON; CHILE; AIR GUNS; Atacama Fault; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Chile Current; Antarctic Peninsula; Piquero expedition; Cape Horn; Antarctic; Arlington; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*
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The primary purpose of the PIQUERO Expedition was the following: (1) To obtain more data on noble gas concentrations, mainly on the excess helium component present in deep Southeast Pacific waters attributable to an influx of helium from the solid earth; (2) to conduct a sub-bottom (air gun) profile...