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AD787018

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Ballard, R. D.
Page Count	76
Abstract	A detailed summary of geologic dives made by the submersible ALVIN in the Gulf of Maine is presented. Report includes sampling procedures followed by the submersible a listing and areal distribution of the samples collected, a comparison of the submersible to other sampling techniques, and the relationship of individual pilots to sampling success. Each dive is described in detail including representative bottom photographs and artist's concepts of outcrop regions. (Modified author abstract)
Keywords	Maine Gulf Ocean bottom sampling Ocean bottom topography Seismic reflection Profiles Tectonics Geological survey Transponders Photogeology Echo ranging Hydrogeology Alvin vessel Manned submersibles Seismic refraction Rock tests Rock properties
Source Agency	Navy National Science Foundation
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics
Corporate Authors	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mass; Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored in part by NSF-GA-32454, NSF-GD-32558.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Technical rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197425
Contract Number	N00014-71-C-0284 N00014-73-C-0097

Summary of the Geologic Dives Conducted in the Gulf of Maine During 1971 and 1972 by the Research Submersible ALVIN.

Summary of the Geologic Dives Conducted in the Gulf of Maine During 1971 and 1972 by the Research Submersible ALVIN.
AD787018

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Ballard, R. D.
Page Count	76
Abstract	A detailed summary of geologic dives made by the submersible ALVIN in the Gulf of Maine is presented. Report includes sampling procedures followed by the submersible a listing and areal distribution of the samples collected, a comparison of the submersible to other sampling techniques, and the relationship of individual pilots to sampling success. Each dive is described in detail including representative bottom photographs and artist's concepts of outcrop regions. (Modified author abstract)
Keywords	Maine Gulf Ocean bottom sampling Ocean bottom topography Seismic reflection Profiles Tectonics Geological survey Transponders Photogeology Echo ranging Hydrogeology Alvin vessel Manned submersibles Seismic refraction Rock tests Rock properties
Source Agency	Navy National Science Foundation
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics
Corporate Authors	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mass; Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored in part by NSF-GA-32454, NSF-GD-32558.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Technical rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197425
Contract Number	N00014-71-C-0284 N00014-73-C-0097