In order to determine whether the sediments found on the landward
wall of the Peru Trench are accreted Nazca Plate sediments,
the clay mineralogy and organic carbon contents of 52 surface
samples were submitted to factor analysis. Q-mode factor analysis
resolved the data from the Nazca Plate and Peru continental...
The nearshore zone at Newport, Oregon was studied during the
period September, 1968 to August, 1969. Particular emphasis was
placed on those physical factors affecting the distribution of pulp mill
wastes discharged within the study area (referred to as Yaquina Bight
in this thesis). Temperatures and seawater samples were obtained...
Seismic refraction measurements along two unreversed lines
indicate that the earth's crust is 26 km thick in southeastern Alaska
and 30 km thick along the Inside Passage of British Columbia. The
crust in southeastern Alaska, north of Dixon Entrance, consists of
a layer 9 km thick with a seismic velocity...
Detailed bathymetric survey data were collected along the Peruvian
continental margin and were compiled by the author and other
investigators to construct a new bathymetric map for the area between
6° to 18°S latitude. Based on this map and individual bathymetric
profiles, the continental shelf topography is essentially flat. Four...
In situ salinity, turbidity and temperature were measured at discrete depths and water samples for radioanalysis were simultaneously collected in the Columbia River Estuary using a specially designed instrument package. Particulate radioactivity was concentrated by filtration and the dissolved radioactivity by evaporation or ferric oxide bulk precipitation. Radioanalysis was by...
Temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen concentration
measured in an estuary were analyzed to determine if the effects of
coastal upwelling could be observed and used to effectively monitor
the degree of upwelling.
Hydrographic data collected weekly at a point four miles from
the entrance of Yaquina Bay (Buoy 15) were...
During the six-month period of July through December, 1966,
a study of animals inhabiting laminarian holdfasts in Yaquina Bay,
Oregon, was carried out to determine what animals live in this habitat
and to gain some idea of the factors which influence their presence
and distribution. This study deals with yet...