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Application of Seasat altimetry to tectonic studies of fracture zones in the Southern oceans
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
Gravity derived from Seasat altimetry has provided a means of estimating seafloor topography and its compensation, which in turn can be used to understand the evolution of oceanic lithosphere. In the first study, the ...
Thermally driven circulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
Several problems connected by the theme of thermal forcing are addressed herein. The main topic is the stratification and flow field resulting from imposing a specified heat flux on a fluid that is otherwise confined to a ...
Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Inverse methods are applied to historical hydrographic data to address two aspects of the general circulation of the Atlantic Ocean. The method allows conservation statements for mass and other properties, along with a ...
The tectonics and three-dimensional structure of spreading centers--microearthquake studies and tomographic inversions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
Two-thirds of the Earth's surface has been formed along a global system of spreading centers that are presently manifested in several different structural forms, including the classic rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, ...
Observations and modelling of deep equatorial currents in the central Pacific
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Analysis of vertical profiles of absolute horizontal velocity collected in January 1981, February 1982 and April 1982 in the central equatorial Pacific as part of the Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics (PEQUOD) program, ...
Fluid flow and sound generation at hydrothermal vent fields
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Prediction of continental shelf sediment transport using a theoretical model of the wave-current boundary layer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
This thesis presents an application of the Grant-Madsen-Glenn bottom boundary layer model (Grant and Madsen, 1979; Glenn and Grant, 1987) to predictions of sediment transport on the continental shelf. The analysis is a ...
A study of the remineralization of organic carbon in nearshore sediments using carbon isotopes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
A study of the remineralization of organic carbon was conducted in the organic-rich sediments of Buzzards Bay, MA. Major processes affecting the carbon chemistry in sediments are reflected by changes in the stable carbon ...
Particle flux in the Western Black Sea in the present and over the last 5,000 years : temporal variability, sources, transport mechanisms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
An organic geochemical approach to problems of glacial-interglacial climatic variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)