Field Activity Details for field activity A368NP

AKA: none

Other ID: A-3-68-NP

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca

Funding Program(s): Circe (MU045)

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Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To study bottom topography, magnetic patterns, heat flow, sediments and variations of the earths magnetic field near the equator in the Western Pacific, Indian, and southern Atlantic Oceans.

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Start Date: 1968-03-08

End Date: 1968-03-17

Equipment Used: airgun, transitsatellite

Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Circe Expedition, a circumnavigation of the world which explored the western Pacific, Indian and southern Atlantic oceans with support from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. During this expedition, participants studied bottom topography, magnetic patterns, heat flow, sediments and variations of the earths magnetic field near the equator. Data pertinent to the sea floor spreading theory was collected. The expedition used a seagoing computer and a satellite navigation system, which was unique at that time.

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Argo Circe

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