Recent Results in Submarine Geophysics

Research Article| October 01, 1946 RECENT RESULTS IN SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS MAURICE EWING; MAURICE EWING DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar G. P WOOLLARD; G. P WOOLLARD DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar A. C VINE; A. C VINE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar J. L WORZEL J. L WORZEL DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information MAURICE EWING DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. G. P WOOLLARD DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. A. C VINE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. J. L WORZEL DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y 27, N. Y.; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MASS. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 08 Mar 1946 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1946, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1946) 57 (10): 909–934. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1946)57[909:RRISG]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 08 Mar 1946 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation MAURICE EWING, G. P WOOLLARD, A. C VINE, J. L WORZEL; RECENT RESULTS IN SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS. GSA Bulletin 1946;; 57 (10): 909–934. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1946)57[909:RRISG]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract During the war period nearly all the established methods of studying submarine geology were found to have military application, and, as a result of the impetus given to such work by government research and development contracts, new techniques were developed. Thus the field work of the war period has added considerably to knowledge gained through established methods and has demonstrated the potential usefulness to submarine geology of entirely new instrumentation.The co-operation of geophysicists, submarine geologists, and oceanographers with the Navy's research program has been particularly close and effective. It has led to improvements in the methods of both deep-sea and shallow-water seismic surveys, to advances in the techniques of underwater photography, and to the developments of other rapid systems for collecting information about the sediments. Some examples of the results achieved by investigators at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are presented.As an example of an entirely new tool for the exploration of ocean basins, a method of acoustically scanning the floor of the deep ocean is explained. This method is particularly promising for the location of active submarine volcanoes and isolated submerged sea mounts which cannot be easily found by conventional sounding techniques. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.