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3. The responsibilities of IOC should, include coordination of hasic 

 scientific research including that pertaining to marine resources. 

 IOC should be broadly responsible for coordination and planning of 

 international cooperative scientific research in the oceans, recognizing 

 the specific scientific research responsibilities of various international 

 orcenizations. j^iaong the basic imrlne science topics that mi^ht be 

 considered by IOC in collaboration witli other marine science organizations 

 are: 



(a) Shape, structure and composition of the sea floor 

 and the coastj and their chanftes, 



(b) Clienical constituents of t}ie ocean and their budget. 



(c) Scales of notion in the ocean, the dj-Tiamics of ocean 

 c\irrent systems and surface boundary processes, 



(d) Ocean life and its dynamics. 



k. Illustrative of the tj^pes of activities IOC night coordinate or 



collaborate on with other international organizations are: 



(a) Assessment of livin,'^ resources useful to man in uncharted 

 regions of the world ocean. 



(b) Assessment of current utilization of loiov.'n fishery stocks. 



(c) Acquisition of imowleiige relating living resources to 

 their environment in order that greater efficiency in 

 their captujre and conservation can be achieved. 



( d) Determination of the geological structure end mineral 

 and energy resource potential of the -vrorld's continental 

 margins . 



(e) Preparation of tcpograpliic, geological, and geophysical 

 maps of selected t^reas of the deep ocean floor. 



(f) Coring and drilling on the continental margins and deep 

 ocean floor in selected are&s. 



(g) Study of scales of motion in the sea and the dynamics 

 of ocean current systems. 



(h) Investigations of surface bounda,ry processes, such as 

 the generation and prop&,'-',ati on of ocean waves. 



(i) Investigations of evolutionary processes of ocean basins. 



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