CONTENTS 



Preface ii 



Introduction iv 



Environmental Quality Program 1 



Geochemical Ocean Sections (GEOSECS) Study 1 



Baseline Studies 5 



Pollution Research 7 



Environmental Forecasting Program 17 



Midocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE) 17 



North Pacific Experiment (NORPAX) 19 



Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction 



(CLIMAP) Study 20 



NOAA Projects 23 



Seabed Assessment Program 27 



Continental Margins Studies 27 



Mid-Atlantic Ridge Study 29 



Gulf of California Study 30 



Plate Tectonics and Metallogenesis Studies 31 



Ocean Minerals Studies 34 



Living Resources Program 36 



Coastal Upw/elling Experiment (CUE)-I 39 



Appendix: National Marine Data Inventory (NAMDI) Summaries 43 



