TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Abstract 



Table of Contents 



List of Illustrations - 



Introduction 



Data Collection and Processing — 



Cruise Chronology 



Anchored Instrument Packages 



Direct Measurements of Current on Station. 



Time-Series Current Measurements ^ 



Oceanographic Stations 



Suspended Sediment Study 



Results 



Water Masses 



Currents 



Dissolved Oxygen Distribution 



References _ 



Illustrations . 



Appendix A — Oceanographic Data 



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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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1. Location of anchored sensing systems and oceanographic stations 5 



2. Configuration of anchored instrument packages 6 



3. Vertical distribution of temperature on section H-H', 8-11 July 1968 7 



4. Vertical distribution of temperature on section G-G', 11-12 July 1968 7 



5. Vertical distribution of temperature on section F-F', 13-14 July 1968 8 



6. Vertical distribution of temperature on section E-E', 15-16 July 1968 8 



7. Vertical distribution of temperature on section D-D', 17-18 July 1968 9 



8. Vertical distribution of temperature on section C-C, 18-19 July 1968 9 



9. Vertical distribution of salinity on section H-H', 8-11 July 1968 . 10 



10. Vertical distribution of salinity on section G-G', 11-12 July 1968 10 



11. Vertical distribution of salinity on section F-F', 13-14 July 1968 11 



12. Vertical distribution of salinity on section E-E' 15-16 July 1968 11 



13. Vertical distribution of salinity on section D-D', 17-18 July 1968 12 



14. Vertical distribution of salinity on .section C-C. 18-19 July 1968 12 



15. Horizontal distribution of sea surface temperature between section H-H 



and section C-C, 8-19 July 1968 13 



