336 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
SpHL SEDIMENTARY TECHNIQUES GORSLINE 
Collection of samples; analyses for grain size, gross : 
fractionation methods; description and interpretation 
of sediments. 
512. OCEANOGRAPHY GORSLINE 
Chemical and physical properties of sea water; movement 
of water masses; relation of water characteristics to 
meteorological factors; relation of marine organisms to 
water composition. 
514. MARINE GEOLOGY _ GORSLINE 
Origin of ocean basins, characteristics of rock underlying 
the ocean floor; development of island ares, continental 
shelves, continental slopes, submarine canyons, coral reefs. 
519L. SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY CLEMENTS 
Application of the microscope to the study of sediments. 
550ab. SPECIAL PROBLEMS STAFF 
Intensive study in one or more of the fields of geology. 
560. ADVANCED GEOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR GREEN 
Selected research problems in elemental abundances and 
distribution in the geochemical spheres. 
578L. ADVANCED MICROPALEONTOLOGY BANDY 
Microfaunal correlations; stratigraphic sequence of 
microfaunas; phylogenesis of foraminifera; paleoecology; 
applied micropaleontology; reports on microfaunas from 
local and foreign strata. 
790ab. RESEARCH STAFF 
An intensive study of specific problems under the direction 
of a member of committee of the staff in Geology. 
For Information Contact: 
Dr. Donh S. Gorsline 
Department of Geology 
University of Southern California 
Los Angeles 7, California 
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