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mont Geological Observatory, with emphasis on 
problems of sound propagation applied to under- 
sea warfare. 
In FY 1965 studies will continue of geological 
structure, sedimentation processes, and mass physi- 
cal properties of sediments, by using the TRIESTE 
and other vehicles. Research on deeper off-shore 
areas will be emphasized. Theoretical studies of 
properties, useful in determining stability of sedi- 
ments when only partial information is available, 
will require emphasis on the interrelation of shear 
strength, density, porosity, and consolidation. La- 
mont Geological Observatory and NEL will con- 
tinue their complementary investigations. Addi- 
tional properties, including electrical resistivity, will 
be measured. Stereo-color photographic techniques 
for sea floor work will be improved. Observational 
and instrumental techniques for obtaining informa- 
tion on the processes of erosion, turbidity currents, 
and sediment transport will be developed. Im- 
proved acoustical techniques for probing and re- 
cording the bottom and sub-bottom characteristics 
will be emphasized. 
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Bureau of Naval Weapons: $75,000 
The Bureau’s Naval Ordnance Laboratory will 
continue to investigate the earth’s magnetic field 
and its sea-floor fluctuation. In the coming fiscal 
year, DEEP-DIP will be used in an expanded pro- 
gram of data collection and analyses. 
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UNITED STATES ARMY 
Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering 
Research Center: $290,000 
Tide and wave studies will be intensified to re- 
late quantitatively storm wave attacks and resulting 
shore erosion. Investigations will attempt to lo- 
cate in 30 to 50 feet of water potential beach sand 
sources for beach re-supply off the Florida and Dela- 
ware coasts. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Coast and Geodetic Survey: $188,000 
In-house research will continue in marine grav- 
ity, magnetism, estuarine and shelf structure, and 
sediment transport. For FY 1965, the projects 
planned include continuing study of heat flow 
through the sea floor, theories of the origin of ocean 
basins, submarine geomorphology of the western 
Aleutians and East Coast Shelf, sedimentation of 
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estuaries and coastal regions, sub-bottom acoustic 
properties, and the nature of marine magnetics and 
gravity. Preliminary research in the area of marine 
seismology will be initiated. A cooperative pro- 
gram with the USGS is being planned to study the 
offshore geological properties along the Pacific 
Coast of the continental United States. 
* * * 
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 
Geological Survey: $520,000 
New maps of regional topography, marine sedi- 
ment distribution, and underlying geologic struc- 
ture are being prepared as part of the joint USGS- 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution study of 
the marine geology and hydrology of the Atlantic 
continental shelf and slope. Similar studies of 
marine geology and hydrology of the continental 
shelf and slope along the West Coast will be initi- 
ated in FY 1965 in cooperation with the Coast & 
Geodetic Survey. The Geological Survey will be 
responsible for operations on land, including proc- 
essing and laboratory studies of samples collected 
at sea and will acquire and analyze existing geo- 
logical and geophysical information needed to in- 
terpret the off-shore data. The C&GS will be re- 
sponsible for operations at sea. Scientists of the two 
organizations will collaborate in the collection of 
samples and data at sea and in the interpretation 
and publication of the results. 
The USGS will continue to collect and interpret 
existing geological and biological data concerning 
the Gulf Coast and Alaska continental shelves. 
Operations on the Atlantic continental shelf will 
be augmented by the addition of bottom coring. 
Studies of bottom samples and geophysical data 
from the North Pacific Ocean and elsewhere, col- 
lected by the Coast & Geodetic Survey and by 
other organizations, will continue. 
* * * 
Bureau of Mines: $104,000 
The small economic evaluation programs of 
ocean floor minerals, carried on with the coopera- 
tion of Oregon State University and Scripps Insti- 
tution of Oceanography, has revealed the exist- 
ence of possible valuable nearshore deposits of 
glauconite and has indicated surprising variability 
in the composition of deep sea manganese nodules. 
In order to extend these investigations, engineer- 
ing studies of deep sea mining equipment will be 
initiated in FY 1965. Collection and analysis of 
