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DEEP OCEANS AND OCEANIC ISLANDS 



Cooperative deep ocean studies will continue with other organizations (De- 

 partment of Defense, ESSA, and the Coast Guard), and will contribute to the 

 knowledge of submarine volcanism, organic content of deep sea sediments, and 

 recent sea level changes. Participation is current or planned for such projects as 

 the Deep Sea Drilling Project (JOIDES) and the International Decade of Ocean 

 Exploration. Studies will be accelerated in the Territorial Islands, Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, and Caribbean Sea to insure a firm geologic base for assessing the deep ocean 

 resource potential and for analyzing the structural evolution of these areas. 

 These cooperative programs call for the following studies : 



Current 



Scientific and economic importance of cores taken in the Deep Sea Di'illing 

 Project (JOIDES) in cooperation with NSF. The Atlantic Ocean drilling has 

 been completed ; the Pacific Ocean drilling is underway. 



Planned 



Multi-disciplinary study of deep ocean structures, the relationship between 

 the oceanic and continental crusts, the geochemical properties of deep ocean 

 sediments, and rates of sediment accumulation will be undertaken as ships of 

 opportunity become available or if work is funded under the International Decade 

 of Ocean Exploration. 



Appendix 3 



CuERENT Research Contracts 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution : Atlantic Shelf. 



Duke University : Atlantic Shelf. 



Louisiana State University : Gulf of Mexico. 



Texas A & M University : Gulf of Mexico. 



University of California, San Diego : Pacific Shelf. 



University of Southern California : Pacific Shelf. 



Stanford University : Laboratory Studies. 



Oregon State University : Pacific Shelf. 



University of Washington : Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska. 



University of Alaska : Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska. 



COOPERATIVE MARINE PROGRAMS, RECENTLY ACTIVE AND PLANNED 



Naval Oceanographic OflSce : Gulf of Mexico (January-August 1969) , Caribbean 

 Sea (November 1968, 1970— proposed), Pacific Coast (proposed). 



Coast Guard: Mid- Pacific (July 1968, August 1970 — proposed), Arctic Ocean 

 (September 1969 — proposed). Gulf of Maine (proposed). 



ESSA : Bering Sea (June 1968, summer 1969). 



NSF : Deep Sea Drilling Project (19G8, 1969). 



NASA: Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean (1969). 



Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Shelf (March 1968, January 1969, 

 January 1970). 



California Division of Water Resources : Monterey Bay ( September 1969 — ■ 

 proposed). 



Appendix 4 

 U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (O.C.S.) Production Values 



Value and quantity of O.C.S. production : 



(1) Sub-seafloor fuels and minerals: Total value of oil, gas, and sulfur from 

 O.C.S. in 1968 was $1.2 billion. 



(2) In 1968, alone, more than 250 million barrels of oil and 1.4 trillion cubic 

 feet of gas were recovered from submerged Federal lands. 



(3) In terms of cumulative values, the value of oil, gas, and sulfur production 

 from O.C.S. has exceeded $5.7 billion since 1953. 



(4) Seafloor hard minerals: Total value of sand, gi-avel, shells, feldspar, lime- 

 stone, zircon, dredged from U.S. offshore areas in 1968 probably exceeded S60 

 million, but bulk came from State lands. 



