ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The author is pleased to acknowledge the permissions granted by 

 Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company to use figures 1.1, 2.5, 2.6, 

 6.4, 7.4, 8.1, and 8.2 from "Oceanography" by G. M. Gross] by John 

 Wiley and Sons (Interscience Publishers Division) to use table 1, p. 

 313 of vol. 1 and fig. 1, page 47 and fig. 1, page 657 of vol. 3 from 

 "The Sea" edited by M. N. Hill and fig. 3-4 from "The Earth and Its 

 Oceans" by A. C. Duxbury; by Prentice-Hall to use table 33, page 166, 

 fig. 183, page 669, and fig. 209A, page 740 from "The Oceans" by H. U. 

 Sverdrup, M. W. Johnson, and R. H. Fleming; by Houghton-Mifflin 

 Company to use fig. 7-13 from "Investigating the Earth;" and by the 

 University of Chicago, Department of Geography to use two of the above 

 figures plotted on its base map. The author also wishes to thank Ms. 

 Pat Jean of NAVOCEANO for carrying out the task of technical editing 

 and seeing the report through the arduous day-by-day problems of 

 getting it published. 



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