CONTENTS 

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Introduction 



Facilities 



Programs of study 



Topography 



Sediments — - - 

 Lithology 



Programs of study (cont'd) 



Structure 



Water 



Biology 



Broad aspects of the project 

 References 



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FIGURES 



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The research vessel Gosnold to be 

 used for the geological investiga- 

 tion - — -__.-_.---.-- Frontispiece 



1. Profile made with a precision 



echo sounder across sand waves 

 on the continental shelf near 

 Cape Cod 3 



2. Large Campbell grab made by 



Logan Smith of Wilmington, Cal- 

 ifornia- -_. 5 



3. Piston corer overside and ready 



to be lowered to the bottom 6 



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4. Blocks of conglomerate and fos- 



siliferous sandstone dredged 

 from the top of the northern 

 slope of Georges Bank 



5. Typical record made by a con- 



tinuous seismic profiler — - — 



6. Shaker table used to sieve sed- 



iment samples collected with 

 the large Campbell grab 



HI 



