LAMONT GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY oeaiN 
(Columbia University) 
Palisades, New York Ea Gl. hy 
Technical Report Number 1 
CU-4-53-N onr266(01)-GEOL, 
Sediments of the Atlantic Ocean 
MBLWHOI Libra 
by 
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David B, Ericson 
This report is a brief summary of the present status of research on 
deep-sea sediment cores and dredge samples from the Atlantic Ocean 
brought together at the core laboratory of Lamont Geological Observ- 
atory (Department of Geology, Columbia University). The research 
constitutes a part of geological investigations of the earth with the ap- 
plication of the methods of physics, chemistry, mathematics and en- 
gineering carried out by Dr. Maurice Ewing, Director of the Observa- 
tory, and his co-workers, 
The research reported in this document has been made possible in part 
through support and sponsorship extended by the U.S. Navy, Office o* 
Naval Research, Contract No, N onr-266(01). 
November 1953 
