CONTENTS 



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I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. SURVEY TECHNIQUES 1 



III. DATA ANALYSIS 6 



IV. DISCUSSION OF TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY DATA 8 



A. Upper Persian Gulf 8 



B . Lower Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman .... 8 

 C . Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea 9 



APPENDIXES 



A. Oceanographlc Station Data (with various additional notes and tables 

 for explanation) 21 



B . Current Data 159 



C . Bottom Sediment Analysis Sheets (with various additional notes for 



explanation) 181 



FIGURES 



1 . Upper Persian Gulf, Station Locations and Ship's Track, Cruise 00658, 



USS REQUISITE Feb-Mar 1960 2 



2. Lower Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, Station Locations and Ship's 



Track, Cruise 00865, USS REQUISITE, Jan-Feb 1961 3 



3. Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, Station Locations and Ship's Track, 



Cruise 00865, USS REQUISITE Feb-Mar 1961 4 



4. Temperature Profiles, Upper Persian Gulf 10 



5. Salinity Profiles, Upper Persian Gulf 11 



6. Temperature Profiles, Lower Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and 



Gulf of Oman 13 



7. Salinity Profiles, Lower Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf 



of Oman 14 



8. Temperature and Salinity 27°16'N 5 1°56'E Taken on 23 February 



1960 and 27 January 1961 16 



9. Temperature-Salinity Curves, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea ... 17 



