TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT ii 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT ii 



FOREWORD iii 



DISTRIBUTION LIST iv 



LIST OF TABLES v 



LIST OF FIGURES vi 



I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. TEMPERATURE . . . 2 



IE. SALINITY 4 



IV. CURRENTS 5 



V. BOTTOM SEDIMENTS AND BATHYMETRY 7 



VI. TIDES 9 



VII. OTHER (WAVES, COLOR AND TRANSPARENCY, 



BIOLOGY) 11 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 43 



LIST OF TABLES 



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 I. Oceanographic Stations, Kuwait Harbor 17 



II. Bathythermograph Log Sheets (containing supplementary 

 meteorological data) for the Diurnal Warming Sections 

 shown in Figures 4, 5, and 6 18,19 



III. Current Station Data 20 



IV. Near shore Current Data 21 



V. Bottom Sediment Samples 22,23 



VI. Beach Samples 24 



VII. Frequency of Sea and Swell (percent) for Kuwait Harbor 



and Approaches 25 



VIII. Special Wave Observations 26 



