PREFACE 



The investigations of the submarine geology of the Tongue of the Ocean 

 reported herein were begun in 1961 . The author, Roswell F. Busby, has been 

 active in collecting the data as v/ell as in performing the laboratory analyses 

 and interpreting the results. 



The author would like to acknowledge the following personnel from the 

 Oceanographic Office: W. E. Moloney for providing support and permission 

 to pursue the investigations, G. H. Keller for performing the bulk of the 

 engineering tests and for offering suggestions in the preparation of the report, 

 and B. K. Swanson for critically reviewing the manuscript. 



The author would also like to express gratitude to the Marine Laboratory, 

 University of Miami, for use of their laboratory facilities, and to Dr. Gene A. 

 Rusnak for making available information and figures in advance of a forthcoming 

 paper and for his many helpful suggestions and encouragement in the preparation 

 of this report. 



Finally, appreciation is extended to Commander R. L. Sattler and the 

 officers and enlisted men of the USS SAN PABLO (AGS-30) for providing the 

 means and assistance in collecting the samples and observations used in the 

 report . 



