CONTENTS 



page 

 INTRODUCTION. , 1 



SCOPE OF DEEP-OCEAN MATERIALS INVESTIGATION 1 



EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS 3 



Deep-Water Environments. ........... .3 



Laboratoiy-Simulated Environments. ....... 5 



Shallow-Water Environments 5 



MATERIALS TO BE INVESTIGATED. .......»., 6 



EXPERIMENTAL METHODS. .................. 6 



Unstressed Specimen Experiment . . . . . . , , .... 6 



Stressed Specimen Experiment .„....».. 7 



Specimen Handling. .... ^ ..... » 8 



Evaluation of Specimens after Exposure to Test Environment ... 9 



OCEM ENVIRONMENT EXPERIMENTS 9 



Deep-Water Experiments ......... . 9 



Shallow-Water Experiments. ..,......<,.... 13 



LABORATORY-SIMULATED DEEP-OCEAN ENVIRONMENT EXPERIMENTS . 13 



Program. 13 



Deep-Ocean Laboratory Equipment. ........ . » .1^ 



DEEP-OCEAN BIBLIOGRAPHY FILE. ...... . . . . .l8 



FUTURE PLANS. ............... .l8 



Ocean Environment Research Facilities. ............ -18 



Laboratory Research Facilities ....... ... .19 



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