Acknowledgiaen ts 



This study was conducted while the author was simultaneously a grad- 

 uate student at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (L-DGO) and an 

 employee of the U.S. Naval Oceanographlc Office (NAVOCEANO). Original 

 funding was provided through the long-term training program of NAVOCEANO 

 and 1 thank all who are Involved with the program for providing such a 

 fine opportunity. Additional funding for the effort at L-DGO was pro- 

 vided through the Office of Naval Research, and special thanks are due 

 to Murray MacDonald and Gerald Morris. The remainder of the project was 

 performed with the support of NAVOCEANO and, in particular, Tom Davis 

 and ray colleagues on the Advanced Technology Staff. 



The original concept of the study, many of the approaches used, and 

 the recognition of the value of the study to underwater acoustics are 

 all from the fertile mind of Tom Davis, NAVOCEANO. Special thanks to my 

 major professor, Dennis Hayes, L-DGO, for recognizing and pursuing the 

 geological aspects of the study, and guiding me through the graduate 

 school maze under such unusual circumstances. Also thank you to the 

 staff of L-DGO (especially Mia Leo and Mary Ann Garland), ray friends and 

 fellow graduate students at L-DGO, and ray friends and colleagues at 

 NAVOCEANO, in particular Terry Blanchard for computer assistance. 



Data were provided from several sources and many thanks are due to 

 all of the following: 



John I^rre 

 Jeff Fox 

 Geology Branch 

 Geomagnetics Division 

 Richard Gregory 

 Mary Linzer 

 Arthur Nowell 

 Mark Wlmbush 



Columbia University 



Univ. of Rhode Island 



NAVOCEANO 



NAVOCEANO 



NAVOCEANO 



Scripps Inst, of Ocean. 



Univ. of Washington 



Univ. of Rhode Island 



SEAMARC-1 

 SEABEAM 

 Bathymetry 

 Magnetics 

 SASS 



Deep-Tow 

 Bottom Photo 

 Bottom Photo 



In addition, to Drs. Ebvis and Hayes, many ideas were provided by 

 Jim Cloutier of NAVOCEANO, David Berman of the Naval Research Labora- 

 tory, and Benolt Mandelbrot of IBM Watson Research Center. 



Word processing chores were most graciously performed at L-DGO by 

 Carol Elevitch and Erika Ftee. 



Illustrations were laboriously 

 (NAVOCEANO) and David Johnson (L-DGO). 



constructed by Donna Waters 



