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Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is a U.S. public and comprehensive university offering a wide variety of academic programs far beyond its original label of agricultural and mechanical trainings. It is one of the few institutions holding triple federal designations as a land-, sea- and ...
An NSF/ARCSS and PAGES initiative to study the paleoclimate of arctic lakes and estuaries. The goal is to reconstruct Arctic climate variations over the past 150,000, 20,000 and 2,000 years and understand its interation with the global climate. PALE ended circa 2001 and was expanded to become PARCS.
Industry:Earth science
An observational technique for inferring the ocean surface wind stress magnitude.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean acoustical tomography experiment in which computed geodesics (minimum paths) for acoustics transmissions were compared with observations. The acoustic source was suspended from the R/V Cory Chouest 50 km southeast of Heard Island located about halfway between Africa and Australia at about 50° S in the South Indian Ocean. Receiver arrays were located on various research vessels throught the oceans as well as at South Africa, Bermuda, India, Christmas Island, Samoa, Hobart (Tasmania) and Monterey (California).
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located at about 15° N off the west coast of Africa in the North Atlantic Ocean. It includes the Cape Verde Abyssal Plain, separated from the Madeira Abyssal Plain to the north by a belt of abyssal hills, and the Gambia Abyssal Plain. This has also been known as the North African Trough, the Chun Deep, and the Moseley Deep.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Europe (and also called the Northeastern Atlantic Basin). This includes the Porcupine Abyssal Plain west of Britain, the Biscay Abyssal Plain, and is connected to the Iberia Basin to the south by the Theta Gap.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located off the Venezuela, Guiana and Brazilian coasts in the west-central Atlantic Ocean. This comprises the western Demerara Abyssal Plain and the eastern Ceara Abyssals Plain, separated by the Amazon abyssal cone. This has also been called the Makaroff Deep.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located on the equator off the west coast of Africa. It includes the Guinea Abyssal Plain and has also been called the West African Trough.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located to the west of Africa at about 3° N in the east-central Atlantic Ocean.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located to the west of South Africa at about 35° S in the South Atlantic Ocean. This includes the Cape Abyssal Plain which is fed by the Orange River. This has also been called the Walvis Basin.
Industry:Earth science
An ocean basin located to the west of Spain in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. This is connected to the West Europe Basin to the north via the Theta Gap and includes the Tagus Abyssal Plain and the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain. This has also been called the Spanish Basin.
Industry:Earth science
