Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
One of the programs of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (!DOE) is a
four-year geophysical and geological study of the Eastern Atlantic Continental Margin and
the adjacent deep·sea floor. It was designed to learn more of the date and manner by which
Africa became separated from South America and the subsequent history and development
of the African continental margin and adjoining deep-sea floor. The traverses also serve to
outline large sedimentary basins that may be potential reservoirs of petroleum. Subsequent
more detailed exploration and eventual exploitation of these basins may be conducted or
controlled by the adjacent African nations under whose jurisdiction the areas belong. This
report is a compilation of the geophysical traverses made from Cape Francis (South Africa)
to the Congo Canyon (Republic of Zaire) during the first half of 1972.
Keywords:
Submarine topography
;
Marine geophysics
;
Continental margins
;
Atlantis II (Ship : 1963-) Cruise AII67
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
Format:
application/pdf
