Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

1984

Structure and evolution of the South West Approaches and Grand Banks continental margins. Report of work undertaken by IOS during the period April 1975 to April 1984

A manual of methods for the continuous flow determination of ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, phosphate and silicate in seawater

Benthic boundary layer - IOS Observational Programme: Discovery Gap measurements, March 1984

The use of in situ photography in studies of the deep-sea benthos at I.O.S.

RRS Frederick Russell Cruise 13/84 : Dunstaffnage 24 July - Falmouth 7 August 1984. Current measurements, CTD stations and side-scan surveys in the Faroe-Shetland Channel and west of Scotland

RRS Discovery Cruise 145, 25 February - 24 March 1984. The structure of the upper ocean at the end of winter in the region 40-47N, 13-16W

1983

Seasonal-changes of the zonal pressure-gradient in the equatorial Atlantic during the FGGE year

Simple models for Atlantic diurnal tides

Sub-tidal motion on the Scottish continental shelf, August–September 1971

CTD data from the N.E. Atlantic, 31N-46N, July 1982. "Discovery" Cruise 130. Ocean disposal of high level radioactive waste

Preliminary studies of the total cation exchange capacity of sediments from two North Atlantic study sites

King's Trough Flank: geological and geophysical investigations of its suitability for high-level radioactive waste disposal

Structural studies of the northwest Iberian continental margin using long-range side-scan sonar

Primitive Foraminifera and Xenophyophorea in IOS epibenthic sledge samples from the northeast Atlantic

Status report on geochemical field results from Atlantic study sites

Benthic boundary layer - IOS Observational Programme. Interim report January 1983

Preliminary studies of the effects of oxidative and reductive leaches on the ion exchange behaviour of marine sediments

Long Seasoar CTD sections in the north east Atlantic Ocean collected during RRS "Discovery" Cruise 116

RRS Challenger Cruise 12/83, 27 August - 12 September 1983. Mooring deployments and associated studies in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel

RRS Challenger Cruise 5/83, 11-31 March 1983. Current meter recoveries in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel

RRS Discovery Cruise 140. Leg 1, 5-22 August 1983. Leg 2, 24 August - 13 September 1983. Biological and physiological studies in the eastern North Atlantic (15N - 45N).

RRS Discovery Cruise 132, 27 January - 20 February 1983. Physical oceanography of the upper ocean in winter in the eastern Atlantic Ocean in the region 38-48N, 10-21W

RRS Discovery Cruise 138, 17 June - 9 July 1983. Current studies and CTD stations in the Discovery Gap and in the Madeira Basin

1982

On the formation of sand banks of finite extent

On one mechanism forming linear sand banks

Tidal currents in the northwest African upwelling region

Animal burrows in deep-sea sediments

A new method for the analysis of extremes applicable to one years' data

RRS Discovery Cruise 119, 7th April - 5th May 1981. Physical oceanography of a frontal region SW of the Azores

RRS Discovery Cruise 130, 25 June - 5 August 1982. Sound ranging trials and a study of Discovery Gap

RRS Discovery Cruise 131, 12 August (224) - 23 September (266) 1982. Geology and geophysics of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, North Atlantic Ocean

RRS Frederick Russell Cruise 82/2, March 16 - March 29 1982. Current measurements and hydrography in the Rockall Trough and Faeroe-Shetland Channel

RRS Challenger Cruise 14/82, 24 September - 13 October 1982. Mooring and CTD work in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel

1981

Large tidal currents near Bear Island and related tidal energy losses from the North Atlantic

Waves and currents near the continental shelf edge

On mass transports generated by tides and long waves

A note on baroclinic Rossby wave reflection at sea-floor scarps

Observations of some sedment-transport processes over intertidal flats, the Wash, U.K.

Estimating return values of wave height

RRS John Murray Cruise 9/80, 27 August - 9 September 1980, RRS Challenger Cruise 16/80, 17-30 October 1980. Celtic Sea

RRS Discovery Cruise 122, 30 June - 27 July 1981. Physical oceanography of the N.E. Atlantic Ocean

RRS Discovery Cruise 117, 19 January - 12 February, 1981. Currents and mixing near the sea floor in the Madeira Basin

1980

On the St Kilda shelf tidal regime

On natural oscillations of connected ocean basins

On shelf-sea ‘resonance’ with application to Brazilian M3 tides

Analyses of sea level fluctuations in Thermaicos Gulf and Salonica Bay, northwestern Aegean Sea

The Solent estuarine system: an assessment of present knowledge

Seabed conditions west of the Outer Hebrides

Waves and currents near the continental shelf edge

RRS Discovery Cruise 107, 28 December 1979 (362) - 9 February 1980 (040). Lesser Antilles Deep Lithosphere Experiment (LADLE)