Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

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

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

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

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

1982

On one mechanism forming linear sand banks

Tidal currents in the northwest African upwelling region

On the formation of sand banks of finite extent

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

Animal burrows in deep-sea sediments

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

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

1981

On mass transports generated by tides and long waves

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

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

Waves and currents near the continental shelf edge

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

Estimating return values of wave height

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

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

1980

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

On the St Kilda shelf tidal regime

On natural oscillations of connected ocean basins

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)

1979

An outline review of medium frequency waves

Confidence limits for extreme value statistics

A comparison of satellite and sea surface measurements of significant wave height

The effect of turbulence on the calibration of electromagnetic current sensors and an approximation of their spatial response

RRS "Shackleton" Cruise 6/79: July 7th - July 31st 1979. Seismic studies of the continent-ocean transition in North Biscay

MV "Criscilla" Charter Cruise 1978, 30 November - 16 December 1978. Geophysical studies off the Faeroes Shelf

RRS "Discovery" Cruise 105, 29 August - 23 October 1979. Midwater and benthic sampling in the regions of the Rockall Trough, Porcupine Seabight and north-west African coast, with associated physiological investigations

RRS "John Murray" Cruise 13/79, 20 August - 6 September 1979. VFS "Gauss" recovery of moorings, 15 October - 24 October 1979. Contribution to the MARSEN experiment

RRS "Discovery" Cruise 98, 27 December 1978 - 10 January 1979. Recife to Cape Town section

1978

Inertial waves and an initial-value problem for a thin spherical rotating fluid shell

On Coastal Trapped Waves: Analysis and Numerical Calculation by Inverse Iteration

RRS "Discovery" Cruise 93, 26 May (146) - 5 July (186) 1978. The deep structure of the northern Azores-Biscay Rise and detailed seismic studies of crustal ageing east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Return wave heights at Seven Stones and Famita estimated from monthly maxima