Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Arctic Seas

Lorsquil nest pas en notre pouvoir de discerner les plus vraies opinions nous devons suivre les plus pro babies. -Rene Descartes When in the early 1960s I undertook to covered due to limitations imposed by a single study Arctic Ocean deep-sea cores I did not volume. anticipate that 10 years later the climatic history Although not comprehensive it is hoped that of the north polar basin would be still a matter of this book will provide an insight into the current debate. Although much new data have accumu- status of Arctic research and will also serve as a lated in various fields of Arctic geology and reference for investigators studying the Arctic and oceanography during the past decade many ques- subarctic seas. tions remain to be answered. The paleo-oceanog- It is with pleasure that I acknowledge the raphy and the past atmospheric circulatory pat- following people for helping in various ways terns are still open to controversy as are the during the preparation of this book: Philip E. structure and evolution of the crust beneath this Rosenberg David M. Hopkins C. Hans Nelson ocean; furthermore the origin and mode of dis- Horace G. Richards Richard C. Allison Peter persal of sediments is still not fully understood. Barnes Edwin C. Buffington Joe S. Creager The current status of many of these problems is D. A. McManus Joseph H. Kravitz G. Vilks discussed in the present volume. Thomas D. Hamilton Ronald J. Echols G. D.