Ocean Crustal Dynamics
Manik Talwani 1 and
Marcus Langseth 2
1 Professor of geological sciences, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York 10964, and Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia University, New York 10027
2 Senior research associate and adjunct professor, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York 10964, and Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia University, New York 10027
The study of oceanic crust continues to be important because of the presence of economic resources in oceanic areas and because many fundamental problems of geologic evolution are best solved from studies of the ocean. Although modeling and syntheses of existing data remain important, key breakthroughs in the future will come from the application of new technology such as multichannel towed seismic arrays, deep-towed side scan sonars, improved thermal probes, deep drilling, and satellite altimeters.
