Volume 9 | Number 3

Special Issue on the Creation and Interpretation of Sedimentary Strata on Continental Margins

SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

STRATAFORM: A Program to Study the Creation and Interpretation of Sedimentary Strata
on Continental Margins
C.A. Nittrouer and J.H. Kravitz. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):146–152, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.01.

Linking Sediment Transport and Stratigraphy on the Continental Shelf
P.L. Wiberg, D.A. Cacchione, R.W. Sternberg, and L.D. Wright. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):153–157, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.02.

The Anatomy of an Oceanic Flood Deposit
R.A. Wheatcroft, J.C. Borgeld, R.S. Born, D.E. Drake, E.L. Leithold, C.A. Nittrouer, and C.K. Sommerfield. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):158–162, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.03.

Continental-Slope Sedimentation: The View from Northern California
J.P. Syvitski, C.R. Alexander, M.E. Field, J.V. Gardner, D.L. Orange, and J.W. Yun. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):163–167, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.04.

Studies of Mass-Movement Processes on Submarine Slopes
L.F. Pratson, H.J. Lee, G. Parker, M.H. Garcia, B.J. Coakley, D. Mohrig, J. Locat, U. Mello, J.D. Parsons, S.-U. Choi, and K. Isreal. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):168–172, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.05.

Continental-Margin Seismic Stratigraphy: Assessing the Preservation Potential of Heterogeneous Geologic Processes Operating on Continental Shelves and Slopes
J.A. Austin, Jr., C.S. Fulthorpe, G.S. Mountain, D.L. Orange, and M.E. Field. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):173–177, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.06.

Swath Mapping on the Continental Shelf and Slope: The Eel River Basin, Northern California
J.A. Goff, L.A. Mayer, J. Hughes-Clark, and L.F. Pratson. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):178–182, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.07.

Modeling the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Continental Margins
M.S. Steckler, D.J.P. Swift, J.P. Syvitski, J.A. Goff, and A.W. Niedoroda. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):183–188, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.08.

DEPARTMENTS

QUARTERDECK | Coastal Geological Oceanographers Provide the Fourth Dimension
C. Nittrouer and J. Kravitz. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):144, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.09.

LETTER TO THE EDITORS
1996. Oceanography 9(3):145.

THE OCEANOGRAPHER'S TOOLKIT | EPIC
D.W. Denbo and N.N. Soriede. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):189–190, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.10.

INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES | A Model for the Interaction Between Business and Science: The Risk Prediction Initiative at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research
A.H. Knap and A.F. Michaels. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):191–193, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.11.

BOOK REVIEW | The Oceanographic Text Pattern: A Review and Comparison of Introductory Oceanography Texts
R.W. Spinrad. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):194–201, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.12.

MEETINGS | First European Meeting of The Oceanography Society
M.G. Briscoe. 1996. Oceanography 9(3):202–203, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.13.