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Description
C&GS; Ship PIONEER under Golden Gate Bridge.Magnetometer invented at Scripps deployed on this ship in late 1950's.Surveys from Pt. Conception to Cape Flattery discovered magnetic striping.Magnetic striping led to Theory of Seafloor Spreading.H. W. Menard called among most significant geophysical surveys ever made
Credit
NOAA Office of NOAA Corps Operations
Location
San Francisco
Category
Voyage to Inner Space
Keywords
Oceanography
1950-1969
Geophysical