January 1985 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 1 IJOEDY(ISSN 0364-9059)


 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Instrumentation development for high-level nuclear waste disposal beneath the deep-ocean floor

NONTECHNICAL CONTENT
Front cover and table of contents
Back cover

GUEST EDITORIAL
Kenneth R. Hinga Guest editorial 1

INTRODUCTION
Kenneth R. Hinga and Armand J. Silva Instrumentation development for research on subseabed disposal of radioactive wastes 2

INVITED PAPERS
Leroy O. Olson, John L. Backes, and Jack B. Miller Communication, control, and data acquisition systems on the ISHTE lander 5
Richard H. Bennett, John T. Burns, F. Lee Nastav, Joel Lipkin, and C. Mark Percival Deep-ocean piezometer probe technology for geotechnical investigations 17
Armand J. Silva, John D. Babb, Joel Lipkin, Paul Pietryka, and David Butler In situ vane system for seafloor strength investigations 23
Kenneth E. Richter, John C. Bennett, and Kenneth L. Smith Jr. Bottom-moored acoustic array to monitor density and vertical movement of deep-sea benthopelagic animals 32
C. N. Murray and L. Visintini Parametric analysis of performances of free-fall penetrators in deep-ocean sediments 38

BOOK REVIEWS
Roger G. Pridham Underwater Acoustic System Analysis 50

CORRECTIONS AND COMMENTS
Michael F. Genge and Ralph D. Carlson Erratum: "Project ELF electromagnetic compatibility assurance program--A status report" 51