RefNoTG/1/11/333
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Gold to Professor Walter Munk, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla Laboratories, University of California, La Jolla, California
Date23 October 1974
DescriptionStates he is glad to know Munk will be the Section Chief of Geophysics at the NAS. At least they will see him occasionally.

Discusses his views about the oceanic tidal dissipation, which he believes to be treated incorrectly in all the books Gold has seen on this subject.

Asks Munk to let him know what the modern discussion is.
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FormatTypescript copy
AccessStatusOpen
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