Ron G. Mason

"Ron G. Mason" was one of the oceanographers whose pioneering Cold War geomagnetic survey work lead to the discovery of magnetic stripes around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [Mason, R.G. and A.D. Raff, (1961): Magnetic survey off the west coast of the United States between 32°N latitude and 42°N latitude. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 72, 1259–1266.] [Raff, A.D. and R.G. Mason, (1961): Magnetic survey off the west coast of the United States between 40°N latitude and 52°N latitude. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 72, 1267–1270.]

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Further reading

* [http://www.tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/8_1/8.1_korgen.pdf Ron Mason's key work] "Oceanography" 18, 1.]
* [http://www.tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/16_3/16.3_spiess.pdf "Oceanography" 16, 3.]