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PAPERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOLOGY. 



material by settling in relatively stagnant water, bacterial precipitation is 

 also effective. The country rock is slightly elevated marine oolite and there 

 are some oolite grains derived from it in the deposits. Dr. Cushman has 

 listed the foraminifera and some of the other organisms obtained at this and 

 other stations along South Bight. As the lists show the character of the 

 foraminiferal fauna through the Bight they are all presented on the next 

 page. Station 77 is 5^ sea miles southeast of the northeast end; station 82 

 about 7^ sea miles east of the west end; the other stations are intermediate 

 in position over a distance of about 10 sea miles, measured in a straight line. 



Partial chemical analyses of oolite and bottom samples from Florida and the Bahamas. 



(By W. C. Wheeler.) 



'Loss up to 150 , 0.44 per cent moisture. 2 Loss up to 150 , 6.77 per cent moisture. 



