Table 1. — Chemical and physical properties of bottom sediments 

 by stations 



Station IfJj. ]^^. 1^4 



Cruise 2 jj- 5 



Saii5)le No. o 459 con 



Latitude N. 32°26' 32°24' 32°26' 



Longitude W. 79°50* 79°50' 79°50* 



Depth (meters) I5 y? 2.3 



Date (mo., day, yr.) 5-6-53 IO-25-53 2-ll4-5l4- 



Sediment O^pe Sa Sa Sa 



Loss on Ignition, <f, ilj..93 1^.55 20.914- 



Insoluble Residue, ^ 58.89 89. 06 53.23 



AI2O3, J 0.10 1.16 O.II+ 



Fe203, f> 0.30 0.27 0.35 



^°' J 0.03 0.00 0.02 



^^' J 0.39 0.31 0.50 



^^°^ J 15.61^ h.6^ 29.07 



^°' *. 0.09 0.07 0.13 



^205^ ^ 1^.25 1.70 6.01 



^^> J 0.27 0.08 0.26 



^^^ ^ ^ 0.32 0.58 O.kS 



Organic Nitrogen, f> 0.OO9 0.004 



Organic Carbon, ^ 0.IO6 O.lJ+8 



CaC03, ^ 33^Q g8^5 



Gravel, ^ 8.98 0.00 9-35 



^^J' J 90.72 97.^2 88.81^ 



1.81 



0.00 0.00 



riiv' J °-30 2.58 



M^' ''^ ^ , X 0.00 0.00 V..VU 



Median Diameter (mm) q^qO O.I7 0.1^9 



1°'"''?'^ ^!^tf ^ ^ 1-lT 0.88 1.56 



First Quartile (mm) ^ ' ^ r,r, ^ 



OMrd Quartile (mm) ^io n Ti 



Sieve Weight, ^ (mu) "'^^ "'^^ 



8.98 0.00 9.35 



36.38 0.58 17.09 



. pen 29.72 1.13 23.20 



;: T|c 15.30 8.1+7 21.58 



. "^ 8.60 79.90 24. 31 



0.72 7.34 2.66 



0.30 2.58 1.81 



0.21 1.19 



+ 2000 

 + 1000 

 + 500 



- 62 

 Heavy Mineral, ^ 



Sh Sh Sh 



60 



