II. REPORT ON CERTAIN DEPOSITS (by Sir John Murray). 



Number Depth in 

 fathoms 



1. 



Designation and Physical 

 Characters 



PiEROroD OOZE, greyish green 

 in colour, .slightly coherent, 

 fine gi'ained, contains many 

 Pteropod fragments. 



Residue, green, flocculent. 



Pteropod ooze, green in colour, 

 fine grained, coherent. 



Residue, heavy, black or dark 

 green. 



Coral sand, cream in colour, 



incoherent. 

 Residue, brown, flocculent. 



Coral mud, greenish grey, fine 



grained, incoherent. 

 Residue, green. 



Pteropod ooze, green in colour, 

 incoherent. 



Residue, dark green, floc- 

 culent. 



Pteropod ooze, brownish gi'ey, 



incoherent. 

 Residue, brown, flocculent. 



Pteropod ooze, greenish grej-, 



incoherent. 

 Residue, greenish brown, 



flocculent. 



Carbonate of Calcium 



90 



Organisms 



Pteropods {Clio suhula, C. australis, Cavolinia) and frag- 

 ments, pelagic Foraminifera [Globigerina bulloides, G. 

 saccidifem, (i. cniiijlnhrttri^ (!. digitata, O. rubra, G. aeqid- 

 lateralis, I'liln'milii,,! tumida, P. menardii, P. canari- 

 nensU, Pull.-nia nhliij,iili,i',ilata, Orbulina universa, Spliae- 

 roidina dehiscims), bottom-living Foraminifera (yVorfo^arta, 

 Rotididae, Bilomdina, Rheophax, Uvigerina), Otoliths, 

 Ostracodes, Echini spines, larval Mollascs, Heteropods 

 {Atlanta), calcareous coprolites, coccoliths and rhabdo- 

 liths. 



Pteropods {Clio sulnda, C. aitstralis, Cavolinia), Heteropods 

 {Atlanta, Carinaria), pelagic Foraminifera {Globigerina 

 bulloides, G. sacculifera, G. digitata, G. aequilateralis, 

 G. conglobata, G. rubra, G. dtibia, Orbuliiia universa, 

 Sphaeroidina dehiscens, Pullenia obliquiloculata, Pid- 

 viiitdina tumida, P. menardii, P. canarineMis), bottom- 

 living Foraminifera {Uvigerina, Rotalidae, Bilomdina, 

 Nodoiaria), larval Gastropods and Lamellibranchs, Ostra- 

 codes, Otoliths, Echini spines, Serpula, calcareous copro- 

 htes, fish teeth, coccoliths, rhabdoUths and coccospheres. 



Coral fragments, one or two small bivalve shells, larval 

 Lamellibranchs and Gastropods, Pteropods {Clio austra- 

 lis, C. subula). Echini spines, bottom-living Foraminifera 

 {Amphistegina, Rotalidae, Spiroloctdina, Biloculina, So- 

 dosaria), Otohths of fish, Ostracodes, pelagic Foraminifera 

 {Globigerina bulloides, G. rubra, Sphaeroidina dehiscens, 

 Pullenia obliquiloadata, Orbidina universa), Timicate 

 spicules. 



Coral fragments, Pteropods {Clio subula, C. australis, Cavo- 

 linia), Heteropods {Atlanta), larval Lamellibranchs and 

 Gastropods {Pleurotoma, Dentalium), Echini spines and 

 shells, bottom-living Foraminifera {Nodosaria, Rotalidae), 

 fragments of Crustacean tests and claws pelagic Fora- 

 minifera {Globigerina bulloides), Ostracodes, Otoliths of 

 fish. Tunicate spicides, Serpula, coccoliths. 



Pteropods {Clio subula, C. aicstralis, Cavolinia), Heteropods 

 {Atlarita), pelagic Foraminifera {Globigerina bulloides, 

 G. conglobata, G. sacculifera, G. digitata, G. aequilateralis, 

 G. dubia, G. rubra, Orbidina universa, Sphaeroidina 

 dehiscens, Pulvinulina tumida, P. menardii, Pullenia ob- 

 liquiloculata, Cymbalopora), bottom-living Foraminifera 

 {Spiroloculina, Cassidulina, Pullenia sphaeroides, Amphi- 

 stegina, Rotalidae, Uvigerina), larval Lamellibranchs and 

 Gastropods, Otoliths, Ostracode-s, rhabdoliths, coccoliths 

 and coccospheres. 



Pteropods {Clio subula, C. australis, Lim.aciaa, Cavolinia), 

 Hi'tiTopoil^ Ailiiiitii, Carinaria), pelagic Furaniinifera 

 {GInhi.j, run, halhi'i.h-s, G. conglobata, G. ,n;jiill,,t,'i;ilis, 

 G. X'lrriiUjrrii, I h-Jiiilina universa, Sphaeroidina dehiscens, 

 Pullenia obliquiloculata, Pulvinulina tumida, P. menar- 

 dii), Echini spines, larval Lamellibranchs and Gastro- 

 pods, Ostracodes, Otoliths of fish, bottom-living Fora- 

 minifera {Amphistegina, Rotalidae), Tunicate spicules, 

 rhabdoliths. 



Pteropods {Clio subula, C. australis), Heteropods {Atlanta), 

 pelagic Foraminifera {Globigerina bulloides, G. rubra, 

 G. saccidifera, G. conglobata, G. aequilateralis, Pulvinu- 

 lina menardii, P. tumida, Orbidina universa, Sphaeroi- 

 dina dehiscens), bottom-living Foraminifera {Umgerina, 

 Cassidulina, Polymorphina, Biloculina), Echini spines, 

 Tunicate spicules, larval Gastropods an(l Lamellibranchs, 

 Ostracodes, coccoliths, calcareous coprolites. 



