CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Review of Other Investigations 2 



Classification of Recent Deep-Sea Sediments 5 



Description of Samples 17 



Chemical Analyses 56 



Grain Densities, Weight-Humidity, and Weight-Temperature Relations 



of Carnegie Pacific Bottom Samples 70 



Mechanical Analyses 72 



X-Ray Analysis 81 



Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in the Area Inve^igated bythe 



Carnegie 99 



On the Nature of the Fine-Grained Noncalcareous Material in Pacific 



Deep-Sea Clays 127 



Literature Cited 129 



Figures 1 - 45, Charts 1 - 10, Plates I - Xm 135 



