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Table V 

 South Pacific 



There has been much speculation about the nature of Layer 2. Hamilton 

 (1951)) has presented a thorough discussion of the evidence for its sedimentary 

 origin. An attractive feature of this hypothesis is that it indicates there is a 

 much greater total amount of sediment than the meager quantity contained in 

 the unconsolidated layer. It would then agree with the estimate of Kuenen 

 (1950) that the total volume of sediment deposited in the deep sea in the 

 history of the ocean is about 10^ km^, a value several times as large as the 

 seismic estimates of unconsolidated sediment in Layer L 



