SECT. 2] ABYSSAL PLAINS 349 



Table I 

 Cores from the Abyssal Plain South of Newfoundland, 1948-1952 <C/.A 



No. N Lat. W Long. Depth, Core Igth., 



fm m 



(A) A152-131 34° 52' 52° 20' 2900 Nil 



No core recovered, coring tube bent. 



(B) A152-132 34° 14' 55° 23' 2900 Nil 



No core recovered, coring tube bent. 



(C) A153-141 33° 26' 53° 48' 2925 10.25 



Red clay of normal deep-sea facies extends to 30 cm, below which is a series of 

 alternating layers of red clay, gray clay, quartz silt and micaceous glauconitic 

 sand. 



(D) A157-17 36° 56' 50° 40' 2905 0.25 



Red clay was recovered in the toi^ of the core, below which the pipe was 

 empty; the lower portion of the core presumably ran out. 



(E) A157-18 36° 55' 53° 26' 2900 0.20 



Red clay over silt below which the pipe was empty; presumably portion of the 

 core ran out. 



(F) A160-16 31° 19' 55° 48' 2945 4.86 



Alternating layers of red clay and gray clay with niunerous thin layers of 

 quartz silt. 



(G) A180-1 39° 07' 54° 32' 2840 1.00 



Well-sorted graded silt extends from the surface to 130 cm, below which is a 

 grayish-brown silty foraminiferal lutite except for a 5-cm layer of muddy 

 sand at 320 cm below the top. 



(H) A180-2 39° 06' 54° 11' 2840 3.60 



Well -sorted graded silt extends from the surface to 70 cm, below which is a 

 foraminiferal lutite interbedded with two graded layers 5 and 9 cm thick. 

 Both grade from well-bedded silty lutite at the top into very coarse sub- 

 angular sand at the bottom. 



(T) A180-3 39° 08' 53° 54' 2840 Nil 



Few grains of sand recovered, coring tube bent. 



(J) A180-4 39° 19' 52° 31' 2840 Nil 



Few grains of sand recovered, coring tube bent. 



(K) A180-5 39° 30' 51° 48' 2840 Nil 



Few grains of sand recovered, coring tube bent. 



(L) A180-7 39° 36' 50° 51' 2840 1.23 



From the top to 30 cm brown foraminiferal lutite of abyssal facies. Below 

 30 cm gray lutite gradually grades downward into well -sorted silt between 

 95 and 100 cm. Below 100 cm dark gray foraminiferal lutite of abyssal facies. 



Letters A-L are indicated on Fig. 3. 



