1 DR. BUTMAN: No, we are still talking about both. 



2 DR. KRAEUTER: You're talking about both? 



3 DR. BUTMAN: But I just thought that was an interesting and 



4 important qualification. 



5 DR. KRAEUTER: I was thinking about what we had just above that, 



6 in canyons being unique. How can we compare this to the adjacent shelf? 



7 In other words, increased barium following drilling on the slope. Would 



8 we see it there, for instance, mud patch? 



9 DR. BUTMAN: That's a good question. 



10 DR. KRAEUTER: Here we are defining things that may be general 



11 processes on the whole area or are we just talking about things that are 



12 unique? 



13 DR. BUTMAN: I guess in this case, I was saying, because the 



14 workshop is focusing on contaminant effects in canyons, at least, this 



15 question was posed directly towards canyons. But you are right. Some 



16 of that may actually be occurring on the slope. 



17 DR. KRAEUTER: Then it becomes a question of how much more, how 



18 much less, which is much more difficult. 



19 DR. BUTMAN: Although this mechanism is particularly applicable. 



20 We don't have the same information about transported particles from the 



21 shelf to the slope as we do from the shelf to the canyon. If you want 



22 to say particles enter the slope from the shelf, we could make another 



23 list of information, I think, that would address that and maybe we 



24 should do that. 



25 DR. AURAND: Maybe you need to just re-word the statement. I 



26 think the question was whether or not there was any reason to think that 



27 canyons would not receive material. The answer is: No, there is no 



28 reason to think that they would not receive material. You said that at 



29 one point, too. 



30 DR. BUTMAN: Right. In fact, there is reason to receive it. 



31 DR. AURAND: So I think that is a reasonable statement to make 



32 someplace. I am not sure how you want to word it, but it is reasonable 



33 to say there is no evidence that they won't receive material from 



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