1 DR. BUTMAN: I think it is reasonable to use a few square 



2 kilometers. It was probably 3 or 4 kilometers long and a 1/2 kilometer 



3 wide or something. Using 2, 3 or 4 kilometers is probably all right. I 



4 think it was about 1,000 cubic meters. Spread that over-- 



5 DR. TEAL: 2x10'? 



6 DR. BUTMAN: 1 square kilometer is 0.1 centimeter. If you spread 



7 it over 10 square kilometers, it is 0.01 centimeter. 



8 DR. TEAL: Mix it into the top centimeters, then. 



9 DR. BUTMAN: Mixing it into the top centimeter is another—well, I 



10 don't know for sediment. 



11 DR. TEAL: Well, it's coming down on currents. The process that 



12 is bringing it down there is the same process that is stirring up the 



13 sediments. The process that is bringing it down there is the same 



14 process that's stirring up the sediments, isn't it? 



15 DR. KRAEUTER: Not only that, but the fine grained sediments 



16 there, you've got infauna certainly in the top centimeter. 



17 DR. BECKERT: It is also coming in over several years, not all at 



18 once. 



19 DR. TEAL: That's correct. The mixing you showed down to 10 



20 centimeters or the upper 10 centimeters. 



21 DR. BOTHNER: If you run a calculation on those mixing 



22 coefficients, you can make the assumption that within a year, an average 



23 particle goes down an "X" number of centimeters on the average. So, 



24 there is a lot of reworking going on into this dilution. 



25 DR. TEAL: Don't you think that could have an effect on the 



26 settling of those organisms? That's the thing. We're talking about 



27 mixing. 



28 DR. BUTMAN: I would say if you put 0.1 centimeter on the 



29 surface-- 



30 DR. TEAL: And left it there, yes, I think that would have an 



31 effect, I agree with you. 



32 DR. BUTMAN: Okay. 



33 DR. TEAL: But we are talking about putting it in over a long 



34 period that has mixing episodes and also biological mixing. 



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