1 DR. VALENTINE: --over the last 2,000 years. Then, under "B," 



2 "texture and bed forms for Oceanographer Canyon" is "yes." 



3 DR. BOTHNER: Oceanographer Canyon does not have much fine grain 



4 sediment. 



5 DR. VALENTINE: Well, the reason that it is confusing is that 



6 capital "B" says that it accumulates on canyon floors, but-- 



7 DR. TEAL: Let's drop the sentence--why don't we make it a 



8 question? "Does fine grain sediment accumulate on canyon floors?" 



9 DR. VALENTINE: All right, let's turn that around--yes, that is 



10 better. 



11 DR. MACIOLEK: Actually, that is a good point. All of the 



12 statements, capital "A," capital "B," should be posed as questions. I 



13 mean, they should not be statements--they should be written as 



14 questions. 



15 DR. VALENTINE: Yes, they should be written as questions. 



16 Let's change that, then--that would read, "Does fine grain 



17 sediment accumulate on canyon floors?" --and then "Texture and bed 



18 forms--no for Oceanographer Canyon." 



19 DR. BOTHNER: You might--do you want to restrict it to fine grain 



20 sediments? What would happen if you just said "sediments?" Then you 



21 would just say "coarse grain sediments seem to accumulate in 



22 Oceanographer Canyon." 



23 DR. VALENTINE: That would be fine. The focus was on fine grain 



24 sediments because of the ones that-- 



25 DR. TEAL: --carry contaminants. I do not think we want to change 



26 it around. 



27 We are not trying to be scientifically inclusive--we are trying to 



28 direct ourselves toward the effects. 



29 DR. KRAEUTER: On "A" we really are talking about all things 



30 entering--the particles entering. Here we are talking about 



31 accumulation. 



32 DR. VALENTINE: "Do particles--sand fines--enter canyons from the 



33 shelf?" That is how that would read. 



34 DR. GRASSLE: Where are we now? 



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