1 DR. AURAND: I would argue that in that particular case Jerry may 



2 have meant more than that, because the operative words are, "What did 



3 you mean by in any quantity?" 



4 DR. GRASSLE: That is it. I think it is misleading, in what it 



5 is. 



6 DR. AURAND: Most of the oil stays at the surface in deep water. 



7 DR. KRAEUTER: Absolutely. 



8 DR. AURAND: But some of it gets down to the bottom. How much 



9 depends on how deep you are and how it gets there--we do not really 



10 understand how it gets there. 



11 I think that would be a fair characterization. 



12 DR. GRASSLE: I think we may have taken care of that before. I 



13 have a suggestion for this paragraph. 



14 DR. MACIOLEK: The paragraph on 25b? 



15 DR. GRASSLE: Are the rapporteurs ready? Gentlemen? Under 



16 "H"--oil spills and blowouts. 



17 MR. BOURNE: I just wanted to remind you of the source of 



18 this, which may have been distorted. There was a question yesterday, is 



19 there a potential for getting oil into the canyon. 



20 Then out of the colloquy between you and John Teal I got that 



21 there is more chance to introduce oil into the canyon than onto Georges 



22 Bank, depending on the sediment transport, et cetera, et cetera. That 



23 is where that came from. 



24 DR. GRASSLE: It is not right the way it is. "H"--oil spills and 



25 blowouts. Delete "A fundamental question is what are--" 



26 Start with "Mechanisms of transport of the products of an oil 



27 spill or blowout into the canyon environment are not well known." 



28 DR. GRASSLE: Okay. Is there a problem? 



29 MS. BAYLY: Could we stop for a minute? 



30 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, stop. 



31 (A brief recess was taken.) 



32 DR. VALENTINE: If you say that--stating that they are coming from 



33 organisms that are feeding at the surface water, it is not ^ery-- 



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