1 DR. GRASSLE: Actually the first sentence of the document, "A 



2 submarine canyon is--" 



3 DR. VALENTINE: The first sentence of the first day. 



4 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, which is page two. 



5 DR. VALENTINE: Just like one sentence or two sentences? 



6 DR. GRASSLE: Yes. When we say--it needs to be something so we 



7 say later we are worried about these things that are not canyons, they 



8 will have an idea why they are not canyons. 



9 DR. VALENTINE: All right. 



10 DR. GRASSLE: Does anyone want more time to read the 100-word 



11 things? Any further comments? 



12 MR. VILD: I have made a bunch of editorial changes on Dick 



13 Cooper's thing called "Submarine Canyons as Special Environments." I do 



14 not know whether I should present it to you folks now or just submit it 



15 to the rapporteurs. 



16 DR. GRASSLE: Why don't you give it to Nancy, because she has a 



17 bunch, too. 



18 MR. VILD: Why don't I give it to you now. 



19 DR. GRASSLE: We can get it Xeroxed. 



20 DR. MACIOLEK: Fred, this is the one we need to add a little bit 



21 to anyway. 



22 DR. VALENTINE: Does anybody have any major criticism of this one? 



23 The one that is going to go on the second day? The one you just handed 



24 out? 



25 DR. BOTHNER: We might as well get that out of the way if we are 

 25 going to change it. 



27 DR. GRASSLE: This is going to go between the first two paragraphs 



28 of the page 2 part of the document. 



29 MR. VILD: Maybe I am stressing this too much, but again, if a lay 



30 person is reading this he is going to be a little confused about what 



31 exactly a shelf/slope break is, or an isobath. 



32 Maybe I am just talking down to whoever is going to read this, 



33 without really realizing who is going to read it. The chances are that 



34 the person who really does read this will be somewhat familiar with 



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