1 DR. GRASSLE: I think we will repeat ourselves. Do you want to 



2 read it again for the record, Mike? 



3 DR. BOTHNER: All right. I have got to compose just a tad. 



4 "These studies have shown that canyons exhibit widely different 



5 sedimentary environments. The characteristics which are different from 



6 canyon to canyon include sediment texture, intensity of bottom currents, 



7 and the predominant sedimentary processes." By that I mean 



8 accumulation/erosion type things. 



9 DR. VALENTINE: Why don't you say "erosional and depositional 



10 processes." 



11 DR. BOTHNER: All right. So "the intensity of bottom currents and 



12 erosional depositional processes." 



13 MR. VILD: How about just erosion and deposition, and get rid of 



14 that extra word? 



15 DR. VALENTINE: We like the word "processes" in there. 



16 DR. KRAEUTER: That is what the study was all about, right? It 



17 was a process study. That is what you funded. 



18 DR. WILBER: May I ask a question? Are those two sentences needed 



19 at all? 



20 DR. GRASSLE: Yes. 



21 DR. WILBER: Is there a final version of the last sentence? 



22 DR. VALENTINE: Would you read the final version again, Mike, of 



23 the last sentence? 



24 DR. BOTHNER: "The characteristics which differ from canyon to 



25 canyon include sediment texture, the intensity of bottom currents, and 



26 erosional and depositional processes." This changes with every round. 



27 DR. GRASSLE: Okay. I think that is okay now, right? 



28 DR. WILBER: These studies have shown that canyons do exhibit 



29 widely different sedimentary environments. The characteristics which 



30 differ from canyon to canyon include sediment texture, intensity of 



31 bottom currents, and erosional and depositional processes." 



32 DR. GRASSLE: Good. Are there other issues that need to be 



33 raised? I think we are done, are we not? 



439 



