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miles aortJiiwttatiratrd from tim JjasLgnneB paninstila. It 

 oTerages tiooui twenty mllss wiae throughout the greater 

 part of its leagtJx, ^uadlags «lio«r a north-trending 8u\»- 

 narine yaXIey, trilaiutary to lan^aaes r^b, cutting helf- 

 wey across its width 1^ slles northeast of Fontrinn* 



Bott<M ^ediiBaatB tr<m Melraidce Flak to tjantnamea yiBk 



SaM is tlie pr«$cl€s@dnfiat sedisent covering tlie 

 benlcs end deeps from MelraJIdca flak to Isn^nes fl&Jc» Hcwr- 

 ever, as ]|tttntioned tefore« tl3^ jires^nee of disoontlnuoup 

 patoJbLas and areas of grav®! on tb«! ^lUcs, as on iCjSlswB 

 fiaaJce^ and of mid in the deaps« as in Thistil JJ^rdar 

 I^l» and I'histil Fjord , soggests tliat »o«t of this sand is 

 a relatively reoent mantle ooverini^ an older sedimentation 

 pattern similar to the 000 now existing west of AxeT F^r- 

 4ar ^b. 



ara<rel eoTsrs the %>ottoei of the northern ssd 

 -western sides of the Melrakin Sljetta peninsuls aM ooan- 

 pletoly tmrrounda the laa^anes peninsula for distances 

 up to 13 miles out from shore. This grarel is no doubt 

 derived loeelly from the basalt and tuff outcropping 

 in oliffs at various points along the 00a at. The unus- 

 ual width and continuity of the gravel aonea su^esta 

 increased wave and current action over a wider area of 

 outcrop during a former time of lowered sealevel* Also, 



