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Saad Inideskly itos alrao been trBns^ported dom 

 the islaiul slop« to miagle witii asep^aea sttdlffidxits. Its 

 @x8ot •xteyat, jiowever, is ii)^Bas%altt« Ttie sediaent dis- 

 tribution cimrt of tJie^Ingol*" expedition (9, Part 3, 

 i^lete 1) siiows tiesp-se« clay ia tHe viciaitj of th© 

 7J*7-fethoa soimsiiag aoutia of Skeiders Dyb, at Letitude 

 62 degrees 59.5 aiautes i^,,Lani;itud€i! 17 d«gj«©s 6 ain- 

 utes w, (on B*A*29S0)« Hoi^'v&r, tjii^ ni£Rs»rous notations 

 of i'lim send %ix@d ^iti^ claj or ooze soutliwest of Bk^l" 

 dexa Dy)^ indicate tlxi t h&T& miQh sand frosi the shelf 

 Siust heT<» mor®d. into this deepe;r region* 



Otx this scotion of t;h© shelf, after sand lErevel 

 is the nert moat iimiinfil«Bt sedisient* X&r^e sreaa of gravel 

 occupy th« G«ntr®X aao. outer portions of e^eh of the 

 banks b@tw«on subi&arine valleys, end in «rokttl»a Syb 

 8 ad Hornef jsrdar ijf'b they ef®n l©p down into the ▼slley* 

 thesselvos, A large sres of grerei ertaadB 15 miles out 

 iro£i shor« oa feyre Bugt, the inner portion of thf! bank 

 between J^kulsa Dyb «nd Mornaf jerder Dyb, Another Bsaeller 

 ere& lies across the fte&d of Hornaf j@rd£>r Dyb, end numer» 

 ous peteh«s are aeatterecL over th«s shelf from shore to 

 outer edg«« 



It is believed Bioat of this gravel in refldiial 

 fr(Mi a form«*r p<»riod of lowered saeleTel. Soane pateluss, 

 •speeialljf those a^ea^T shor^, may be the rasult of deposition 



