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Marine geologists preparing for sediment sampling near a semisubmersible drilling platform on 
Georges Bank. Art work for cover by K. King and P Forrestel. Drafting included in the body of the 
report by P. Forrestel and J. Zwinakis, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Mass. 
