each of the filters has yet to be scanned with a magnification of 50 using 

 transmitted light. Also, the smallest resolvable droplets will be determined 

 for each filter to obtain a lower limit in resolving power. 



Table 3-3. Droplet distribution analysis of Endeavor cruise 002 

 water samples (Cornillon URI) 



Depth of 

 Station sample Sampling 

 No. (meters) method 



Volume 

 filtered Oil 

 (liters) observed 



Remarks 



18 Plankton 



Too much particulate 

 matter 



Niskin 



0.85 



No 



No oil particles >10 

 microns 



Niskin 



1.10 



No 



High sediment load, no 

 oil >10 microns 



39 Niskin 



0.80 



No 



High sediment load, no 

 oil >10 microns 



Niskin 



1.10 



No 



Some sediment, no oil 

 >5 microns 



Bucket 



1.00 



No 



Some sediment, no oil 

 >microns 



Bucket 



1.50 



Yes Some sediment, one oil 

 droplet 155 x 300 

 microns 



3.2.3 Sediment Sampling and Analyses 



A large number of sediment samples were taken from the Evevgveen, 

 Oceanus, Delaware II, and Endeavor' during the last two weeks of December, 

 but for a variety of purposes and by different sampling procedures. At the 

 meeting at Woods Hole on January 3-4, 1977, all the cooperating investigators 

 agreed that the sediment samples should be handled in the same way as the 

 water samples, i.e., after extraction and prescreening by R. Jadamec at the 

 Coast Guard R&D Center, selected samples were to be sent to the NCAA National 

 Analytical Facility in Seattle for GC-MS analysis. 



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