CODE 47 



LATITUDE 

 43°05N 

 (APPROX) 



LONGITUDE 

 70U2'W 



MS 152 



BOTTOM SEDIMENTS OFF 

 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 1947 



WATER CONTENT AND LIQUID LIMIT RESULTS 





WATER CONT. 



WATER CONT. 



WATER CONT. 



WATER CONT. 



MED. 



SORT. 





STA. 



TOP 



MIDSEC. 



BOTTOM 



OF LIQ. LIMIT 



DIAM. 



COEFF. SO 



LOG SO 



83 



127.0 



143.0 



160.0 



117.9 



0.00295 



2.9 



0.46 



FIGURE 2 SAMPLE ANALYSIS EMPHASIZING WATER CONTENT 



CODE 276 PICOni, MARIO 



DATE: (9, 13) 16 8 55 (10) 17 8 55 (12, 14) 20 8 55 (lOB, 128, 12-15) 9 9 55 



STA. NO. LAT. N. LONG. E. DEPTH (M) 



MS 179 



TYPE OF BOnOM 



9 



44 



58 



00 



12 



35 



00 



24.5 



FANGO 



10 



44 



58 



00 



12 



54 



00 



33 



SABBIA FANGOSA CON ARGILLA 



12 



44 



48 



24 



12 



48 



36 



34.5 



FANGO GRIGIO 



13 



44 



44 



18 



12 



38 



30 



30 



FANGO GRIGIO 



14 



44 



31 



24 



12 



41 



00 



33 



FANGO GRIGIO 



lOB 



44 



58 



00 



12 



54 



00 



33 



SABBIA FINE 



12B 



44 



48 



24 



12 



48 



36 



32 



ARGILLA 



12-15 



44 



43 



54 



12 



55 



00 



37 



FANGO POCA SABBIA 



FIGURE 3 SAMPLE CLASSIFICATION REPORTED BY AN ITALIAN SOURCE 



CODE 20 



MS 146 



1 107 S. S. "BRITANNIA" 



SOUNDING 396, JULY 18, 1899, LAT. 46'22'35"N., LONG. 18 = 5r56'W., 2522 FATHOMS. 

 GLOBIGERINA OOZE, LIGHT BROWN, SLIGHTLY COHERENT. 



CALCIUM CARBONATE (82-65%), PELAGIC FORAMINIFERA (78%), BOHOM FORAMINIFERA 

 (2%), OTHER REMAINS (2-65%), INCLUDING OSTRACODS, ECHINOID SPINES, 

 COCCOLITHS, RHABDOLITHS, COCCOSPHERES, FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE. 



RESIDUE (17-35%), BROWN- 

 MINERALS (5%), M. Dl. 0-08 MM., ROUNDED AND ANGULAR; PRINCIPALLY QUARTZ 



GRAINS, WITH ROCK FRAGMENTS, PUMICE, VOLCANIC GLASS ETC. 

 SILICEOUS REMAINS (2%), RADIOLARIA, SPONGE SPICULES, DIATOMS, IMPERFECT 



CASTS. 

 FINE WASHINGS (10-35%), AMORPHOUS CLAYEY MATTER WITH FINE MINERAL 



PARTICLES. 



FIGURE 4 BIOLOGICAL AND MINERAL COMPOSITION OF A SAMPLE REPORTED 

 BY A BRITISH SOURCE 



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