TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword iii 



List of Figures vi 



Table vii 



I. Introduction 1 



II. Major Sources of Submarine Sediment Data 1 



A. Unpublished Survey Data 1 



B. Published Survey or Laboratory Data 2 



C. Nautical Charts 3 



III. Bottom Sediment Chart Compilation 4 



IV. Relative Reliability of Data 5 



V. Collection, Filing, and Control of Bottom 



Sediment Data 7 



A. Collection of Data 7 



B. Organization of Data File 14 



C. Control of Data 20 



VI. Composition of Data Collection 21 



VII. Bibliographic File 22 



