decrease In current velocity over the deep channel, the material settles through the 

 water column and is deposited in the near-flank area. 



TABLE I 



Particle size analyses of near-flank sediments 



Core 

 No. 



Depth in Core 

 (cm) 



QV 



Md{/ 



oa^ 



QD/ 



Skq/ 



62-1 



8 

 48 

 94 



4.16 

 4.00 

 4.24 



5.29 

 5.12 

 5.49 



7.03 

 6.82 



7.57 



1.44 

 1.41 

 1.67 



0.31 

 0.29 

 0.42 



62-4 



Grab 



4,16 



5.01 



5.86 



0.85 



-0.01 



62-6 



Grab 



-3.84 



-2.40 



-0.93 







62-9 



2 

 11 

 31 



3.71 

 3.89 



4.34 



4.78 

 4.98 

 5.33 



6.45 

 6.41 

 6.86 



1.37 



0.30 



62-10 



5 



73 



138 



5.05 

 4.56 

 4.58 



6.32 

 5.97 

 5.82 



9.41 

 9.00 

 9.81 



2.18 

 2.22 

 2.62 



0.91 

 0.81 

 1.38 



62-14 



5 

 15 



4.56 

 4.58 



5.41 

 5.42 



7.14 

 7.05 



1.29 

 1.24 



0.44 

 0.40 



62-15 



5 

 121 



4.58 

 4.50 

 3.95 



5,82 

 6.68 

 5.08 



9.81 

 9.35 

 7.10 



2.62 

 2.43 

 1.58 



1.38 

 0.25 

 0.45 



62-19 



5 



72 



118 



3.73 

 3.10 

 4.55 



4.80 

 3.98 



5.54 



6.57 

 7.10 

 7.86 



1.42 

 2.00 

 1.66 



0.35 

 1.12 

 0.67 



62-20 



5 



79 



130 



4.94 

 5.25 

 5.41 



5.95 

 7.40 

 8.00 



9.00 

 10.51 

 11.98 



2.03 

 2.63 

 3.29 



1.02 

 0.48 

 0.70 



62-21 



5 

 78 



4.26 

 4.16 



5.19 

 5,41 



6.22 

 7.95 



0.98 

 1.90 



0.05 

 0.65 



62-24 



3 

 28 

 52 



4.42 

 4.89 

 5.38 



5,48 

 5.84 

 7.76 



7.85 

 10.16 

 12.85 



1.71 

 2.63 

 3.73 



0.66 

 1.68 

 1.35 



62-25 



2 

 Grab 



4.37 

 4.62 



5.24 

 5.40 



6.55 

 6.66 



1.02 



0.24 



62-28 



5 

 70 



4.51 

 4.73 



5.50 

 5.80 



7.09 

 8.85 



1.29 

 2.06 



0.30 

 0.99 



62-32 



2 



4.63 



5.50 



7.25 







62-33 



Grab 



4.32 



5.33 



7.04 



1.36 



0.35 



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