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FOREWORD 



This second report on (Investigations of Deep-Sea 

 Sediment Cores is a comprehensive study of the labora- 

 tory measurements of the mass physical properties of 

 35 deep-sea sediment cores from various oceanic areas 

 of the 



Procedures described for marine sediment core 

 analysis are those being used at the U . S 

 raphic Office . 



Results of this study are presented in this report 

 the cooperation of the Bureau of Public Roads 

 and three establishments within the Navy: the 



Hydrography Office, the Bureau of Yards and Docks, 

 and the Navy Electronics Laboratory. 



