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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1968-69: VUWAE 13

Nature of the Sea Floor at each Site

Nature of the Sea Floor at each Site

(For location of each site see the accompanying map)

Site no. Water depth (m) Nature of the sea floor
1 471 Rock
2 440 1 inch shingle above rock
3 451 2 ins. mud and gravel above rock.
4 547 Rock
5 542 Rock
6 558 1 in. mud above rock
7 440 Rock
8 241 4 feet of mud. (Cores consisted of alternate bands of brown mud, and black grit and shells 14 ins. long). Heat-flow reading A taken here.
9 250 6 ins. mud above rock
10 450 Rockpage 20
11 156 6 feet of mud. Cores similar to those of site 8. Heat-flow reading B taken.
12 110 Rock
13 80 Rock
14 about 200 Rook
15 about 650 Rock
16 about 700 Rock
17 about 650 4 ins. mud above rock
18 about 650 Rock
19 511 40 ins. of mud. Cores consisted of brownish mud. Heat-flow reading C taken.
20 about 500 Rock
21 about 400 Rock