36 Table 5. Water depih and date of collection of sediment cores. Core Location Collection Date Depth of Water Length of Core B-30 31 Oct. 72 47 m 6 cm B-15 31 Oct. 72 29 m 16 cm 8-27 2 Nov. 72 53 m 10 cm B-16 4 Nov. 72 23 m 6 cm C-12 7 Nov. 72 23 m 15 cm B-6 7 Nov. 72 31 m 3 cm B-21 7 Nov. 72 52 m 16 cm B-2 7 Nov. 72 53 m 40 cm B-20 8 Nov. 72 56 m 12 cm C-3 13 Nov. 72 47 m 56 cm se’. ‘ire station, only ten usable cores were obtained because the corer was ~.'¢ to penetrate and/or retain either the hard or unconsolidated sediments "tr" were encountered at some stations. A few cores and grab samples were rid at the same station so that both types of sediment collections could be cotrrec. All samples were immediately frozen and were not thawed until they weve Frecessed in the laboratory. “Pa Cay iccraphs were taken to observe any varve or density anomalies. we ets ‘ 7 ~~ ‘ Each : . a . . : eatruced while still frozen® and sawed into 2-cm thick sections. trion¢ e- Before processing the frozen sediment cores, The a . ° . . secinent from the exterior of the core sections was discarded in ~ re'cve contaminants which might have been displaced during the aR Ranney 7 Settee core from Station B-2 was inadvert ently allowed to warm to fuer Le-perature before processing. as fesse tetes on ercte The core liner was, however, plugged e rarination want the or core, which remained horizontal, showed no perculiarextrusion.