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TABLE A2.1. BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPHS (Cont1d.)<br />

Cruise Stati on Lat. oN Long. oW<br />

271<br />

Dep th<br />

(m)<br />

CH 11 SC6 19°35.0. 66°28.0. -7800<br />

Puerto Ri co Trench. Soft mud bottom<br />

wi th mounds. No current evi dence.<br />

L i ttl e benthi cacti vi ty except for<br />

worm burrows and tubes.<br />

CH 11 8A 19°59.01 66°30.0. 7259<br />

Lower north slope of Puerto Rico<br />

Trench. Blocky, angular rocks to<br />

sand-size material with no current<br />

evidence. Also muddy-sand bottom<br />

with moderate currents.<br />

CH 11 10* 20°54.0' 66°26.01 5339<br />

Crest of eastern sector GAOR. Mud<br />

bottom covered with manganese nodules.<br />

Scour around nodules shows moderate<br />

current to east.<br />

CH 19 3* 20°07.0' 66°18.0. 5708<br />

North slope of Puerto Ri co Trench.<br />

Worm burrows, rare spoke burrows and<br />

echinoid trails. No current evidence<br />

to evidence for weak westerly current.<br />

Coarse textured, nearly flat, mud bottom<br />

with a few talus piles.<br />

CH 19 5* 20°05.0' 66°04.0' 6966<br />

North slope Puerto Rico Trench. Nearly<br />

fl at, muddy to granul ar bottom wi th<br />

occasional angular blocks. N-S sediment<br />

1 i neati ons may be current induced or be<br />

due to downs lope sedi mentati on. Very<br />

little current evidence and little benthic<br />

activity except for occasional worm burrows.

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