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Scotland. ( 英 文 ). Murray J W. Journal of ForaminiferalResearch, 2003, 33(2): 101-121The continental shelf west of Scotland has aveneer of medium to coarse sands and bioclasticgravels resting on basement, but in enclosed depressions(called deeps) the sediments aremuddy. Sediment cores from two deeps havebeen studied: Muck Deep (170 and 218 m) andStanton Deep (167 m). The live and dead foraminiferalassemblages from these shelf deepsdiffer in several ways. The live forms are mainlyfree-living taxa concentrated in the surface 0.0 to0.5 or 1.0 cm sediment layer. The standing crophas a positive correlation with % Total organiccarbon (TOC) and wt. % sediment

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