BOTTOM SAMPLING

Bottom samples were taken by a 50L Modified VanVeen Grab, and were split between ISMAR and IBMK. Some samples were washed and sieved on board. Table 7 shows the positioning data of the stations.

Table 7: Grab Stations positions. Lat/lon data expressed as DDMM.xxxx. Time is UTC. POS=TRUE, position true on bottom, POS=DGPS, position on DGPS, with heading.

LON LAT DEPTH	STA	DATE TIME	LITHOLOGY	COMMENT
1918.5276 4151.6303 17.0	GR01	19-10-2008 11:27:19	sand, sandy clay	rare clasts
1913.6030 4154.3320 11.0	GR02	20-10-2008 06:43:49	silty clay, sandy clay	compact
1908.4100 4157.9680 18.0	GR03	20-10-2008 07:48:24	sandy clay	sandy
1902.8804 4205.6673 48.0	GR04	21-10-2008 06:05:55	clay, clay	plastic
1832.8799 4223.7210 56.0	GR05	22-10-2008 13:58:46	clay, silty clay
1845.6229 4226.0791 22.0	GR06	22-10-2008 16:05:16	mud, mud	rare clasts, olive, hydrated, bioturbated
1843.2706 4228.7953 67.0	GR07	22-10-2008 18:00:24	sandy clay, sandy clay	hydrated, well preserved corals, briozoa, shell fragments
1838.7905 4226.6545 53.0	GR08	23-10-2008 19:47:16	uniform sandy mud	grey-olive gray, plastic, rare coarse fragments, benna eu11 bijela
1925.0152 4148.9307 30.0	GR09	26-10-2008 16:59:57	uniform olive clay	anoxic on surface, bioturbated
1919.6193 4132.7755 82.0	GR10	27-10-2008 00:10:14	plastic olive dark green	more compact clay
1919.6216 4132.7317 50.0	GR11	27-10-2008 00:27:46	olive gray hydrated sandy mud	gray to dark gray sandy mud