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TABLE 1.-Position, water depth, and length of Strait of Sicily cores analyzed in this study
(specific environment, defined in text, and geographical location of each core also listed)

WATER CORE
DEPTH LENGTH
CRUISE CORE NO. LATITUDE LONGITUDE (in m) (in cm) ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
Lynch II 35°02'N l6°42'E 2432 S75 (l) Ionian Slope
35°05'N 14°30'E 604 380 (4) Pe1agian She1f
36°25.3'N 12°46'E 1089 332 (6) Pantelleria Intermedian
Basi n
SA 35°34'N 12°30'E 1257 600 (7) Pantelleria Trough
38°16.8'N 11°19.8'E 1217 so o (7) North Marittimo
6A 38°13.2 'N 10°57.2'E 755 610 (5-4) Gal i te
38°02. 7'N 8°09.2'E 2588 342 (l) Tyrrhenian-Balearic Slope
Pillsbury 6510 34 36°22'N 12°33 'E 1294 109 (7) Pantelleria Trough
33 36°27.S'N l3°28.5'E 1S49 119 (7) Malta Trough
At1antic Sea1 6 36°22 'N 11"13'E 93 555 (8) Tunisian She1f
37°l9.6'N l2°39.5'E 183 770 (8) Adventure Bank
san Pablo 8 37°S6'N ll 0 09.9'E 3SO 540 (8-4) Strai t Narrows
verna 14 138 36°19'N 14°48'E 124 24S (8) South Sicily Uplift
139 36°28'N 13°31' E 1703 576 (7) Malta Trough
140 37°10.S'N 11"47.5'E 166 420 (8) Strait Narrows
Chain 61 19 3S 0 46. 6 'N l3°05.8'E 147S 1030 (7) Linosa Trough
Gesite 73 KS 12 37°33.2'N 11"29.0'E 956 700 (6) Strai t Narrows
KS 23 37°26. S'N l1°24.5'E 1200 72S (7) Pantelleria Trough
KS 33 36°37.0'N 12°05. o• E 1164 715 (7) Pantelleria Trough
KS 53 36°08.4 'N 12°51. 7'E 805 678 (4-5) Linosa Platform
KS 63 35°42.8 'N 13°14.9'E 1428 850 (7) Linosa Trough
KS 69 35°50.4 'N 13°02.3 'E 1484 608 (7) Linosa Trough
KS 76 35°50.6'N 13°03.2 'E 1463 740 (7) Linosa Trough
KS 78 35°29.2'N l3°42.9'E 769 659 (5-4) Pelagian Shelf
KS 100 35°58. 7'N 13° 52.8' E 1088 669 (6) Malta (Intermedia te)
Ba sin
KS 104 36°31.6'N l3°26.6'E 1087 208 (6) Malta (Intermediate)
Basi n
KS 105 35°47. 7'N 13°18. S'E 580 626 (4) South Sicily Basin
KS 109 36°27.3 'N l3°l2.2'E 1688 732 (7) Malta Trough
KS 110 36°27 .9'N l3°08.0'E 1492 110 (7) Malta Trough
KS 118 35°46. 9'N l3°09.7'E 1493 82S (7) Linosa Trough
KS 120 35°51.1 'N l3°02.8'E 1454 701 (7) Linosa Trough
KS 125 35°S9.6'N l2°36.0'E 785 785 (5-4) Linosa Platform

turbulence, vertical m1x1ng, and internai waves in the same region, which show crinoids heeling
formed along the shear zone between the two over (cf., Akal, 1972, fig. 8, upper right), provide
water masses. further evidence of the strong current flow above
Short-term current-measurements above the bot- the sea floor.
tom at the western end of the Strait (Figure 2)
between Cape Bon (Tunisia) and Punta Stagnone
METHODOLOGY
(Sicily) revealed currents in excess of 30 cm per
second (Molcard, 1972). Velocities to 50 cm per The basic materia! for this study was collected
second have been recorded by other workers (La- during the March-April 1972 cruise of the USNS
combe and Tchernia, 1972). Bottom photographs Lynch (LY II-72). Positioning of the ship was