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28 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARTH SCIENCES

Total Sand Fractian (> 63 }'m)
$ LY.Ir7
A D. LY.II6A
LY.Ir6
L Y.Ir5A
• LY.Ir5
... LY . .1[4

LY.li3
o AS.S-8
• AS.S-7
d
o KS.63

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j·
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o f" e •e
... b x D.
o :, • k g dò b• bo ?
•b -~~ a eD. b• • c D. ·i
Tatal Biogeni c Fractian ( )63 Jlm) sand= O b- / o D. c
L Biogenic Fraction Total Planktanic Planktanic Foraminifero
( withaut Planktanic F.) Faraminiferal Fractian
( )63}Jm)

Tatal Sand Fraction lnorgonic Fractian

nifera
FIGURE 17.-Mineralogical analysis of selected samples from 10 cores collected in different en-
vironments: A, plots of the actual sand fraction from samples analyzed (letter code given in
Table 3); B, interpretation of data plotted in (A) showing the distribution of some major sedi-
ment types based on severa} components of the sand fraction. (Explanation in text.)