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2 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRE EARTH SCIENCES

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SOUNDINGS IN FATHOMS

FIGURE 1.-Strait of Sicily showing major physiographic features discussed in text and position of
cores and bottom camera data used in study. (Chart base is Mediterranean Sea chart N.O. 310,
Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center; depth in fathoms: l fm = 1.829 m.)

This study was made possible primarily with the pheric Science of the University of Miami; U.S.
aid of the following: Smithsonian Research Foun- Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO); and
dation; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cien- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
tificas (CSIC); Laboratoire de Géodynamique Bottom and subbottom profiles, core samples
Marine, Villefranche-sur-Mer (CNRS); Lamont- an d botto m photogra phs w ere collected o n the
Doherty Geologica! Observatory of Columbia RJV Atlantic (AS 6), 1965-1967; RJV Chain 61;
University; Marine Geology and Geophysics Lab- USNS Lynch II) 1972; RJV Verna 14; RJV Pills-
oratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- bury) 6510; RJV San Pablo and N JO Charcot) 1973.
ministration, Miami; Program of Cultura! Cooper- The captains, officers, and crew of these ships are
ation between the U nited States of America an d thanked for support so efficiently given in the work
Spain; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmos- at sea. We thank Dr. R. Stuckenrath of the Smith-