Sample ID --- 31-43BS
     Activity ID --- D-1-85-AR
     Platform --- Discoverer
     Sampling equipment --- Boxcore 
     Time --- 19852630711000
     Latitude ---71.51167
     Longitude ---  -167.67833
     Water depth --- 51 m
     Penetration depth --- 0.51 m

     Description of the surface ---
          Surface thickness --- 8 cm
          Sediment texture --- Silty muddy ooze with gravels.
          Sedimentary surface features --- Bioturbated.
          Most abundant living fauna --- Nuculana, many worm burrows, Buccinium,
                small amphipods, reinforced burrows, Nucula.
          Bivalve shells were oriented concave --- Random.
          Red granite --- No.
  
     Description of depositional interval from 9  cm to 14 cm ---
          Color of unit --- Light olive grey.
          Sediment texture --- Semiconsolidated mud.
          Sedimentary structures --- None - active burrowing.
          Bedding features --- None.
          Percent of bioturbation --- 100%
          Paleontologic observation --- Whole Macoma in growth position.
  
     Description of depositional interval from 15 cm to 51 cm ---
          Color of unit --- Olive grey to olive black.
          Sediment texture --- Consolidated clayey mud (more dense at bottom of core).
          Sedimentary structures --- Massive.
          Bedding features --- None.
          Percent of bioturbation --- 100%
          Paleontologic observation --- Diverse assortment of burrowing styles.  Scattered
               shell fragments.
          Additional comments --- Core described by M Colgan (?).  Core recorded by G.
               Redden.