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"Coral [[strikethrough]] head [[/strikethrough]] Is." Coralliferous [[underlined]] Halimede [[/underlined]] Is. [[underlined]] Notes on Core #1 [[/underlined]] - 170-191' Recovery in 2 pieces; smaller one (top) 5" in length, larger one (bottom) 6 1/2" but base crumbled. Half of top of upper piece is a colony of coral that is [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] in position of growth; this colony and other smaller pieces of coal are embedded in a matrix of [[underlined]] Halimeda [[/underlined]] segments, well preserved micro-mollusks,smaller Formaminiera and undef. finer debris All foss. with orig. shell- no molds not cavities of any sort suggesting solution. The material is moderately well cemented. On Engebi it would be placed in the "coral heat Is." group. The material probably is lagoonal, probably close to (or part of) a coral knoll. Lower, larger piece actually in 2 parts, the upper one 3 1/2" the other slightly smaller. This material is similar to that above but contains fewer and smaller corals and is more friable. It is composed primarily of [[underlined]] Halimeda [[/underlined]] debris such as is found at intermediate depths in the existing lagoon. Bottom piece with an abundance of coral(like the top piece) but friable; some of coral may be in position of growth; sides of core show cavities; these do not appear to be solution cavities but places when fines were washed out during coring. All this core suggests intermediate lagoon depth near (or on) a coral knoll [[circled]] 9a [[/circled]]
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