77. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON BENTHONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE: LEG 37 DSDP

Benthonic foraminifera were studied from 46 sediment samples of five Leg 37 drill holes (Table 1). The samples range in age from late Miocene to Pleistocene. The aims of the study were to record the species present and to attempt an evaluation of the paleoenvironments that they represent. The chief difficulties encountered in preparing this report were the short time available (effectively less than 4 months), the page limitation, and the scattered nature of the literature. Because of these factors the aims of the study were not completely achieved, and therefore an expanded treatment of the data is planned for a later date.