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GEOL 1307 Physical Geology

GEOL 1307 Physical Geology. Exercise #20 The Ocean. Ocean Floor. Continental Shelf Continental Slope Submarine Canyons Deep Sea Fans Marginal Plateaus Continental Rise Abyssal Floor Abyssal Plains Abyssal Hills Abyssal Rise Seamounts. Ocean Ridge System. Mid-Ocean Ridges

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GEOL 1307 Physical Geology

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  1. GEOL 1307 Physical Geology Exercise #20 The Ocean

  2. Ocean Floor • Continental Shelf • Continental Slope • Submarine Canyons • Deep Sea Fans • Marginal Plateaus • Continental Rise • Abyssal Floor • Abyssal Plains • Abyssal Hills • Abyssal Rise • Seamounts

  3. Ocean Ridge System • Mid-Ocean Ridges • Rift Valleys

  4. Deep Sea Trenches • Subduction Zones • Back-Arc Basins • Clastic Wedges

  5. Biological Oceanography • Plankton • Nekton • Diurnal Migration • Match-Mismatch Hypothesis • Benthos • Marine Snow • Photic Zone • Thermocline

  6. Chemical Oceanography • Salinity • Heat Budget • Residence Time

  7. Physical Oceanography • Thermohaline Circulation • AABW • ABW • Coriolis Effect • Currents • Gyres

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