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Exploring Ocean Basin Dynamics and Continental Margin Formation

Discover the layout of ocean basins from shelf to ridge and understand what shapes the continental margin. Uncover the mysteries of back-arc volcanoes, oldest rocks, and sea-floor depths. Dive into synthesis of classes for in-depth knowledge.

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Exploring Ocean Basin Dynamics and Continental Margin Formation

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  1. What is the layout of an ocean basin -shelf -slope -rise -plane -ridge -repeat What shapes the continental margin/continental shelf? Synthesis on next page and http://oxbow.sr.unh.edu/class.html

  2. Synthesis of last classes Note all the things you can see. Start from land Shelf Slope Canyons Fans abyssal planes hot spot traces ridge transform faults 2 subduction zones 2 trenches even the remnant of a land/land collision Where would back-arc volcanoes be? Where is the oldest rock? Oldest sea-floor? You should be able to explain why all these exist! Why is the deepest part of the ocean just off the slope? http://oxbow.sr.unh.edu/class.html

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  4. Synthesis of last classes Note all the things you can see. Start from land Shelf Slope Canyons Fans abyssal planes hot spot traces ridge transform faults 2 subduction zones 2 trenches even the remnant of a land/land collision Where would back-arc volcanoes be? Where is the oldest rock? Oldest sea-floor? You should be able to explain why all these exist! Why is the deepest part of the ocean just off the slope? http://oxbow.sr.unh.edu/class.html

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