Marine
sedimentation |
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Distribution of deep sea
sediments. |
Cross-section of a manganese nodule. Note concentric
growth rings around two nucleation sites. |
Manganese nodule field. The bulk of the
nodules are at the surface. |
Carbonate solubility in the oceans as a function of
depth. |
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Sea floor spreading and accumulation of
various types of sediments. |
U and Th decay chains. |
Variations in radioactivity as a function of
depth given a constant sedimentation rate. |
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Physical
processes in the ocean |
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Plot of sigma t surfaces on a salinity - temperature
diagram.
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Temperature - salinity diagrams for the
Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans showing the various water masses. |
Variations in temperatures of maximum density and freezing
point as a function of chlorinity. |
Variations in sound ray path as a function of
vertical velocity changes 1. |
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Variations in sound ray path as a function of vertical
velocity changes 2. |
SOFAR channel. |
Surface currents for an ideal Atlantic ocean. |
Development of slope currents due to density
differences. |
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Thermohaline circulation for the Atlantic ocean. |
Rotary tides and cotidal lines. |
Basins
and resonance periods. |
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