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Title: 7-8a sed envi
Description: Sedimentary Environments
Total Flash Cards: 7
Created: 02/03/2010 11:11:30
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Lagoons are home to many different kinds of unique coral reef.Lagoons are located by the small islands in the ocean. |
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Covered with shallow sheets of water.
Tidal Flats are muddy areas that are covered and uncovered by the rise and fall of the tide. |
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Reefs are made up of coral colonies.
Calcium carbonate live with corals and help cement an entire structure. |
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Continental Shelf
Gently sloping platform of material.
It extends seaward from the shore and it is underlain by continental crust, it is basically an extension of the continents |
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Continental Slope & Rise
Steep dropoff that extends from the outer edge of the continental shelf to the floor of the deep ocean.It is used as a dividing line that helps estimate that 60% of Earth’s surface is represented by ocean basins and remaining 40% by continents |
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Abyssal Plain
Incredibly flat features on the ocean floor.
A very deep depression in the ocean. |
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