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7-8a geology
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2010

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Lagoon

 

 A body of shallow salt or blackish water. Usually formed by a build-up of sandbanks or reefs along shallow waters.

 

sediment- Sand, rocks, salt marshes , mud

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Tidal Flats

 

Sand or mud areas that typically don’t have that much plant life.

 

sediments-Sand, salt marshes, mud

 

 

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Reefs

 

A rock or sandbar under the surface of water.

 

sediments-Sand, rocks

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Continental Shelf

 

An extension of a continent under the sea. A continental shelf can stretch for many miles out to sea.

 

sediments- Icebergs, boulders, sand, silt

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Continental Slope&Rise

The continental shelf breaks and under the break is the continental slope. And below the slope is the continental rise.

sediments-Sand, silt, clay

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Abyssal Plain

 

Sloping areas of the deep ocean basin floor. These are flat sediment covered areas.

sediments-Sand, shells, rocks

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