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| Term indicating that sediment is lifted by water wind or ice |
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| flooded edge of the continent, not the body of water above it |
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| these merge and form the continental rise |
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| type of flow incapable of eroding or transporting sediment |
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| shallow water, non evaporite authigenic deposit that forms only on the shelf |
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| about 80% of the pacific sea floor and 50% of the Atlantic sea floor are classified as this |
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| orientation of a magnetic field |
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| magnetic record trail that can be used to determine movement of a plate over time |
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| name for the temperature below which magnetism in a rock does not change |
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| said of a sedimentary deposit in which all particles are about the same size |
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