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ocean 4
final term set
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
07/12/2010

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Term
surrounds the earth and protects it from the solar wind
Definition
magnetosphere
Term
how salt is transported in water
Definition
solution
Term
term for sea floor volcanoes that extend for less than 1000m above the sedimentary cover
Definition
knolls
Term
deepest part of the sea floor
Definition
trench
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name for coraline-algal structure separated from the mainland by a lagoon
Definition
barrier reef
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term to describe transport of sediment by icebergs
Definition
ice rafting
Term
how rapidly sediment sinks in fluid
Definition
settling velocity
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