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| Vast depression in crust and filled by ocean |
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| gradual change in temperature with depth inside the Earth |
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| inorganic process that rapidly removes clay from sea water |
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| rock type that composes the ocean floor |
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| term to denote the largest particle a flowing fluid can transport |
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| plate that is not subducted at the trench and bears the island arc |
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| general term for sediment such as evaporites, phosphate nodules, and manganese nodules |
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| phenomenon that rapidly transports large volume of sediments from the shelf to the sea floor |
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| name for the entire rock portion of the planet earth |
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| name of brown deep-sea sedimentary deposit that consists mainly of dust |
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