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Sediment partitioning, continental slopes and base‐of‐slope systems

Basin Research, 2016
AbstractDeciphering the role slope topography plays in partitioning sediment on siliciclastic continental slope and base‐of‐slope systems helps our understanding of slope depositional processes in significant ways: (1) by validation of large‐scale depositional process models for continental margins, (2) by validation of numerical basin‐scale ...
Bradford E. Prather, Ciaran O'Byrne, Carlos Pirmez, Zoltán Sylvester   +3 more
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Distribution pattern and influencing factors for the microplastics in continental shelf, slope, and deep-sea surface sediments from the South China Sea.

Environmental Pollution, 2022
Marine microplastic pollution has become a major global concern in recent years and the fate of microplastics in the ocean is a hot issue of research. We investigated microplastic pollution in surface sediments in the northern South China Sea to explore ...
Yongcheng Ding, X. Zou, Hongyu Chen, Feng Yuan, Qihang Liao, Ziyue Feng, Qinya Fan, Ying Wang, Guanghe Fu, Wenwen Yu   +9 more
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Internal solitary waves induced deep-water nepheloid layers and seafloor geomorphic changes on the continental slope of the northern South China Sea

, 2021
Internal solitary waves (ISWs) can cause strong seafloor sediment resuspension and induce nepheloid layers in both shallow and deep-water environments.
Zhuangcai Tian, Y. Jia, Jiangxin Chen, J. Liu, Shaotong Zhang, Chunsheng Ji, Xiaolei Liu, H. Shan, Xuefa Shi, Jiwei Tian   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Large-scale seafloor stability evaluation of the northern continental slope of South China Sea

Marine georesources & geotechnology, 2020
With the continuous expansion of energy demand, the deep-water continental slope in the northern South China Sea has become one of the significant offshore oil and gas exploration regions.
Xing-sen Guo, De-feng Zheng, T. Nian, Le-ting Lv   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Scottish continental slope current

Continental Shelf Research, 1983
Abstract A four-month record from a current meter mooring on the continental slope west of Scotland displayed a steady northward current of 0.16 m s−1 which appears to be associated with a core of warm light water normally observed over the shallow side of the slope. Although the tides change considerably between deep water and the continental shelf,
David A. Booth, D.J. Ellett
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Western Ross Sea continental slope gravity currents

Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2009
Antarctic Bottom Water of the world ocean is derived from dense Shelf Water that is carried downslope by gravity currents at specific sites along the Antarctic margins. Data gathered by the AnSlope and CLIMA programs reveal the presence of energetic gravity currents that are formed over the western continental slope of the Ross Sea when High Salinity ...
A. L. GORDON, A. H. ORSI, R. MUENCH, B. A. HUBER, ZAMBIANCHI, Enrico, M. VISBECK   +5 more
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Slope Stability of Continental Megalandslides

2013
Continental megalandslides, although rare, are found in various morphological settings including mountain fronts and valley sides with steep (> 30°) to shallow (
Nguyen Anh Tuan, José Darrozes, Jean-Claude Soula, Marianne Saillard, Frédéric Christophoul, Nicole Guerrero, Pierre Courjeault-Radé   +6 more
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Continental Slopes and Shelves

The Geographical Journal, 1941
AROUND every continent is a relatively flat but gradually shelving sub-?~^-marine belt running out from the low tide mark. Its width varies greatly, but it is usually between 50 and 150 miles; its outer edge is arbitrarily but conveniently defined by the 100-fathom line.
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Submarine landslide geomorphology, US continental slope

Marine Geology, 2000
Abstract The morphometric analysis of submarine landslides in four distinctly different tectonic environments on the continental slopes of Oregon, central California, Texas, and New Jersey provides useful insight into submarine process, including sediment transport mechanisms and slope stability. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) software, we
McAdoo, BG, Pratson, LF, Orange, DL
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What is the slope of the U.S. continental slope?

Geology, 1996
Extensive high-resolution, multibeam bathymetry of five U. S. continental margins provides new, detailed information about the angle of continental slopes in different sedimentary and tectonic settings. The steepest continental slope examined is the passive-carbonate west Florida slope (4.4{degree} regional slope and 12.0{degree} mean local slope). The
Lincoln F. Pratson, William F. Haxby
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