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marine environment Flashcards

1
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shape and depth of the sea floor

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bathymetry

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2
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deepest parts of the ocean

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trench

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3
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transition from continental crust to oceanic crust

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continental slope

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4
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gentel angle of slope down to the edge of the abyssal plains

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continental rise

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5
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shallow submarine terrace of continental crust

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continental shelf

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6
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flat depositional surface of the sea floor

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abyssal plains

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7
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200 meters water depth

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neritic zone

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8
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200 - 2000 meters water depth

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bathyal

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9
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2000 - 5000 meters water depth

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abyssal zone

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10
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more than 5000 meters water depth

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hadal zone

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11
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region between mean high water and low water marks of tides

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foreshore

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12
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region of the shelf between the low tide mark and depth to which waves normally affects the sea bottom

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shoreface

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13
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the deeper shelf area between the fair weather and storm weather bases

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offshore transition zone

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14
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region below the storm wave base and extends out to the shelf edge break at around 200 meters depth

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offshore zone

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15
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the cyclic rising and falling of earth’s ocean surface

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tides

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16
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bulge of water due to gravity

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tidal bulge

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17
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at any point of the surface the level of water will rise and fall twice a day as two bulges are passed in each other

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diurnal tides

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18
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when the sun and moon are aligned, occurs during full and new moon

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spring tides

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19
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when the sun and moon are at right angles, the tides are not too high or low

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neap tides

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20
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vertical motion of tides

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tidal current

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21
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tidal current moves toward the land

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flood

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22
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tidal current moves away the land

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ebbs

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23
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the depth to which there is wave influenced motion under normal weather conditions

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fair weather wave base

24
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the depth waves reach when the surface waves have higher energy due to stronger winds driving them

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storm weather wave base

25
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current driven by the difference of water density (salinity and temp)

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thermo-haline current

26
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wind driven currents r

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geostrophic currents

27
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a mudrock that contains 1-15% organic carbon

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blackshale

28
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gark green mineral that is found quite commonly in marine sediments

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glauconite

29
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sed rx erniched with phosphorous

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phosphorites

30
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materials distributed on shelves and epicontinental seas by tides, waves, storms and ocean

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terrigenous material

31
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consists of rounded mounds of sand on the sea floor a few cm high

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hummocky cross stratification

32
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between hummocks lies swales and where concave layers in the are preserved

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swaley cross stratification

33
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any shallow marine environment where there is an accumulation of carbonate seds

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carbonate platform

34
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platform attached to a continental mass

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carbonate shelf

35
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isolated platforms that are surrounded by deep water

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carbonate banks

36
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formed above a subsiding volcano

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carbonate atoll

37
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gentle slope down deep with no breaks in slope

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carbonate ramp

38
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flat-topped with a sharp change in slope at the edge forming a steep margin

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rimmed shelf

39
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an accumulation of sediments in the margins of a continent, where wave energy is strong and very present

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beach

40
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sediments seperates the open sea from a laggon

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barrier

41
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coastal bodies of water that have very limited connection to the open sea

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lagoons

42
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sites of fine-grained sedimentation forming layers off carbonate mudstone and wackestone

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carbonate lagoons

43
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hot, dry climate, tapos nagka lagoon by influx of water

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arid lagoons

44
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lies above the mean high water mark and is only inundated by seawater under exceptional circumstances, such as very high tides sand storm conditions

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supratidal carbonate flats

45
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sites of evaporite formations. gypsum and anhydrite grow within the sed while a crust of halite forms at the surface,

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arid sabkha flats

46
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deposits of ime mud and shelly mud are subject to subaerial desication at low tide

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intertidal deposits

47
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carbonate bodies mainy built by framework-building benthic organisms such as corals

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reefs

48
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sed body consisting of structure less fine crystalline carbonate

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carbonate mud mounts

49
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transitional environment between marine and terrestrial environment: tall trees, woody

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swamp

50
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transitional environment between marine and terrestrial environment: grasses

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marsh

51
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transitional environment between marine and terrestrial environment: mosses

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bogs

52
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originate from the reef, characterized by a range of fabrics

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slump

53
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sand is transported down steep slopes by dispersive pressure

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grain flow deposits

54
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poorly sorted clast-rich, muddy deposits here the clasts are transported down slope of buoyancy pressure

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debris flow deposits

55
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deposit of a turbidity current

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turbidites

56
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fine-grained material derived from the platform and resedimented by suspension into the slope and basinal environment

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hemipelagic carbonates

57
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sediment is deposited by slow suspension of material biochemically produced in surface waters

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pelagic carbonates

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