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ABYSSAL AREA [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

... abyssal areas are generally rather flat ... and are dominated by thick deposits of very fine muddy sediments with the overlying water at a virtually constant temperature of around 2 to 3°C and flowing at speed less than 10 cm per second.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
CONT

[...] le dépôt lié à l'avalanche de 1929 qui a affecté la zone des Grands Bancs au Sud de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador a recouvert, estime-t-on, une surface abyssale de 260 000 km² sur une épaisseur moyenne d'environ 1 m.

Spanish

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