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HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Deep-sea sediment in which more than 25% of the fraction coarser than 5 microns is of terrigenous, volcanigenic, and/or neritic origin.

OBS

Such deposits usually accumulate near the continental margin and its adjacent abyssal plain, so that continentally derived sediment is more abundant than in eupelagic sediments, and the sediment has undergone lateral transport.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

[...] dépôt sédimentaire marin formé par la lente accumulation sur le fond d'organismes pélagiques et de fines particules détritiques.

Spanish

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