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THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES: CARBONATE IN SEDIMENTS, NOVA SCOTIA TO HUDSON CANYON.
- Source :
- Sedimentology; 1967, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p121, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 1967
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Abstract
- Describes the distribution of carbonate in the surface sediments in the Atlantic continental margin between Nova Scotia and Hudson Canyon. Low value of calcium carbonate in surface sediments; Low production of aquatic organisms; Low average water temperatures; Increase in the concentration of calcium carbonate seaward of the shelf.
- Subjects :
- CONTINENTAL margins
MARINE sediments
CALCIUM carbonate
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00370746
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sedimentology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10133584
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1967.tb01313.x