marine geology

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Decks in this class (15)

Plate Tectonic Control on Coastal Systems
Tectonic coastal classification,
What are the three major classifi...,
What are the attributes associate...
14  cards
Abyssal Plain Sediments
Provide some observations,
What is the term called when sedi...,
What is the term called when sedi...
19  cards
Coastal Systems Intro
What are the four major factors c...,
Accommodation vs sediment supply ...,
How do rivers control the morphology
17  cards
Barrier Islands
What are in between barrier islands,
What are the major components tha...,
Draw and describe a wave dominate...
16  cards
Deltas
Compare deltas with sea level rise,
How did deltas receive their name,
Describe gilbert s findings on se...
20  cards
Introduction to Continental Shelves
Draw a diagram that compares and ...,
Draw and label features of a cont...
2  cards
Sequence Stratigraphy
What two processes control the coast,
Draw the turner a diagram that di...,
What is accommodation
31  cards
Turbidity Currents
Turbidities,
Deep sea canyons,
Describe some attributes of the b...
8  cards
Paleoclimate Proxies
What is the main location to look...,
Why is the deep ocean the preferr...,
What are the three types of paleo...
47  cards
Dating the marine Paleo Record (Geochronology)
Radioisotopes,
What are the two ways an atom can...,
What is alpha decay
17  cards
Paleoceanography
What is a supercycle,
What is the furthest back we can ...,
Describe this curve
8  cards
Paleoclimate Records
What are the four major hypothese...,
Describe the blag hypothesis,
Who came up with the blag hypothesis
23  cards
Sea-Level Change Part 1
What is sea level,
What is relative sea level,
What drives relative sea level
23  cards
Sea Level Change Part 2
Eustatic sea level change over ge...,
Pleistocene,
Glacial maximum
23  cards
Frontiers of Marine Geology –Change in the Warming Arctic Accelerated
The gakkel ridge,
Current issue,
Slowing of the gulf stream
4  cards

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