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The Pacific coast of the United States is generally experiencing greater erosion than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

All of the following are typically characteristic of depositional shores except:

Ocean sediments provide all of the following mineral resources except:

The doldrums can be found at the Equator.

Compare and contrast biogenous and lithogenous sediments.

Water flowing out of an enclosed basin due to the tides is called a/an:

The longshore current is caused by waves striking the beach at an angle.

The four main classifications of marine sediment include:

Describe the four pieces of evidence that Alfred Wegener used to support his continental drift theory. Why did scientists of the time discount Wegener’s theory?

The three major provinces of the ocean floor are continental margins, deep-ocean basins, and submarine canyons.