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You estimate that the age of the ocean crust at the location you are studying is 10 million years old (10,000,000 yrs) and the average sedimentation rate for the basin is roughly 3 cm/1,000 yr.  How thick would the sediments at this location be in meters (m)? Remember that there are 100 cm per 1 m. You should not have any decimals for this question.

In general, at what latitudes do we find the greatest abundance of carbonate shelves?

Which of the following ocean basins is located almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

The concentration of a pollutant in an organism can increase over time through __________.

Why do oceanic plates subduct at subduction zones that form where an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

What are the characteristics of sediments supplied to the oceans by glaciers? Select the two that apply.

The Atlantic Ocean is a mature ocean basin that is currently growing wider over time.

The asthenosphere is the layer of magma that the lithosphere floats on top of.

Which of the following waves would not be possible because it is too steep?

Turbidity currents are fast-flowing sluries of water and sediment that flow down slope. They can potentially carry sediments of all grain sizes. Which grain size would be the first to deposit as a turbidity current slows?