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Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 243-248

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From page 243...
... Coriolis force Apparent force due to Earths rotation Hat deflects mo ving objects to He right in the northern hemisphere and to He left in He southern hemisphere. The magnitude of force increases as one moves toward He poles.
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From page 244...
... Graben A depressed segment of He Earn' s crust bounded on at least two sides by faults and generally of greater length Han width. Halocline A location in He water column where there is a usually sharp vertical gradient in salinity.
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From page 245...
... Maestrichtian Marine boundary layer Miocene Oligocene Of, pertaining to, or designating the uppermost division of the Upper Cretaceous in Europe. It immediately underlies the Danian stage.
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... Slump The sliding down of a mass of sediment shordy after its deposition on an underwater slope, especially He downsiope flow of soft unconsolidated marine sediments at He head or along He side of a submarine canyon. Source rock The geological formation in which oil and gas originate.
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... Transgression The spread of the sea over land areas; any change that brings offshore, deep-water environments to areas occupied by nearshore, shallow-water conditions, or that shifts He boundary between marine and nonmarine de position outward from He center of a marine basin.
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Key Terms

  • sea ice
  • coriolis force
  • turbulent water
  • crystals float
  • deep depression

  • position outward
  • pressure gradient
  • accompanying phenom
  • granular ice
  • downsiope flow

  • apparent force
  • bottom fronting
  • hat deflects
  • ving objects
  • mountainous land

  • vertical gradient
  • rotation hat
  • wig respect
  • soft unconsolidated
  • age applied

  • northern hemisphere
  • resembling slush
  • radar move
  • length han
  • taxa include

  • supercooled turbulent
  • include phy
  • especially wig
  • sharp vertical
  • crust bounded


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