Oceans 117

Final Exam Flashcards

Active continental margins are characterized by which of the following?

Deep Sea Tr

The ________ is a transition zone between the continental slope and the deep-ocean floor comprised of a huge submerged pile of debris.

Continental rise

Convergent active margins are associated with which type of boundary?

Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary

Why is lithogenous sediment the most common neritic deposit?

because lithogenous material is derived from the rocks on the nearby landmasses, which is deposited rapidly near continental margins

As part of a research operation you are reviewing a video of the sea floor near the coast of Greenland and see a large boulder lying on top of the sediment. How might the bounder arrived there?

This boulder was most likely transported by a glacier through the process of ice rafting.