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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Floors of the Ocean: 1. The North Atlantic
Bruce C. Heezen and others
156 pages~3 hr 7 min read40 chapters$4.99
The bottom of the sea is not a featureless plain but a landscape of ridges, canyons, and plains. Bruce Heezen maps the physiography of the North Atlantic floor, building the diagrams that revealed a hidden world. A landmark of ocean science that helped reshape geology. Descend to the mountains and valleys hidden beneath the Atlantic.
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40 chapters
- 1FOREWORD
- 2NOTE
- 3ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 4CONTENTS
- 5ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6PLATES
- 7FIGURES
- 8TABLES
- 9ABSTRACT
- 10PART 1. PREPARATION OF THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIAGRAM
- 11PART 2. PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
- 12INTRODUCTION
- 13NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DEEP-SEA RELIEF
- 14UNITS OF DEPTH AND SLOPE
- 15CONTINENT AND OCEAN
- 16CONTINENTAL MARGIN
- 17DEFINITION AND GENERAL CATEGORIES
- 18REGIONAL DESCRIPTION OF CONTINENTAL MARGIN
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